‘National Security’ As A Pandora’s Box
If you listen closely to Wilbur Ross's interview with Fox News from Thursday, he conveniently dodges the fact that the threat of auto tariffs on Europe and Japan stems from the invocation of "national security" concerns.
Watch the following clip again (and the "again" assumes you watched it yesterday):
Note that after a rambling defense of the administration's misguided interpretation of trade deficits, Ross says the following when Bartiromo presses him on whethe
Its just like MAGA…..complete BS branding and marketing intended to couch his agenda de jour as good for his base. Its just branding and marketing….the only thing this guy knows or cares about …all in an effort to WIN (his re-election-not anything else)! Karma please come to the rescue.
It appears that trump’s policy and political day trading is greatly risking a crash in the re-election market….I pray for a moderate slowdown in the summer/fall of 2020 to seal the deal….
Another day, another step down the Trump rabbit hole.
I think he may end up losing a large part of his base with the problems facing the central/mid-west farming communities. Hopefully his 2020 prospects are f’n buried before it gets on the ground.
He will not lose that base .. They have a tendency to be irrational and clueless all at the same time.. In addition they view a weakening base as a personal affront so thereby a level of solidarity exists.. I know many of these people and they are hard working and otherwise honorable ..The media over the last two decades has done its job well to program their attitudes…
Are they still putting brown people in cages? Then the base will be just fine. Supplemental agricultural subsidies will be there for additional succor.