Trump Was About To Pull Out Of NAFTA Until... - YouTube

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JUST, REALLY MOMENTS AFTER SAYING HE WAS GOING TO TEAR UP
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NAFTA AND PULL OUT COMPLETELY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REVERSED
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COURSE.
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ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP
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AGREED NOT TO TERMINATE NAFTA AT THIS TIME, AND THE LEADERS
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AGREED TO ACT SWIFTLY 帽
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TO PROCEED SWIFTLY TO RENEGOTIATE THE NASTY 帽
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THE NAFTA DEAL TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL THREE COUNTRIES.
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TALKING POINTS MEMO SAYS THAT THE STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE
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HOUSE FOLLOWED TWO REPORTS THAT TRUNK ADVISERS HAD GONE SO
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FAR AS TO DRAFT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AS TO WITHDRAW THE
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UNITED STATES FROM NAFTA.
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THE THING IS, TRUMP IS AN OPEN-MINDED GUY, AND HE LOOKED
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INTO NAFTA AFTER SAYING HE WOULD PULL OUT, AND REALIZED, WHO
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WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY COMPLICATED?
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NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN.
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HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A 10 MINUTE BRIEFING ABOUT NAFTA, LIKE HE
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DID WITH CHINA OR NORTH KOREA.
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OR READ SOMETHING.
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ANYTHING WOULD HAVE HELPED.
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IT'S SO WEIRD, BUT I THINK IT'S BAKED INTO HIS PERSONA, AND
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HIS APPROACH TO EVERYTHING, HE IS FORGIVEN FOR ALL THESE
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BRASH, OVERT MOVES THAT HE JUST OUT OF COMES UP WITH, AND
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SAYS TO GET A FEEL.
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HE'S THROWING SPAGHETTI AT THE WALL ALL THE TIME, AND IT
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SEEMS LIKE THIS EXCUSES IT SOMEHOW, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING.
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I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISUNDERSTAND THE WAY I AM
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RESPONDING TO THIS STORY.
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I DON'T THINK THAT NAFTA IS PERFECT.
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IS FLAWED IN MANY WAYS.
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I GET HAS HAD SOME UNEXPECTED, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR
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THE UNITED STATES, AND MEXICO, AND I'M SURE TO SOME EXTENT
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CANADA AS WELL.
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FOR INSTANCE, WE PRODUCE SO MUCH CHEAP CORN, AND WE ARE NOW
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EXPORTING IT TO MEXICO.
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LIKE ABOUT ALL THE FARMERS 帽
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THE FARMERS IN MEXICO THAT RELIED ON THEIR CORN CROPS.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST AMERICA SUFFERING AND EVERYONE ELSE
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IS DOING WELL, THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS FOR EVERYONE
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INVOLVED.
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BUT THERE ARE POSITIVES, IT IS A COP LOCATED ISSUE.
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帽 IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
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AND THEN DONALD TRUMP MAKES UNEDUCATED STATEMENTS ABOUT
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THESE POLICIES, OR THESE ISSUES, AND THAT'S WITH PROBLEMATIC
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HERE.
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IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT NAFTA, IT'S ABOUT EVERY POLITICAL ISSUE
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THAT HE HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED IN.
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THAT IS TRUE, AND HE IS A GUY WHO DOES NOT SEE THE GRAY
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AREA IN SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IN POLITICS, AND IN LIFE,
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AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SERVING AS
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SPECIFIC AS FREE-TRADE, HAPPENS IN THE GRAY AREA.
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HE WAS ADVISED BY BANNON, AND THAT TRADE UNION GUY, NAVARRO,
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THE NATIONAL TRADE INDUSTRIAL COUNSEL, WHO, OF COURSE,
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IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO GET THIS.
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BANNON IS A PR GUY, THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE WANTS TO GET
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RID OF IT JUST LIKE THIS.
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BUT SOME PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON THIS TRADE AGREEMENT
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THAT IT IS NA艙VE.
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YEAH, DISMANTLE IT, BUT DO IT IN A REASONABLE WAY.
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DON'T PULL OUT, FIX IT.
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IT'S NOT WANT TO BE PERFECT.
