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Why The HELL Does Donald Trump Want To Save Chinese Jobs? (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2018 OP
He is getting some money for all of this.. ProudMNDemocrat May 2018 #1
China financed him through a tRump property in Indonesia MiniMe May 2018 #11
He's the Art of the Shakedown and like most serial criminals... Anon-C May 2018 #2
Relax. That was at least five minutes ago. DFW May 2018 #3
Trump is a career criminal without an arrest record. dalton99a May 2018 #4
$500,000 is why NastyRiffraff May 2018 #5
Like me, it is easy to forget the other three 000s to make Ilsa May 2018 #6
Doh! You're right NastyRiffraff May 2018 #9
And how do the deplorables deal with this? treestar May 2018 #7
"I trust the president, he is a smart man" dalton99a May 2018 #8
yep! treestar May 2018 #10
Every world leader knows he is an idiot and know how to play him like a fiddle. Doodley May 2018 #12

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
2. He's the Art of the Shakedown and like most serial criminals...
Wed May 16, 2018, 09:58 AM
May 2018

...he likes to brag about his crimes in some fashion. This move was to benefit Qualcomm who can now sell to ZTE and ensure their tech ends up being useful to the People's Liberation Army.

DFW

(54,369 posts)
3. Relax. That was at least five minutes ago.
Wed May 16, 2018, 10:01 AM
May 2018

He'll only want to save them tomorrow if he's getting some personal debt relief. Otherwise, he'll go back to making stuff up about coal mines in West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
6. Like me, it is easy to forget the other three 000s to make
Wed May 16, 2018, 10:11 AM
May 2018

Half a billion vs half a million. Most of us don't have to think in those financial terms.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
9. Doh! You're right
Wed May 16, 2018, 10:18 AM
May 2018

both about my mistake and the fact that it's easy to confuse the two for us peasants!

dalton99a

(81,468 posts)
8. "I trust the president, he is a smart man"
Wed May 16, 2018, 10:17 AM
May 2018

"He beat Hillary Clinton, he is beating the Chinese and they don't know it yet"

- Idiot radio caller this morning

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