Quote from: Solar on June 02, 2019, 01:18:58 PM






President Donald Trump on June 2 described Mexico as an "abuser" of the United States and offered an ultimatum: either stop the "invasion" along the southern border or U.S. companies will be "brought back" through new tariffs imposed on Mexican goods.

Trump made the comments in a string of early morning posts on Twitter following his announcement on May 30 that he is imposing a 5 percent tariff on Mexico, which would increase until Mexico starts taking action on the border crisis. Most of the illegal aliens coming across the border are coming through Mexico from Central America.

In Trump's latest remarks, he outlined how Mexico hasn't been treating the United States fairly, describing a turbulent relationship between the two countries. He ended one of his posts with "America has had enough!"

"People have been saying for years that we should talk to Mexico. The problem is that Mexico is an "abuser" of the United States, taking but never giving. It has been this way for decades," he wrote.

"Either they stop the invasion of our Country by Drug Dealers, Cartels, Human Traffickers... Coyotes and Illegal Immigrants, which they can do very easily, or our many companies and jobs that have been foolishly allowed to move South of the Border, will be brought back into the United States through taxation (Tariffs)."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-mexico-is-an-abuser-of-the-us-america-has-had-enough_2947596.html

BMW has to be shitting wienerschnitzels right now...

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 01:42:26 PM


BMW has to be shitting wienerschnitzels right now...

I hadn't even thought about that angle. But then, Trump has no love for Merkle since she helped the Marxists spy on his campaign.

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 01:38:59 PM
Why can't they just behave like normal humans in the global marketplace.  Why are they stuck on this stupid global domination crap?

Believe it or not, they are taught to hate all races, they are the epitome racist. Chinese believe they are the superior race, so it's OK to screw over everyone you do business with, including provinces with the country, where the poor are taken advantage of because they're seen as inferior.
The only way they'll get it is when Trump slams the door on the Chinese mkt trade, and it is coming.

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 01:41:17 PM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/beijing-claims-to-have-three-trump-cards-in-us-china-trade-war-expert-breaks-down-why-they-wont-work_2946516.html

Quote"The second is for China to sell off its $1.1 trillion holdings of U.S. treasuries.

The third, which Jin said he considers to be the most powerful card, is to shut off the Chinese market to American companies. Many U.S. companies that rely more on the China market than their domestic markets would immediately suffer losses, he predicted."

What do you bet, they are scared to death to do this. 
Let them sell it, they'll lose heavily on the investment, and there will be plenty of buyers looking to get in good with the US. Hell, we'll just print Fiat and call it for ourselves.

Second, cutting off business with the largest economy in the world is beyond stupid, but truth is, it might just happen anyway, people are sick of doing business with these pricks.
I can repeat hundreds of horror stories from people that bought through Alibaba.
Same story across the board, they buy a 1000 pieces of something, a third fail or are well below quality, they complain and are told the manufacturer is no longer in business, soo solly...

Or they send you a wrong order, or purposely send you the wrong color, simply because they didn't tell you it only came in one color, despite the checkbox for color selection.
I knew one guy that wanted to buy 100 pairs of assorted ski gloves, they sent him 100 pairs of child size, so he was forced to purchase separate orders of men and women gloves.
Our own Hoofer got screwed on an order too.

Quote from: Solar on June 02, 2019, 03:32:53 PM
What do you bet, they are scared to death to do this. 
Let them sell it, they'll lose heavily on the investment, and there will be plenty of buyers looking to get in good with the US. Hell, we'll just print Fiat and call it for ourselves.

Second, cutting off business with the largest economy in the world is beyond stupid, but truth is, it might just happen anyway, people are sick of doing business with these pricks.
I can repeat hundreds of horror stories from people that bought through Alibaba.
Same story across the board, they buy a 1000 pieces of something, a third fail or are well below quality, they complain and are told the manufacturer is no longer in business, soo solly...

Or they send you a wrong order, or purposely send you the wrong color, simply because they didn't tell you it only came in one color, despite the checkbox for color selection.
I knew one guy that wanted to buy 100 pairs of assorted ski gloves, they sent him 100 pairs of child size, so he was forced to purchase separate orders of men and women gloves.
Our own Hoofer got screwed on an order too.

