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applegrove

(118,692 posts) Sun Apr 8, 2018, 07:53 PM Apr 2018

Winging a Trade War

https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/08/winging-a-trade-war/

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Jonathan Swan: “When the president threatened China with $100 billion in new tariffs, there had hardly been any White House discussion.”

“There wasn’t one single deliberative meeting in which senior officials sat down to debate the pros and cons of this historic threat. Trump didn’t even ask for advice from his new top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, instead presenting the tariffs as a fait accompli. Chief of Staff John Kelly knew Trump wanted more tariffs but was blindsided by the speed of the announcement. And Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short — the White House’s liaison to Capitol Hill — was totally in the dark.”

“Trump had melted down Capitol Hill and roiled the markets with zero substantive internal debate.”

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When will the press finally realize that Trump governs by whim? Binkie The Clown Apr 2018 #1

Binkie The Clown

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1. When will the press finally realize that Trump governs by whim?

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Sun Apr 8, 2018, 08:01 PM

Apr 2018

It used to be that when the press reported "The president said..." it was something that had been carefully thought out and considered at great depth. Today "The president said..." just means Trump had some beans for lunch and his ass made a random farting noise that the press breathlessly rushed to print.

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