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In response to "Thank god the president released false and misleading reports to manipulate the markets!! -- nm" by decline

Along those lines, I'm about 80% convinced that Trump keeps the trade war going with China, even if it causes a recession, until about March or April

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 30 '19, 08:07

of next year. Then he capitulates to whatever is necessary to make a deal, the markets go up, he claims he beat the crap out of China and proclaims himself the savior of the economy. He uses it to hide weakness in the economy that was happening for reasons not just related to the trade war and his talking point is about how he "had to do it" to save us. His particular skill is creating a crisis and then taking credit for solving it when he just goes back to mostly status quo.

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I recall a documentary about Napoleon talking about how he lost a battle but came back to France and just told everyone he'd won it. - Max Aug 30, 08:27 1
- But now we have the media! - Spawn Aug 30, 08:28
Oh gee that sounds like nafta -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:25
yup. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 08:20
Yeah, had that exact conversation with someone this week. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:09
very plausible -- nm - decline Aug 30, 08:08

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Along those lines, I'm about 80% convinced that Trump keeps the trade war going with China, even if it causes a recession, until about March or April

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