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Facts. And anyone who says different is just kidding him/herself.
Mexico uses us as a safety valve. South Americans are wary of us because our bullying and of all the crimes we’ve committed down there. They resent years of living under the Monroe Doctrine.
We haven’t a single friend in Asia. Everyone on that continent wants something or has an ulterior motive. You can practically see their leaders gritting their teeth when they shake any US president’s hand. Taiwan has obvious reasons to be obsequious. Japan uses us to save their own money on defense. Ditto Korea. Other Asian nations have accepted the inevitability of Chinese hegemony over the region sooner or later.
Africa is basically indifferent towards us. They look more to Europe, China and emerging nations like Brazil for guidance because all the United States is interested in is peddling weapons and chasing terrorist ghost across the continent.
The Middle East? Not a single friend. In fact, they think we’re the biggest fools on the planet. We’ve made the region a mess by destabilizing it. The Saudis laugh at us behind our backs and the Israelis use us as a blunt object against their enemies. Both nations would kick us to the curb the minute they didn’t need us for something. The Turks think that we’re interlopers who constantly stir up trouble...trouble that ALWAYS causes them problems on their own borders.
Europe? LMAO...please. They see us as the dupes who subsidizes their defense while they lavish their citizens with goodies that Americans can only dream about. The British government pays friendship some lip service, but the British people have no use for us. Not to mention that Britain has gotten us in two world wars, and then screwed up the Middle East, only to hand us that soup sandwich and walk away from it. The British have NEVER been a friend for anything other than an ephemeral convenience.
Australia can take us or leave us. We’re good for them keeping the Chinese tiger at bay, but that’s about it. Of course, they remember our treachery when we tried to rig an Australian election, and Australians remain rightfully wary. Wouldn’t call them a friend by any stretch.
Canada? The Canadians have never asked us for anything. They just want to get along and be a good neighbor. They’ve never done anything malicious to us, and when we’ve been maligned, they’ve stood quietly beside their neighbor to the south and remained a steady friend. They’ve even deployed troops to a few of our dumb wars. We should be very careful not to alienate our only friend.
I’ve said time and time again that I support Trump on trade, and I believe his heart is mostly in the right place on this issue. But if you’re gonna break the rules because they stink, then break another one and show our friends to the north some special dispensation on this and any other issue that you wouldn’t show another nation.
Don’t insult their prime minister publicly...and don’t air family grievances out like an idiot.
While I agree with on most of your positions do you really think Canada wants nothing from us. At issue is the Canadian supply-management system, which covers dairy, eggs, and poultry products. The system sets domestic production quotas and keeps prices stable, thereby guaranteeing farmers a steady income. And, in order to keep the supply stable, Canada blocks imports from other countries, including the U.S., by imposing tariffs—up to 270 percent on dairy products. About 80 percent of Canada’s dairy farmers are concentrated in two provinces, Quebec and Ontario, both of which are crucial to Trudeau’s political fortunes. (The system is by no means universally popular in Canada.) In the mean time 370 dairy farms in Wisconsin went belly up last year.......
I hope the President lets the rest of the world know that the Bank is now CLOSED!
The United States MUST stop giving our limited wealth away. WE, the American Taxpayer, can no longer afford to give money to countries which hate us. Not when we have thousands of hungry children and hundreds of thousands of homeless people, and our roads and bridges are rapidly becoming rubble.
It is time to put the needs of the United States FIRST. Well, actually, it was time to do that long ago, but none of our "leaders" had the guts to make it happen. I don't know if trump does or not, but I hope so.
While I agree with on most of your positions do you really think Canada wants nothing from us. At issue is the Canadian supply-management system, which covers dairy, eggs, and poultry products. The system sets domestic production quotas and keeps prices stable, thereby guaranteeing farmers a steady income. And, in order to keep the supply stable, Canada blocks imports from other countries, including the U.S., by imposing tariffs—up to 270 percent on dairy products. About 80 percent of Canada’s dairy farmers are concentrated in two provinces, Quebec and Ontario, both of which are crucial to Trudeau’s political fortunes. (The system is by no means universally popular in Canada.) In the mean time 370 dairy farms in Wisconsin went belly up last year.......
Thank You, these people won't read this common sense in the NYTimes.
The President is a bully. He always needs an adversary - UNTIL he meets them face to face.
He will LOSE on this bigtime....and he'll drag us down with him.
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