President Trump orders put a Stop to it immediately

[RodISHI]

President Trump said China has broken the promise to stop shipments of the synthetic opioid fentanyl from coming into the US and had ordered Amazon, FedEx and UPS to search shipments for the drug. “Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t,” he wrote on Twitter.

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

....all deliveries of Fentanyl from China (or anywhere else!). Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said this would stop - it didn’t. Our Economy, because of our gains in the last 2 1/2 years, is MUCH larger than that of China. We will keep it that way!

7:59 AM - 23 Aug 2019

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[RodISHI]

Article excerpt

Who is the most important and disruptive leader in the world today? Most Americans would probably answer, Donald Trump -- with Russia's Vladimir Putin running a close second. But my choice for the must-read book of 2018, Elizabeth C. Economy's “The Third Revolution,” makes a strong case that China's Xi Jinping may deserve the title.

Under Xi's leadership since 2012, an increasingly powerful China has begun throwing its weight around in ways that have led international observers to fear the emergence of a new Cold War -- or perhaps even a new hot war -- with the U.S. Xi has more candidly announced China's ambitions to take center stage in world affairs than any leader since Mao Zedong; he has also amassed greater personal power than any Chinese leader since Mao. Economy's book traces Xi's influence and ambitions through an exhaustive reading of his speeches as well as an astute knowledge of Chinese politics and policy. It should be required reading not just for China-watchers but for anyone interested in U.S.-China relations and the future of world order.

 

[aaronleland]

Trump, Putin, and Xi have nothing on the great Chairman Mao.

Comrade Sanders 2020!

 

[ABikerSailor]

You know, when it comes down to who is going to be in office longer, Xi or Trump, Trump loses badly. Xi has been appointed president for life.

Trump can't play a long game like that.

 

[kyzr]

I like that Trump is stopping fentanyl from China. He is showing Xi that he means business and is saving US lives.

 

[BlindBoo]

The guy's a laugh a minute.

Maybe the Trumpublicans will let him get away with declaring another, (wink, wink) "emergency" and he can declare that he has the power to Nationalize those International Carriers.

 

[occupied]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

 

[RodISHI]

The guy's a laugh a minute.

Maybe the Trumpublicans will let him get away with declaring another, (wink, wink) "emergency" and he can declare that he has the power to Nationalize those International Carriers.

More like he might quit giving them a freebie by letting them use the United States Postal Service at a cut rate.

 

[RodISHI]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

Exposure is key to letting people know that there is a big issue that needs to be addressed or else we don't deal. China can take their economy as low as they want to but not at the cost of taking out our citizens with their crap.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

You know, when it comes down to who is going to be in office longer, Xi or Trump, Trump loses badly. Xi has been appointed president for life.

Trump can't play a long game like that.

China will also have to deal with an old crazy dictator.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

Exposure is key to letting people know that there is a big issue that needs to be addressed or else we don't deal. China can take their economy as low as they want to but not at the cost of taking out our citizens with their crap.

This isn't true. The modern economy is to big. Anything china makes can be bought elsewhere.

 

[occupied]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

Exposure is key to letting people know that there is a big issue that needs to be addressed or else we don't deal. China can take their economy as low as they want to but not at the cost of taking out our citizens with their crap.

It is the nature of the illegal drug trade that as long as there is demand there will be a supply.

 

[BlindBoo]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

The drug dealers will just pass the cost down to the junkies......

But in reality, authoritarians have been at war with their citizens who use intoxicants for recreational purposes for centuries. The people are still winning.

Even it he could stop the flow from China, the demand would be filled by some entrepreneur somehow.

Trumpybear is just using it as another prop.

 

[RodISHI]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

Exposure is key to letting people know that there is a big issue that needs to be addressed or else we don't deal. China can take their economy as low as they want to but not at the cost of taking out our citizens with their crap.

It is the nature of the illegal drug trade that as long as there is demand there will be a supply.

We do not have knowingly to subsidize it.

 

[jc456]

You know, when it comes down to who is going to be in office longer, Xi or Trump, Trump loses badly. Xi has been appointed president for life.

Trump can't play a long game like that.

he's not afraid to play it though. that's the difference with every other president.

 

[RodISHI]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

Exposure is key to letting people know that there is a big issue that needs to be addressed or else we don't deal. China can take their economy as low as they want to but not at the cost of taking out our citizens with their crap.

This isn't true. The modern economy is to big. Anything china makes can be bought elsewhere.

Sure it can. We do not have to slit our own throats for them. Anyone/other country is welcome to do that if they think it works for them.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

The drug dealers will just pass the cost down to the junkies......

But in reality, authoritarians have been at war with their citizens who use intoxicants for recreational purposes for centuries. The people are still winning.

Even it he could stop the flow from China, the demand would be filled by some entrepreneur somehow.

Trumpybear is just using it as another prop.

If a society isn't moral, it can't maintain a democratic government for long. It will always break down into authoritarian factions.

 

[jc456]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

The drug dealers will just pass the cost down to the junkies......

But in reality, authoritarians have been at war with their citizens who use intoxicants for recreational purposes for centuries. The people are still winning.

Even it he could stop the flow from China, the demand would be filled by some entrepreneur somehow.

Trumpybear is just using it as another prop.

If a society isn't moral, it can't maintain a democratic government for long. It will always break down into authoritarian factions.

it's why the constitution was written under a higher power purpose.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

What's he going to do? Impose tariffs?

The drug dealers will just pass the cost down to the junkies......

But in reality, authoritarians have been at war with their citizens who use intoxicants for recreational purposes for centuries. The people are still winning.

Even it he could stop the flow from China, the demand would be filled by some entrepreneur somehow.

Trumpybear is just using it as another prop.

If a society isn't moral, it can't maintain a democratic government for long. It will always break down into authoritarian factions.

it's why the constitution was written under a higher power purpose.

It is also why monarchy is better than good old fashioned dictatorship.

 

[BlindBoo]

The guy's a laugh a minute.

Maybe the Trumpublicans will let him get away with declaring another, (wink, wink) "emergency" and he can declare that he has the power to Nationalize those International Carriers.

More like he might quit giving them a freebie by letting them use the United States Postal Service at a cut rate.

So he wants the USPS to renege on their contracts will all the carriers that go to China? Or do you want him to just punish Amazon.