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SouthBayDem

(32,517 posts)
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 01:58 AM Friday

Trump says he could reach trade deal with China, calls talk with Xi 'friendly'

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was friendly and he thought he could reach a trade deal with China.

[…]

"It went fine. It was a good, friendly conversation," Trump said of his call with Xi in an interview with Fox News aired on Thursday evening.

"I can do that," Trump said in the interview when asked if he could make a deal with China over fair trade practices.

Trump said he would rather not use tariffs against China but called tariffs a "tremendous power."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-could-reach-trade-deal-with-china-calls-talk-with-xi-friendly-2025-01-24/

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Trump says he could reach trade deal with China, calls talk with Xi 'friendly' (Original Post) SouthBayDem Friday OP
"Could" the weasel word of a lifelong grifter. Hassler Friday #1
Battle of wits mahina Friday #2
Trade Deal? Roy Rolling Friday #3
Already trade deals, and there are already tariffs too AZJonnie Friday #6
The hero swoops in to save the day JoseBalow Friday #4
The dumb fucker thinks he's such a great negotiator. He's not. All the other side has to do is praise him... brush Friday #5
Punish Canada with tariffs but not China. Irish_Dem Friday #7
exactly. mdbl Friday #8
And the kick back to the trump brand will be not so small. republianmushroom Friday #9

mahina

(19,289 posts)
2. Battle of wits
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:14 AM
Friday

With an unarmed man.
But I bet Donald thought he got the best of it.

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Roy Rolling

(7,246 posts)
3. Trade Deal?
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:34 AM
Friday

WTF is he talking about? There are already “deals” in place. He’s got fucking “deals” on his mind, like he’s gonna renege on agreements with China like he cheats his employees and vendors.

This act is just old. What he wants to do—like in his first term—is announce deals, then no deals, then deals again and enrich his buddies in the stock market who he tips off on advance. Market goes up—they cash in. Market goes down—they cash in. Until there’s no cash left.

Sorry folks, this is gonna be a bad economic fall .*

Classic insider trading, except the criminal has been declared immune by the Scrotums of the Supreme Court. And one woman.

* Opinions are mine and for entertainment purposes only. So please, no wagering.

AZJonnie

(227 posts)
6. Already trade deals, and there are already tariffs too
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:53 AM
Friday

I don't say this to make light of age-related cognitive decline so I hope this is not taken that way, but I've seen people at the stage he's at, and my guess Trump doesn't have a lot more time left before it's undeniable he's in significant mental decline. I'd be surprised if he makes many public speaking appearances after about 2 years from now.

JoseBalow

(6,200 posts)
4. The hero swoops in to save the day
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:45 AM
Friday

to cancel the tariffs that he was never gonna enact anyway, saving us all from the BS threat he created to begin with. The classic and well worn drumpf two-step.

There was never gonna be any tariffs. Who didn't see this coming?

brush

(58,589 posts)
5. The dumb fucker thinks he's such a great negotiator. He's not. All the other side has to do is praise him...
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:47 AM
Friday

and then take him to the cleaners, as witnessed by "Little Rocket Man" then 'love letters' back and forth. And what happened to he would get Putin to end the Ukraine War on day one? The fat fuck thinks way too much of himself.

Irish_Dem

(62,144 posts)
7. Punish Canada with tariffs but not China.
Fri Jan 24, 2025, 07:25 AM
Friday

In other words, Xi will pay Trump bribe money or give favors to the Trump crime syndicate.

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