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Monday, August 26, 2019 9:21:07 PM
As Trump Swerves on Trade War, It’s Whiplash for the Rest of the World
"G7 leaders unite over efforts to extinguish Brazil's burning Amazon, where over 41,000 fires rage"
President Trump at the close of the Group of 7 summit meeting in Biarritz, France. Erin Schaff/The New York Times
By Peter Baker
Aug. 26, 2019, 7:04 p.m. ET
BIARRITZ, France — Remember when President Xi Jinping of China was the “enemy” ..
What about that edict by Mr. Trump, who “hereby ordered” .. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/business/china-tariffs-trump.html?module=inline .. American companies to leave China? Three days later, he was positive he would get a trade deal and, if so, then firms should “stay there and do a great job.”
Mr. Trump spent the weekend in France insisting that he was not having a debate with his fellow world leaders, but at times it seemed like he was having a debate with himself. Day by day, even hour by hour, his approach to the trade war with China, the most consequential economic conflict on the planet, veered back and forth, leaving much of the world with geopolitical whiplash.
If he seemed all over the map, he made clear on Monday, as he wrapped up days of diplomacy, that the world would just have to get used to it. He likes leaving negotiating partners, adversaries, observers and even allies off balance.
“Sorry!” he told reporters, sounding anything but apologetic. “It’s the way I negotiate. It’s the way I negotiate. It’s done very well for me over the years, and it’s doing even better for the country.”
The way he negotiates at times involves facts that may not be facts, statements that may not have been said and episodes that may not have occurred. And at times, he denied saying what he had said.
On Sunday, he said he had “second thoughts” .. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/europe/trump-offers-contradictory-signals-on-china-trade-war.html?module=inline .. about escalating the trade war with China, only to have staff members later insist that his only regret was not escalating it more. By Monday morning, he was ratcheting back the rhetoric and predicting a deal with Mr. Xi, whom he pronounced a “great leader” four times.
To explain his renewed optimism, he cited two phone calls he said the Americans had received from the Chinese seeking to resume official negotiations. China, however, failed to confirm any phone calls, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin then said the administration had been communicating with Beijing’s top negotiator “through intermediaries.”
More - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/world/asia/trump-g7-meeting.html
Mining out the 1% of Trump's shameless utterances which could be true is not a welcome task.
"G7 leaders unite over efforts to extinguish Brazil's burning Amazon, where over 41,000 fires rage"
President Trump at the close of the Group of 7 summit meeting in Biarritz, France. Erin Schaff/The New York Times
By Peter Baker
Aug. 26, 2019, 7:04 p.m. ET
BIARRITZ, France — Remember when President Xi Jinping of China was the “enemy” ..
? That was so Friday. As of Monday, according to President Trump, Mr. Xi was “a great leader” and a “brilliant man.”....My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2019
What about that edict by Mr. Trump, who “hereby ordered” .. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/business/china-tariffs-trump.html?module=inline .. American companies to leave China? Three days later, he was positive he would get a trade deal and, if so, then firms should “stay there and do a great job.”
Mr. Trump spent the weekend in France insisting that he was not having a debate with his fellow world leaders, but at times it seemed like he was having a debate with himself. Day by day, even hour by hour, his approach to the trade war with China, the most consequential economic conflict on the planet, veered back and forth, leaving much of the world with geopolitical whiplash.
If he seemed all over the map, he made clear on Monday, as he wrapped up days of diplomacy, that the world would just have to get used to it. He likes leaving negotiating partners, adversaries, observers and even allies off balance.
“Sorry!” he told reporters, sounding anything but apologetic. “It’s the way I negotiate. It’s the way I negotiate. It’s done very well for me over the years, and it’s doing even better for the country.”
The way he negotiates at times involves facts that may not be facts, statements that may not have been said and episodes that may not have occurred. And at times, he denied saying what he had said.
On Sunday, he said he had “second thoughts” .. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/world/europe/trump-offers-contradictory-signals-on-china-trade-war.html?module=inline .. about escalating the trade war with China, only to have staff members later insist that his only regret was not escalating it more. By Monday morning, he was ratcheting back the rhetoric and predicting a deal with Mr. Xi, whom he pronounced a “great leader” four times.
To explain his renewed optimism, he cited two phone calls he said the Americans had received from the Chinese seeking to resume official negotiations. China, however, failed to confirm any phone calls, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin then said the administration had been communicating with Beijing’s top negotiator “through intermediaries.”
More - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/world/asia/trump-g7-meeting.html
Mining out the 1% of Trump's shameless utterances which could be true is not a welcome task.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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