Trump Bringing up the Rear No Need for Front Horses
(White: Conquest; Red: War; Black: Famine; Pale: Plague)
Allies,
Partners, Friends: Ha, buzz off
(His smug
arrogant look says it all)
Trump constantly brags on himself (and expects others to fluff him daily) as the only expert deal
maker ever.
One example of his “on again, off again trade deals with China” dispute
his bragging rights and this example re: trade tariffs hurting American farmers:
Highlights: Trump keeps blaming Obama for lousy
auto and other bailout deals (left over by
Dubya Bush when Obama entered office after the 2008 near total economic
meltdown), yet Trump gets a pass on his harsh trade/tariff policy impacting
many Americans including farmers who export a lot of food.
Trump then had to get a $12 billion bailout plan from Congress to offset the pain that his tariff
policy was doing to American farmers harmed by his trade tariffs on China.
General
Background: Tariffs are a tax imposed by a government on goods and services
imported and falls on consumers (as a tax). Tariffs increase the price of the
goods imported and thus make them less desirable to buy, and less competitive
vis-à-vis domestic produced goods and products.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
On top of his lousy trade deals is this laundry list
of treaties, partnerships, and agreements that he has tossed out or threatened
to toss out with his wild claim of: “AMERICA
FIRST” policy –
Yes, it is true that all
of us should work hard to keep America first and strong, but NOT be America alone with no
allies, friends, or partners.
Just imagine had we been alone in WW II how that would
have worked out?
Trump’s latest treaty withdrawal threat: He wants withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty (OST) in effect since 1992 (27 nations) and now in full effect
since 2002 (with 34 nations).
Our European
allies want to keep the treaty going in full force. They have
benefited from the more than 1,500 overflights carried out under the OST allowing them to observe Russian
military movements, and see it as a remaining element of international cohesion
and transparency.
Right now, however, it is unclear how Russia will respond to any
U.S. withdrawal.
Outcome if
Trump does: Russia would be able to continue to fly over U.S. bases in Europe,
but the U.S. would no longer be allowed to overfly Russia. Think hard about that
prospect.
My note: This again as Trump has done before,
favors Putin a great deal.
Memo from Putin to Trump: “Большое спасибо, Дональд.”
(Translation:
“Thanks so much, Donald.” /s/ Vlad)
The
administration is supposed to explain to Congress how leaving OST serves U.S.
security interests and give assurances that Washington has consulted its
partners 120 days before serving formal notice of withdrawal.
Notes on treaty status:
The OST would be the third arms control agreement Trump has left:
1. He took us
out of the Iran nuclear
deal in 2018 (the IAEA and partners who signed all said it was working).
Plus these:
3. Paris Climate Accord: Trump sided with
GOP conservatives who argued the 2015 agreement was bad for the economy.
Critics said he was weakening global efforts to stop climate change (withdrew
2017).
4. The Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP): Shortly after he took office in 2017, Trump pulled out
of this trade agreement that included 12 Pacific Rim countries. Trump said it was to help American
workers. Critics
said he was creating an
opening for
economic heavyweight China to expand its influence in the region.
5. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
After Trump pulled out, he negotiated a new agreement with the two countries, and
now it’s called US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
6. United
Nations’ Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Trump administration announced in
October 2017 it
would withdraw.
7. UN Relief and Works Agency (UNHRC):
Trump withdrew from
the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2018.
8. UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA):
Trump announced in
August 2018 that
he was ending its decades of funding for the UN Relief & Works Agency – at the
time was helping Palestinian refugees.
Treaties in Doubt or Pending his Axe:
(9) NATO: Several times over the course of
2018, Trump privately said he wanted to withdraw from NATO senior
administration officials told the New
York Times. Plus this
moves us against the EU.
Critics say
withdrawing would embolden Russia and endanger peace in Europe. Days after the
Times report in mid-January, the House passed bi-partisan
legislation expressing
support for NATO.
The Senate
also has a bipartisan
bill pending that
is aimed at preventing the president from withdrawing from NATO without Senate
approval.
(10) The NEW START TREATY: It is the last
treaty limiting U.S. and Russian Strategic Nuclear Weapons, It is due to expire in February 2021.
(11) The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT), which the U.S. has signed (observing a voluntary moratorium on nuclear
tests) but not ratified by the all GOP-run senate yet.
My 2 cents: What in the world is Trump’s goal,
aim, or ambition? Basically he does not like anything that he did not make the deal for and more so if Mr. Obama was involved - Trump hates Mr. Obama with a rawness not seen in years by any president.
He professes to be the best “Deal Maker” ever, but in
reality he is the world’s #1 “Deal Breaker?” Even his book “Art of the Deal” should be renamed to “Art of the Con?”
He apparently has a burning desire is to be the only
world leader and at any cost since that this only way he knows how to deal in
the business world, and now he has the lousy record to prove the point.
All-in-all Trump is arrogant pitiful hypocrite who
lies constantly and his skills is in conning people to support and prop him up.
That is his only talent and his over 18,000 lies prove it beyond any doubt.
As I will continue to say: Trump is 100% incorrigible.
Thanks for stopping by
No comments:
Post a Comment