Day: April 10, 2018

After Trump Plays Hardball With China, Their President Makes A Sudden Announcement

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In Donald Trump, we have a President who really knows how to negotiate.

Past presidents were wimpy. They let foreign powers walk all over them. But President Trump is a cunning businessman and leader.

He doesn’t mess around.

That’s especially true when it comes to the matter of trade deals. During his campaign, he made it clear that the U.S. was losing big. That was thanks to bad deals like NAFTA and the TPP. He vowed to change the game when elected. And boy has he.

He recently hit China with serious tariffs. The goal was to make American goods more competitive. Critics railed against the move—mostly because they are crooked globalists. Some claimed China would retaliate, although Trump insisted he and the Chinese president were friends.

It looks like, once again, Trump has been proven right.

From Fox News:

China’s President Xi Jinping appeared to strike a conciliatory tone during a speech Tuesday where he promised to cut China’s auto import tariffs and ease restrictions on foreign ownership in its auto industry as tensions play out with Washington over tariffs.

Xi made no direct mention of the dispute with President Donald Trump but pledged to open China’s markets further and improve conditions for foreign companies. He warned against having a “Cold War” mentality, which he called outdated, according to Bloomberg…

“We will take the initiative to expand imports,” Xi said during his keynote speech at the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia, China Plus News reported. “China does not seek trade surplus; we have a genuine desire to increase imports and achieve greater balance of international payments under the current account,” he said.

Trump’s critics vowed that China would go after us because of the tariffs. They would hit us with all kinds of penalties, making American businesses suffer. This was all grandstanding, of course. The people criticizing Trump were devoted globalists. They want to damage the U.S. economy by giving other nations an unfair advantage. Both liberals and conservatives do this.

Trump has always promised to put Americans first. That means working to create a trade environment that’s fair for all. President Xi’s words seem to echo this sentiment.

He wants to be able to have a good relationship with the United States. Hitting us with retaliatory tariffs would only hamper China’s ability to thrive. Currently, China hits imported cars (like those made in the U.S.) with a whopping 25% tariff, that’s 10% on customs and a 15% auto tax. There is an additional 10% tax on luxury vehicles.

If you lived in China, would you pay those extra taxes to buy an American car? Of course not. Those tariffs were meant to encourage Chinese citizens to buy locally-made autoss. But if China wants to encourage trade with the U.S. and other countries, lowering that tariff is a good start.

This is also a sign that the Chinese president isn’t a cold-minded enemy—as some pundits seem to think. He is willing to cooperate with President Trump so that all parties are happy. That might lead to better trade deals that end China’s habitual IP theft and trade imbalance.

Perhaps more companies move back to the United States. Maybe, in short order, more of our products will have the label “Made in the U.S.A.” once again.
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Trump Gets The Last Laugh On Hateful Meghan Markle After She Kicked Him Off Her Royal Wedding Guest List

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The political leaders in the United States are very different than the political leaders in other countries. The United States doesn’t have a royal family, such as many of the other countries around the world, but we do have a President and a First Family. Because our politicians come and go, public opinion on the individual leaders tend to come and go, depending on the popularity of their choices.

England, on the other hand, has a longstanding monarchy, that is largely displaced from their political dealings. The Royal Family of England stays politically neutral, making sure that their subjects don’t know their opinions.

At least that was the case until one redheaded prince decided to marry an American. Whether or not you support the fact that soon to be Princess Meghan Markle has vocal political beliefs, it’s hard to ignore that it’s completely out of character for the Royal family.

Markle, being an avid liberal, has spoken against President Trump on numerous occasions, and that combined with how close Prince Harry was with the former First Family, left commentators and reporters the world over to speculate that President Trump wouldn’t be invited to the royal nuptials and that the former President and his wife, Barrack and Michelle Obama, would be.

However, the surprise that the Royal family dropped on the world is that they don’t plan to invite political figures at all. According to The Independent, commentators were correct when they speculated that the Trumps wouldn’t be invited. What they didn’t count on was the fact that the Obamas wouldn’t be invited either, and neither would British Prime Minister, Theresa May:

Theresa May has not been invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a government source has said.

Guests to the wedding on 19 May will be people who have an existing direct relationship with one or both of the couple, a royal source told Reuters.

An official spokesman for Prince Harry said: “It has been decided that an official list of political leaders – both UK and international – is not required for Prince Harry and Ms. Markle’s wedding. Her Majesty’s government was consulted on this decision, which was taken by the royal household.”

The government source said the wedding venue, St George’s Chapel in Windsor, was notably smaller than Westminster Abbey where Harry’s older brother Prince William married Kate Middleton in 2011 surrounded by a number of heads of government.

The source said there had been no expectation from Downing Street that the prime minister would be invited.

US president Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama are also believed to have missed out on an invite to the event.

There was speculation the Obamas might be invited because of their burgeoning friendship with Prince Harry. The royal interviewed the former president in a casual setting when he guest-hosted the Today programme in December. It would nonetheless have been diplomatically awkward to invite the Obamas but not the current first couple.

The Obamas congratulated the happy couple on their engagement back in Autumn: “Michelle and I are delighted to congratulate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement. We wish you a lifetime of joy and happiness together.”

A decision not to invite political leaders to the wedding would break with precedent.

Then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher and opposition leaders Neil Kinnock, David Steel, and David Owen attended Prince Andrew – who like Prince Harry was a second son – and Sarah Ferguson’s wedding back in 1986.

Invitations to Prince Harry and the Suits actor’s wedding were distributed to 600 guests last month, with 200 close friends also invited to a private celebration at Frogmore House after the ceremony at St George’s Chapel.

Kensington Palace recently revealed the big day would include 250 members of the Armed Forces. The Ministry of Defence also confirmed the Armed Forces would provide ceremonial support.

“Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle are pleased that members of the Armed Forces will play such a special role in their Wedding,” the Palace said in a statement.

Units invited to take part will be ones that “hold a special relationship with Prince Harry” including servicemen and women from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force.
“The Military, and these units in particular, hold a great significance for Prince Harry and the couple are incredibly grateful for their support,” the statement added.
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