It's so stupid.  The only thing they have is our treasuries.  Gee, where would we get someone to buy the most secure and most liquid security in the world?  And if China started dumping off treasuries, they'd be carrying around yuan in wheelbarrows.

Yeah, the hilarity of them cutting off the US for business is so beyond stupid that I'm shocked that adults with supposed financial expertise are on TV making it sound like that's some sort of danger.

Gosh, how could we ever live without China?

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 05:50:54 PM
It's so stupid.  The only thing they have is our treasuries.  Gee, where would we get someone to buy the most secure and most liquid security in the world?  And if China started dumping off treasuries, they'd be carrying around yuan in wheelbarrows.

Yeah, the hilarity of them cutting off the US for business is so beyond stupid that I'm shocked that adults with supposed financial expertise are on TV making it sound like that's some sort of danger.

Gosh, how could we ever live without China?

Where have we seen that before?

Good interview with Curtis Ellis, an economic adviser to Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HLA9QhMYwM

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 06:00:07 PM
Good interview with Curtis Ellis, an economic adviser to Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HLA9QhMYwM

OMG!!! Have they been recording our conversations? I swear, this is exactly what you and I have been talking about.

Quote from: Solar on June 02, 2019, 06:05:39 PM

OMG!!! Have they been recording our conversations? I swear, this is exactly what you and I have been talking about.

I know... especially the one about how the businesspeople get over there and once there, they can't go back...  From our China article on Hardliner:

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As we begin to buy from other countries, and we block China from stealing our tech and IP, we'll drop them back to the third world where they belong.  We gave them a shot and they abused us so they need to pay.  As for American companies moving from China, simply leaving is easier than it sounds for many reasons.

For the non-business owners, which entails the overwhelming majority of financial pundits on TV, moving a company sucks.  When you're in charge of making a decision to move a department, production, or outsource a service elsewhere, your credibility is on the line.  After you put the deal together, get the partners on board, get the budget and financing together, and execute the move, it's a big deal and causes a lot of stress in the company.  Once the train leaves the proverbial station, you don't get off until the move is over.

If you pull out or things go south, you lose credibility with your partners, or if you're an executive, you'll likely not be with the company much longer.  That's why I can understand from a business owner's perspective why many of them stay, even as the Chinese ramps up the abuse.

https://conservativehardliner.com/we-should-stop-doing-business-china

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 06:10:22 PM


I know... especially the one about how the businesspeople get over there and once there, they can't go back...  From our China article on Hardliner:

https://conservativehardliner.com/we-should-stop-doing-business-china

Watch this graph literally flip by the end of summer.

Quote from: Solar on June 02, 2019, 06:16:39 PM
Watch this graph literally flip by the end of summer.

They really fucked up.  I love watching the politicians like Justin Amash squeal like pigs.

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 06:18:50 PM
They really fucked up.  I love watching the politicians like Justin Amash squeal like pigs.

Trump is kicking the worlds ass and setting things straight, and idiots like Amash literally step in it.
Did no one sit them down and explain reality to them?

Quote from: Solar on June 02, 2019, 06:21:54 PM
Trump is kicking the worlds ass and setting things straight, and idiots like Amash literally step in it.
Did no one sit them down and explain reality to them?

He's well loved by the insane.

https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/1135058932064501760

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 06:27:19 PM
He's well loved by the insane.

https://twitter.com/glennbeck/status/1135058932064501760

Wow, didn't he just recover from Nevertrumperism?

Quote from: taxed on June 02, 2019, 01:38:59 PM
Why can't they just behave like normal humans in the global marketplace.  Why are they stuck on this stupid global domination crap?

Why cant they just go back to being good little isolationists like they were for most of their history? Yes there were times when they used the silk road but China has frequently pulled back and closed its boarders due to xenophobia. They were actually more advanced than the west at one point (middle ages) but their isolationism kept them from expanding and colonizing like the west did, and the west overtook them technologically.

They have been looking for a new world monopoly since they lost the secrets of silkworms hundreds of years ago.