foregoneconclusion

Ransomware...a form of extortion. And which countries are currently run by administrations that like to use extortion as part of their modus operandi? 

The Trump administration tries to claim everything is an emergency or national security related. But they never like to provide any evidence of either claim. 

blastdoor said: Take the Inflation Reduction Act as an example. That is the name of the act, and there are things in it that might eventually reduce inflation (maybe), but there was no way it was going to reduce the inflation that existed at the time of its passing.

The Inflation Reduction Act included the ability for Medicare to negotiate drug prices and also lowered Affordable Care Act premiums for Americans that qualified (millions). You can't deny that health care has a lot of inflation and that both of those things would lower prices for a significant number of Americans. 

mpantone said: The rare earth mining element issue isn't China's only card in this trade war. They also hold about $770 billion in US Treasury bonds. That's a more dire concern for the US government. If China (or other countries) decide to dump Treasuries, there's a very real risk of serious economic downturn.

Unloading U.S. bonds would be the last thing that China would want to do re: tariffs. It would increase the exchange rate of their own currency which in turn would make their exports more expensive in the U.S. economy. It would compound their problems rather than providing a solution. 

9secondkox2 said: I also added late that The USA has indeed been getting ripped in world trade forever now and that it's about time someone stands up to global bullies. 

The fact is Trump is very easy to read and to predict when you realize that he has America's best interests at heart ad takes action accordingly.

Trump's first administration abandoned the TPP agreement and renegotiated trade rules with China. You're claiming he was doing that in America's best interest, right? So your only choices per Trump and China are (A) his renegotiated deal with China ripped off the United States OR (B) he's lying about it being a rip-off in 2025.