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Both, but the former is what I originally intended. He is so helter skelter in his delivery, but I think he may go down in history as one of the most consistent

Both, but the former is what I originally intended. He is so helter skelter in his delivery, but I think he may go down in history as one of the most consistent presidents in terms of campaign promises and in-office actions. I am in no way implying that this is necessarily good or bad.

burkaman 9y ago
Ok, the former is a pretty obvious observation that I doubt anyone disagreed with. One of Trump's media strategies is to constantly hammer home some obvious point without offering any specific solutions, so that other people take the blame if their ideas fail, but he can take credit if something works. So yes, Trump was right about China. I don't think a trade war will help the situation, but if it fails he can just say all his idiot predecessors dug a hole too deep for anyone to get out of. I don't agree that he's being particularly consistent, I think you're just forgetting a lot of his unfulfilled promises because he made so many vague and sometimes contradictory ones. Not sure how up-to-date it is, but try this site for some examples: https://trumptracker.github.io/ https://trumptracker.github.io/ Even a lot of promises from his uncharacteristically specific Contract with the American Voter are unfulfilled: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102316-Contractv02.pdf https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...
opportune 9y ago
It's easy to be consistent with your promises if they're vague. Did Trump ever mention anything in particular that was bad about China's trade with the US, such as currency manipulation and foreign technology transfer? It's hard for me to google things about it now that most of the news is about the current dealings, but I don't remember him really offering a coherent criticism of China other than that the US was getting a bad deal. Please correct me if I'm wrong though
- burkaman 9y ago
  He did promise to officially label China a currency manipulator in his first 100 days, which he has not done: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102316-Contractv02.pdf https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...

burkaman 9y ago

Ok, the former is a pretty obvious observation that I doubt anyone disagreed with. One of Trump's media strategies is to constantly hammer home some obvious point without offering any specific solutions, so that other people take the blame if their ideas fail, but he can take credit if something works. So yes, Trump was right about China. I don't think a trade war will help the situation, but if it fails he can just say all his idiot predecessors dug a hole too deep for anyone to get out of. I don't agree that he's being particularly consistent, I think you're just forgetting a lot of his unfulfilled promises because he made so many vague and sometimes contradictory ones. Not sure how up-to-date it is, but try this site for some examples: https://trumptracker.github.io/ https://trumptracker.github.io/ Even a lot of promises from his uncharacteristically specific Contract with the American Voter are unfulfilled: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102316-Contractv02.pdf https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...

opportune 9y ago

It's easy to be consistent with your promises if they're vague. Did Trump ever mention anything in particular that was bad about China's trade with the US, such as currency manipulation and foreign technology transfer? It's hard for me to google things about it now that most of the news is about the current dealings, but I don't remember him really offering a coherent criticism of China other than that the US was getting a bad deal. Please correct me if I'm wrong though

burkaman 9y ago
He did promise to officially label China a currency manipulator in his first 100 days, which he has not done: https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102316-Contractv02.pdf https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/_landings/contract/O-TRU-102...