Commerce Secretary: Trump will end trade-war by negotiating a great deal with China.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/watch-trump-commerce-secretary-vows-us-will-win-trade-war-dow-futures-crash-talks/

When asked about the possibility of sitting down with China to negotiate, Ross said it was a distinct possibility since “even shooting wars end in negotiations.”

Ross then said he was confident that President Donald Trump could negotiate a great deal with China on trade given his purported history as a great “deal maker.”

“The president is a lifelong deal maker,” Ross said. “This isn’t the first deal he’s gone into. It isn’t the first controversy he’s gone into, and I doubt that it will be the last one.”



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Yeah... Except that Trump's negotiation-tactic is "Give me what I want or I'll take my money elsewhere."

[spanone]

1. wilbur ross appears to be as intellectually inept as his boss

[ProfessorGAC]

2. This Maladministration Is Rife With Those. . .

. . .who fit the archetype of people who have "failed up". Not one of them truly unsuccessful (by at least one measure or another), but all not actually good at anything, nor very clever.

[Eyeball_Kid]

8. Who in their right mind would trust ANYTHING Ross or Trumpy says?

These people are morally bankrupt, are criminal, and have no incentive to behave any differently. Were I in the position of negotiating anything with these dickheads, I'd throw in the towel and go my own way. They're word is shit.

[Johnny2X2X]

3. Manufactured crisis

Be careful here. Trump created a fake crisis so he can =claim to be the hero when he solves it. The risk is that China knows all of this and might make him sweat it out.

[Zoonart]

6. Meanwhile...trumphumpers...

guess who is tanking your 401K? When will those deplorables start feeling buyers remorse?

[wishstar]

4. Trump has a terrible reputation of lying and backpedaling and violating any "deals" he makes

as we saw under the DACA debacle, just for one example. After creating the crisis situation and blowing up chance for negotiations, he blames the other party.

His selfish unreliable unscrupulous nature is the reason hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against him, he has claimed bankruptcy multiple times and had to settle claims with disgruntled people who tried in good faith to enter into business deals with him.

[dalton99a]

5. And the world knows the con man negotiates in good faith

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. Trumpy's a deal maker? Hah! Trumpy rips people off. That's how he makes deals.

He's a one trick pony. But China isn't about to trust anything Trumpy says or promises. Trumpy has no idea how to make an honest "deal." He's proven that with Mexico and Canada, with NATO and Russia. No one has an iota of trust in Trumpy. He's a serial liar. China will take Trumpy to school.

[GusBob]

9. There's an old Chinese proverb

"You can always fool a foreigner"

With this bunch it will be as easy as falling off a log

[NewJeffCT]

10. The trade deal will be

he'll take away the tariffs on Chinese goods in exchange for China agreeing to help build some Trump Resort & Casino hotels in nice locations in China.

[deminks]

11. Typical dicktater - create a dumpsterfire and then declare that only he can put it out.

Donnie couldn't negotiate his way out of a paper bag.

[Orsino]

12. He's a deal-maker like he is an author and a TV producer.

Fake.

[Javaman]

13. for such an amazing "deal maker" he seems to always deal from a position of weakness. nt