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Originally Posted by reckless
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??
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I have no idea what anti-American trade deals you are talking about. Again, you accuse without facts. As a general rule, just about any trade deal the government does is a bad idea.
I am not anti-Trump. He is much preferable to Hillary, but he has some screwball ideas, and I will point them out when they come up. I am not a Republican either. I don't understand how you think branding anyone with political labels is going to disprove a position.
It does matter what terms Trump uses, because calling things something that they aren't indicates that either he doesn't understand what he is doing or that he is being deceitful. Free trade is good for the consumer. Protectionist tariffs, which is what Trump is proposing, are bad for consumers and good for a few selective industries. Trump's spokesman in the campaign admitted in an interview last year that Trump's tariff proposals could raise the cost of living of the average family by 10-15%.
