
Trump: China’s Currency Devaluation A ‘Gift’ To America, Farmers Better Off On Welfare
Donald Trump says there's a media conspiracy afoot.
Amid spiraling tensions with China that now loo

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Rent-seeking/Patronage economies are part and parcel of despotism –the tariff/subsidy model for the agricultural sector is a reflection of the impulse towards tyranny –if DJT were left to his own devices he would turn America into Zimbabwe. At least Mugabe actually fought in a war.
“Constant escalation and antagonism” and the idea that we win if everyone else loses seems to be the guiding light of this administration. I am going to plagiarize a wonderful quote from a source I can’t cite because I don’t remember where I read it.
“Cutting everyone else off at the knees doesn’t make you any taller”.
Pretty much sums up our current strategy.