Trump speaks with Chinese President

[Jacque67 7,328]

President-elect Donald Trump has touched base with one of the countries he criticized the most during his presidential campaign: China.

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Sunday and agreed to meet "at any early date," according to statements from both camps.

"During the call, the leaders established a clear sense of mutual respect for one another, and President-elect Trump stated that he believes the two leaders will have one of the strongest relationships for both countries moving forward," said a statement from the Trump transition team. .

During the campaign, Trump criticized China's trade practices, and said its entry into the World Trade Organization helped lead to the "theft" of U.S. industrial jobs.

None of that rancor surfaced in statements made by each aide after the Trump-Xi call.

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/14/donald-trump-xi-jinping-china-phone-call-trade/93787870/

Hmm...tough talking Trump has gone rather limp.

Owes the Chinese State Nat'l Bank USD600M

Edited November 14, 2016 by Jacque67

[jg121783 3,921]

How evil of him. He talked to the leader of the country where most of our imports come from. How dare he. The Trump haters have really been grasping at straws the past few days.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

How evil of him. He talked to the leader of the country where most of our imports come from. How dare he. The Trump haters have really been grasping at straws the past few days.

I wonder if this is Racism or Sexism.

President-elect Donald Trump has touched base with one of the countries he criticized the most during his presidential campaign: China.

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Sunday and agreed to meet "at any early date," according to statements from both camps.

"During the call, the leaders established a clear sense of mutual respect for one another, and President-elect Trump stated that he believes the two leaders will have one of the strongest relationships for both countries moving forward," said a statement from the Trump transition team. .

During the campaign, Trump criticized China's trade practices, and said its entry into the World Trade Organization helped lead to the "theft" of U.S. industrial jobs.

None of that rancor surfaced in statements made by each aide after the Trump-Xi call.

This is a complete scandal. We should call for an FBI investigation immediately

I just read in another post that people who unduly criticized Obama must be racist

[jg121783 3,921]

I wonder if this is Racism or Sexism.

Both. You forgot to mention it shows how homophobic he is too.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Both. You forgot to mention it shows how homophobic he is too.

Indeed. Surely he is. Even though he said he is ok with the transgender bathroom thing and supported gay marriage, he still must be a homophobic.

[Dakine10 5,452]

How evil of him. He talked to the leader of the country where most of our imports come from. How dare he. The Trump haters have really been grasping at straws the past few days.

Well it's worth pointing out the irony in how fast he went from being China's worst nightmare to mutual cooperation buddies. China's response all along was that it was just tough talk to rally his populist base. Which it appears to have been.

None of this is a surprise to those of us who knew everything Trump was saying about China was just hot air. I think the bigger surprise is how so many people actually fell for it.

[Dakine10 5,452]

I just read in another post that people who unduly criticized Obama must be racist

I'm not sure exactly what it was you were doing, but for damn sure you weren't reading.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Chinese state-run Global Times came down hard on Trump, threatening a trade war starting with the ubiquitous iPhone if he even attempted to slap tariffs on any of its US exports.

If Trump wrecks Sino-US trade, a number of US industries will be impaired. Finally the new president will be condemned for his recklessness, ignorance and incompetence, the newspaper said in an editorial.

The Global Times claimed any new tariffs would trigger immediate countermeasures and #######-for-tat approach from Beijing.

A batch of Boeing orders will be replaced by Airbus. US auto and iPhone sales in China will suffer a setback, and US soybean and maize imports will be halted. China can also limit the number of Chinese students studying in the US.

Making things difficult for China politically will do him no good, the newspaper warned.

Trump doesn't even know what hit him. He also doesn't know that in a trade war with China, we're the more vulnerable.

"Don't be naive", the newspaper stated. That's just it: we elected a man with no experience, no knowledge of how trade works, little understanding of government, and even less understanding of global politics. Worse, we elected a man who listens to no one, relishes ignorance, and seems to think he can bluff his way through every situation.

Being naive is one of his better traits.

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/china-flexes-its-muscles

[MarkPerry 488]

Chinese state-run Global Times came down hard on Trump, threatening a trade war starting with the ubiquitous iPhone if he even attempted to slap tariffs on any of its US exports.

If Trump wrecks Sino-US trade, a number of US industries will be impaired. Finally the new president will be condemned for his recklessness, ignorance and incompetence, the newspaper said in an editorial.

The Global Times claimed any new tariffs would trigger immediate countermeasures and #######-for-tat approach from Beijing.

A batch of Boeing orders will be replaced by Airbus. US auto and iPhone sales in China will suffer a setback, and US soybean and maize imports will be halted. China can also limit the number of Chinese students studying in the US.

Making things difficult for China politically will do him no good, the newspaper warned.

Trump doesn't even know what hit him. He also doesn't know that in a trade war with China, we're the more vulnerable.

"Don't be naive", the newspaper stated. That's just it: we elected a man with no experience, no knowledge of how trade works, little understanding of government, and even less understanding of global politics. Worse, we elected a man who listens to no one, relishes ignorance, and seems to think he can bluff his way through every situation.

Being naive is one of his better traits.

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/11/china-flexes-its-muscles

Butt Hurt Much?

[Teddy B 17,252]

Butt Hurt Much?

Pointing out the quote below isn't butt hurt, it's the truth. If some of you are having second thoughts, that's understandable. Many people can be fooled into voting for something they didn't educate themselves on and weren't fully aware of all the repercussions, Brexit comes to mind.

That's just it: we elected a man with no experience, no knowledge of how trade works, little understanding of government, and even less understanding of global politics. Worse, we elected a man who listens to no one, relishes ignorance, and seems to think he can bluff his way through every situation.

[smilesammich 10,727]

i trying to figure out if i'm reading correctly what just happened here; jacque67 posted an article with zero added commentary/opinion and the trump supporters among us lost their collective minds and pounced on jacque67 for being butthurt about trump winning?

[Teddy B 17,252]

i trying to figure out if i'm reading correctly what just happened here; jacque67 posted an article with zero added commentary/opinion and the trump supporters among us lost their collective minds and pounced on jacque67 for being butthurt about trump winning?

That's pretty much it. Sounds like buyers remorse to me. They are quickly finding out just how empty all of Trump's tough talk and promises actually are.

[smilesammich 10,727]

That's pretty much it. Sounds like buyers remorse to me. They are quickly finding out just how empty all of Trump's tough talk and promises actually are.

oh no, i'm sure they knew they were being trumped all along. they liked it and wanted more. it was merely the fact that trump was speaking to them directly, they've been lonely these past few years.

[Jacque67 7,328]

i trying to figure out if i'm reading correctly what just happened here; jacque67 posted an article with zero added commentary/opinion and the trump supporters among us lost their collective minds and pounced on jacque67 for being butthurt about trump winning?

I know, right?

Attack as debate is all they know. They should own the guy!!!

Draining the swamp: lobbyists, pac bundlers in transition, chief of staff the ultimate DC insider.

Fortunately I'm not as emotionally involved as others appear to be.

Dudes shouting at walls.