Former George W. Bush chief of staff: Trump wrong about trade wars being 'easy to win'

[DonViejo]

BY LUIS SANCHEZ - 03/04/18 10:24 AM EST

Joshua Bolten, who served as White House chief of staff in former President George W. Bush's administration, said on Sunday that President Trump is wrong to suggest that a trade war would be easy to win.

Bolten, now the president of the Business Roundtable, told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace that Trump's recent tweet calling for a tax on European Union cars suggests that he thinks a trade war is easy and winnable. “It isn’t,” Bolton said. “Nobody wins a trade war, especially in these globalized days.”

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Bolten on Sunday criticized White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro, who had appeared on Wallace’s show earlier, for defending the tariffs.

“The remedy that Peter Navarro was pushing the president to impose doesn’t address the real problem, which is Chinese overcapacity,” Bolten said on Sunday.

“We have to get together with our friends and allies who all face the same problems, put pressure on the Chinese jointly, because you can’t do this individually, and force the Chinese to reform their practices,” Bolten told Wallace.

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[CatMor]

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2. Other things Trump is wrong about:

1. Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.
2. The Wall is going to stop illegal immigration.
3. Obama tapped the phones in his penthouse.
4. Obama was born in Kenya.
5. Global warming is a hoax perpetrated by China.
6. When Putin say he didn't mess with the 2016 elections, he can be taken at his word.
7. Nuking North Korea will make the world a safer place.
8. Only he can solve the gun problem in this country.
9. Only he can solve the medical insurance problem.
10. He has a higher IQ than Rex Tillerson.
11. The Russian investigation is a hoax.
12. There was no collusion.