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WHEN CLINTON PUT IT IN, IT'S NOT WANT TO BE PERFECT.
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WHEN GERALD FORD, WHO HIMSELF WAS PRESENT FOR A WHILE, HE
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WROTE AN EDITORIAL IN THE PAPERS AROUND THAT TIME, SUPPORTING
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NAFTA, AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT WAS GOING TO REALLY HURTS,
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BECAUSE IT WAS A FORMER PRESIDENT, A REPUBLICAN, CLINTON
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MIGHT NOT WANT TO ALIGN HIMSELF 帽 IT TURNS OUT HE DID 帽
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BUT THEY ALL PREDICT THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING TO BE
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PROBLEMATIC WITH NAFTA.
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SO, RATHER THAN JUST FIX IT, TRUMP IS DOING WHAT TRUMP DOES,
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IT'S EITHER BLACK OR WHITE.
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AND HE DOES WANT TO GET RID OF IT.
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AND NOW, COOLER HEADS HAVE TO PREVAIL THEN THEY HAVE IN
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OTHER CASES WITH TRUMP, AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE.
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FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT HE WOULD COME
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IN WITH SOME KIND OF INTUITION ON THE BUSINESS PART OF IT,
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WHICH MEXICO AND CANADA SEEM TO BE OUTSHINING HIM ON THERE.
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AND IF YOU HAVE ONE THING ON DONALD TRUMP, MAYBE HE
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KNOWS A TINY BIT?
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HE HAS GONE BANKRUPT A BUNCH OF TIMES.
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PULL OUT OF TPB, SAY I'M GOING TO PULL OUT OF NAFTA, AND
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THEN SUDDENLY SAY HE'S GOING TO RENEGOTIATE IT.
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WHAT KIND OF EFFECT OF THAT BEHAVIOR HAVE ON THE RIGHT
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帽 ON THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS?
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IT HELPS HIM WITH VOTERS.
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YOU THINK IT HELPS HIM WITH VOTERS?
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IT HELPS HIM LIVE UP TO WHAT THOSE VOTERS, WHO ARE
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MIDWEST, UNION, BLUE-COLLAR, WHITE AMERICANS, WHO HAD
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SOURED ON CLINTON, SOURED ON THE DEMOCRATS, SOURED ON BEING
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TAKEN FOR GRANTED, THIS IS A PROMISE TO THEM IN A WEIRD
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WAY, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LIKE.
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NOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY LIKE, BRETT'S QUESTION WAS
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WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE DEAL?
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THE DEAL WILL BE HANDLED VERY CAREFULLY OVER A LONG
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PERIOD OF TIME.
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DONALD TRUMP'S 帽 DONALD TRUMP ONCE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW, WE
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ARE NOT WHAT YOU PULL OUT OF NAFTA TOMORROW.
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3 DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS WORKED ON NAFTA.
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AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE VOTE TO PASS NAFTA IN THE SENATE, AND IT
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WAS 34 REPUBLICANS AND 27 DEMOCRATS.
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IT'S SUCH A WEIRD ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE
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WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WHO WANTS PROTECTIONIST
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TRADE POLICIES.
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IF YOU GET THAT PASSED, HE'S GOING TO BE APPEALING TO LABOR
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UNIONS ON THE LEFT, AND DISSING OFF STAUNCH REPUBLICANS ON THE
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RIGHT WHO WANT FREE-TRADE.
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MEANWHILE, THE FOLKS WHO ARE NEGOTIATING THIS ARE LIKE,
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WILBUR ROSS, WHO IS JUST OLD MONEY ALL THE WAY.
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I DON'T HOW IT'S GOING TO COME OFF.
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YOU WON'T KNOW FOR A WILD, IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOREVER.
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I DO WANT TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP
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HIM WITH VOTERS, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED
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FOR HIM WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO LOVED HIS TOUGH TALK ON
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EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO, HE HAS
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EITHER FAILED IN DOING, OR HAS COMPLETE THE SWITCHED HIS
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POLICY IDEAS IN REGARD TO THAT.
