Does Trump realize China is a face/honor culture ?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

They were a dirt poor country and recovering from their own revolution when they confronted American forces in North Korea.

Did Trump not expect them to retaliate against his tariffs ?

[Girard442]

1. Nope. We're talking about a man who can't see the next move in Tic-Tac-Toe.

[spanone]

2. I don't think trump 'realizes' much of anything.

[Demsrule86]

3. He is a bully and really dumb so I doubt he understands China...and looks down on them also.

[dembotoz]

4. think his bluff got called

[Captain Stern]

5. The answer to any question that starts with the words: "Does Trump realize".....

...is always 'No'.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Is that better than an honor/face culture :-D

[Kittycow]

7. That's a really good point about the honor/face culture.

The thought crossed my mind that maybe he's so used to syncophants in his Asian business dealings that he thought China as a country would just lay down and take this.

Still wondering when the farmers are going to speak publicly about him tanking their businesses.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Xi Jinping can not look weak in front of party leaders and other Asian nations.

[beachbum bob]

9. typical republican outlook that US is the leader of all, not realize that we lost

that role years ago, especially recently when we let China be the Pacific economic leader after we dump the pacific trade pact....China can crash our economy in one minute by announcing no purchase of US debt AND dumping the US debt they have....I mean crash our economy and send interests soaring which means HUGE budget deficits and debt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. It's not realistic to think you can keep a nation of that size down forever.

[Danascot]

11. He's so far from the concept of honor, he can't even spell it!

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