The Times always does a good job of spreading the opinion. This one makes even more sense to me than the other, but the other had the kind of data that makes me yawn and start fiddling with a torn piece of rubber on my tennis shoe. I really like this guy’s suggestion of how we might have aligned the world against China’s trade practices. But it was not to be. Now we’ll just have to wait and see.
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I started off thinking I really don’t like Friedman, but I set the bias aside and read through. Excellent article! I would say I have to agree with all points.
America First, who would want to go along anyway.
Leverage TPP first, yep probably would have been better strategy.
What China allows America Allows. What China doesn’t allow America doesn’t allow… BINGO!
Love you bro!
Oh yeah one other thing I meant to mention.
His comment about Trump’s core instinct being correct, this is why the conservatives are drawn to him or why he gets support. If every topic has a third rail that no one touches that is generally where Trump starts and probably where we (as a society) can affect the most change.
But of course everything he does after that is a disaster. I have gone back to our, or rather my, text to you about falling on the sword. It always seems to be our reaction to the insecurity that causes the most issues or more of a problem than the original insecurity and Trump is no different in this area.
For what its worth I am now a registered Democrat…. Might not remain that way for long but I figure for the next presidential election I would like to have a say on that side of the ballot in the primary and if the republicans cave to a second nomination for the Trumpster then I am voting for the demo no matter how much I can’t stand them on all the other issues.
Trump isn’t someone I’d be friends with or do business with. Nor does he treat anyone in a considerate manner about anything. And even though I don’t agree with the racist tag BS that continues to go around he doesn’t do anything to elevate our society on humanistic level so no vote from me!