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SO, HE FAILED WHEN IT CAME TO HEALTHCARE, HE HAS FAILED WHEN
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IT CAME TO THE MUSLIM THEN, HE HAS FAILED WHEN IT CAME TO
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STRIPPING STATES THAT HAVE SANCTUARY CITIES OF FEDERAL
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FUNDING.
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HE KEEPS RUNNING INTO THESE ROADBLOCKS, AND I DON'T
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KNOW IF THAT IS RESONATING WITH HIS VOTERS AT ALL, OR IF IT
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IS STARTING TO HIT A NERVE WITH THEM.
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YOU ARE RIGHT, MAYBE I MISSPOKE A LITTLE BIT.
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I'M NOT SAYING IT IS GOING TO HELP HIM OVERALL WITH VOTERS,
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BUT THERE ARE SINGLE ISSUE VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR DONALD
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TRUMP AT THIS TIME, WHO ARE IN MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL
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UNIONS, WHO ARE REALLY PISSED OFF ABOUT FREE-TRADE.
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HE PULLED OUT OF TPB, GREAT, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE
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HAPPENED IF HE LOST WITH TPP.
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BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THESE VOTERS WANTED HIM TO REJECT NAFTA, AND
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I KNOW THAT BANNON IS WORKING ON THIS.
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I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THE TRADE UNIONS ARE THAT FAR LEFT,
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BUT THE FACT THAT HE IS GOING TO TALK TO THE UNION PEOPLE
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AND TRY TO APPEASE THEM BY PULLING OUT OF THIS DEAL I
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THINK IS INTERESTING.
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THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE TPP
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FRAMEWORK, THE THINGS THAT MEXICO AGREED WITH WITHIN THE
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TPP BEING THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT
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I NEGOTIATING NAFTA, LIKE, WHAT IS IT?
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THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS THAT ALL THAT DONALD TRUMP CAN
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DO UNILATERALLY IS TWEAK AN INDIVIDUAL TARIFF ON AN
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INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT, AND EVEN THEN IT'S NOT CLEAR, BUT IF
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HE DOES THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT
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HE HAS DONE BEFORE.
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WHICH IS TO GO LOOK AT A LIST OF JOBS THAT HAVE MOVED TO
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MEXICO, PICK AN INDUSTRY AFFECTED, SWITCH THE TERROR
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OF A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, AND DECLARE VICTORY FOR 30,000 JOBS.
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I LIKE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
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RELATIONS COMPONENT OF THIS, BECAUSE IT ALSO SHOWS ANOTHER
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FLAW IN THE WAY THAT TRUMP HANDLES THINGS.
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ON THE ONE HAND, YOU WILL HEAR HIM SAYING SOME PRETTY UNSAVORY
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THINGS ABOUT MEXICO'S PRESIDENT, IN REGARD TO BUILDING THE
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WALL AND IMMIGRATION AND ALL OF THAT.
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HE'LL SAY OFFENSIVE THINGS, HE'LL SPEAK OFF-THE-CUFF WITHOUT
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THINKING ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME, AND THEN STUFF LIKE THIS COMES
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UP, AND HE WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE NAFTA, WELL, YOU NEED TO HAVE
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SOME SORT OF DIPLOMACY WITH YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH WORLD LEADERS.
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HE DOESN'T SEEM TO GET THAT.
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HE SO USED TO BEING GIVEN EVERYTHING HE WANTS THAT I
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FEEL LIKE HE IS BLINDSIDED SOMETIMES.
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LIKE WHEN THE FEDERAL JUDGES BLOCK HIM FROM DOING WHAT
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HE WANTS TO DO IN HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS, HE SEEMS BEFUDDLED.
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THAT BOLSTERS YOUR POINT.
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YOU GET THE FEELING THAT MEXICO AND CANADA ARE LIKE, WHAT THE
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FUCK IS THIS GUY DOING?
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AND YOU GET THE FEELING THAT LEADERS IN CONGRESS ARE
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DOING THAT WITH THEMSELVES AS WELL.
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I'M SURE PAUL RYAN AND MITCH MCCONNELL HAVE LATE-NIGHT
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CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE REALLY DULL, BUT THEY ARE SAYING
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THE EXACT SAME THING.
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AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, SO I THINK YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY
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RIGHT, AND IT HAPPENS AT HOME TOO.