mvscal wrote:They're trying their best right now and it isn't working. Trump is loose inside their OODA loop and they have no clue how to respond and, by the time they figure it out, it will be too late.
what about the other requirements for a commander in chief?
aren't you the least bit concerned that Trump is a bully and when he doesn't get his way acts like a spoiled kid?
how do you think that's going to play on the world stage?
I have no idea of what his foreign policy experience is, what his intentions are, who he's going to court and who he's going to kick to the curb....
he's running on two issues, that being immigration and trade, and I'm not sure what his intentions insofar as trade is concerned....he clearly doesn't understand the Chinese/US trade imbalance is due in large part to things the US can't control....such as the Chinese standard of living, which is significantly lower than that of the U.S. that's why Chinese workers will work for $0.50/hour as opposed to people here that demand $15/hour for working at McDonalds...the value of the yuan, which China can devalue at the drop of a hat, making Chinese exports seriously cheap, while making imported goods from the US really expensive....
start slapping tariffs on imported goods? the Chinese could give a fuck because they just pass that cost on to the end users....the Chinese have been stealing our technology by openly inviting hi tech companies (such as Cisco) to open factories in China so they can steal the technology and eventually put Cisco out of business all while pretending to be our friends insofar as import/exports are concerned....
and remember, we're dealing with a country that holds almost 2 trillion dollars of our debt.....if Trump thinks he can bully these people around, he's got a serious awakening coming....
yeah, he's taking advantage of the American people being sick and tired of the same old political hackishness but the idea of Trump as POTUS is just a little unnerving to me....he could push this country over an abyss we simply can't recover from.....