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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
your right, China won't place massive tarrifs against the States, because there aren't many more that they can do. Trade with China is almost decidedly one sided and America has the big hammer in that the Chinese economy would crumble if countries like the States suddenly said, if you want trade lets trade, open your markets to American products fully and fairly or we'll work to reduce the deficit and protect American goods from Chinese goods.
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You have that backward. Trump would be spitting on trade deals and putting tariffs on goods from other countries.
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As far as the whole Trump has nukes, people forget that while the President has firing authority, its a vote system in that his launch orders have to be confirmed by a person appointed through senate hearings, and the orders to launch has to be considered lawful and rational. The president can't just push a button and enter a code into a briefcase with a lap top in it.
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You think that a wingnut hawk would never be confirmed? All it takes is someone that is even slightly hawkish, and there are plenty of them around Washington, that would love to dust off some of those ballistic assets and take them out for a test drive. If it were up to past Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff we would have had multiple releases prior to today. Fortunately there have been same people in the President's office and those opportunities never materialized. I can't believe anyone believes that Trump would not have a hawkish Secretary of Defense and an equally compliant CoJCoS. Giving a sociopath like Trump access to shiny toys like this is like allowing a pedophile to babysit the Duggars. Nothing good can come it.