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Trump Begs World Leaders to Let Him Back in Their Club
World leaders, predictably, have responded by suggesting that Trump get bent.
When Donald Trump was campaigning for president, he vowed to tear up existing trade agreements and use his unparalleled dealmaking expertise to strike new, better deals for the U.S. Such promises prompted hordes of dissatisfied Americans to propel him into office, where the ex-Miss Universe owner promptly disappointed. Not only has the C.E.O.-in-chief’s dealmaking prowess been hindered by his complete lack of knowledge when it comes to policy, but he’s shown an alarming tendency to second-guess the few negotiations he has managed to flounder through. Case in point: on his fourth day in the job, Trump withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which he had called a “disaster done and pushed by special interests.” Fourteen months later, how’s that working out? While the Trump administration has yet to come up with a superior replacement for T.P.P., it’s done a great job alienating a whole bunch of allies who signed the deal without the U.S.’s participation. Then, in a move top economic adviser Larry Kudlow described as “out of the dark, navy blue,” Trump on Thursday told his advisers to look into rejoining the deal—on his preferred terms. To which world leaders have essentially responded: you can get in on this thing if you want, but we’re not renegotiating it for your benefit, you anthropomorphized Big Mac.
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Trump Begs World Leaders to Let Him Back in Their Club
World leaders, predictably, have responded by suggesting that Trump get bent.
When Donald Trump was campaigning for president, he vowed to tear up existing trade agreements and use his unparalleled dealmaking expertise to strike new, better deals for the U.S. Such promises prompted hordes of dissatisfied Americans to propel him into office, where the ex-Miss Universe owner promptly disappointed. Not only has the C.E.O.-in-chief’s dealmaking prowess been hindered by his complete lack of knowledge when it comes to policy, but he’s shown an alarming tendency to second-guess the few negotiations he has managed to flounder through. Case in point: on his fourth day in the job, Trump withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which he had called a “disaster done and pushed by special interests.” Fourteen months later, how’s that working out? While the Trump administration has yet to come up with a superior replacement for T.P.P., it’s done a great job alienating a whole bunch of allies who signed the deal without the U.S.’s participation. Then, in a move top economic adviser Larry Kudlow described as “out of the dark, navy blue,” Trump on Thursday told his advisers to look into rejoining the deal—on his preferred terms. To which world leaders have essentially responded: you can get in on this thing if you want, but we’re not renegotiating it for your benefit, you anthropomorphized Big Mac.
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