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Originally Posted by Clocker
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 dI just can't wait for tomorrow because Trump gets better every day.elusional 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.
I must have missed that. Got a cite or a link?
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I guess all those anti-America trade deals done pre-Trump were OK by you because 'conservatives' in the GOP made them ... ??
'Fair' trade deals were they? Or were they 'free' trade deals?
It doesn't really matter because whatever terms Trump used and meant the anti-Trump crowd made sure to criticize it because .... well, it's Trump and what does he know about business and trade, free, fair or otherwise??
And using your ox is gored line of thought ... well there are winners and losers to be had. The difference is
Trump wants America to win and
Obama wanted anybody but America to win. The same could be said about most of the pre-Trump GOP-majority congresses, too.
What we do know is since Day One you and other 'conservatives' on here that are anti-Trump have been playing the analyzing/parsing game with almost everything he says and does. Which is no big deal because most of us know by now the real silly game being played.
Bottom line, after just a single year in office, Trump already has proven to be quite astute in correcting all of these 'free trade' deals made by previous GOP 'conservatives' -- the same people who told us that Trump knows little about such things.
I just can't wait for tomorrow because Trump gets better every day.
