(Enlightened Prisoner on WAPO 11-1-20)
Let's talk about that trade war with China and let's talk about US farm produce markets. The Obama administration allowed (in fact encouraged) US farm product Co-Ops to do their own market promotion and deals with Chinese markets. Not surprisingly, farm commodity market managers are pretty smart folks and did quite well in opening Chinese acceptance (and payments) for a lot of US farm produced products. After all, we're one of the best farm product producers in the world.
They along came the Trump criteria for how to market. You first bully your own opinion on everything, then you curtail any market dealings that don't personally have your endorsed stamp of approval, and then you decide to put tariffs on things because it sounds tough. Whoa, US farm product contracts grind to a halt. The Chinese pull back from dealing with the Co-Ops and those farm market products sit in US warehouse storage trying to find new markets.
And, rather than apologize for being the idiot at the bargaining table, Trump approves (without Congressional endorsement) $28 Billion in tax-payer revenue to pacify the angry farmers for his snafu. And you folks believe in Trump's ability to conduct business on behalf of this country? Why the "Con from Queens" has a business failure record that has no equal and you look the other way?
But he has a very successful record at fakery and deflection. Hardly Presidential traits. Get him the hell out of there and let's get back to honesty in our governance. Like63
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