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Originally Posted by reckless
knows more about free trade than Trump
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Another impassioned defense of The Donald without resorting to facts.
Trump says he is in favor of "free trade" as long as it is "fair trade".
The two concepts are contradictory. Free trade means trading without such restrictions as protectionist tariffs or quotas. "Fair trade" means using tariffs or other restrictions to manipulate and manage trade in order to get the results that you want.
Free trade is objective, fair trade is subjective. To equate the two is delusional or deceptive. Trump is not in favor of free trade. There can be no doubt that he wants to use protectionist tariffs to achieve his goals. He is in favor of "fair trade", as long as he gets to define what is fair. If you are in favor of "fair trade" as defined by Trump, at least be honest about what it is.
In politics, defining what is fair means deciding whose ox gets gored. As in Obama's mantra about the "rich" paying their fair share.
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prior anti-Trump rhetoric and analysis was both easily debunked on the merits and proven patently incorrect, numerous times
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I must have missed that. Got a cite or a link?
