While Trump mingles in Davos, the Chinese government released a strongly worded editorial from the state’s news agency, Xinhua. The statement said the world needed to choose between “two fundamentally different outlooks” which included the Chinese President’s shared future and Mr. Trump’s America First policy. Mr. Trump’s “self-centered America First policy has led his country away from multiple multinational pacts and infused anxiety into both allies and the broader world.” Tensions between the two countries have been percolating. During his campaign, Trump said the Chinese were responsible for the “greatest trade theft in the history of the world.” International diplomacy is extremely complicated stuff. While I despised much of what Trump spewed during his campaign, his commitment to examine the impact of our trade deals on America’s working class was something I supported. That said, every action has an equal opposite reaction. By stepping away from trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and possibly NAFTA, we potentially open the door for China to waltz in and take our place as the leading economic influence in the world. I don’t know enough about the issue to make a firm judgment on this issue, but it feels like the Chinese are in this for the long run – with a stated goal of becoming the world’s only superpower in 30 years.
Never in U.S. history have we had two older or less popular candidates running for president of the United States than we do today. We repeatedly hear the question, “How can these two candidates be the best our country has to offer?”.
if you are primarily fearful of living in a society that is racist and discriminatory, you should be very concerned with what is happening with the political far left. If your primary fear is moving our society towards socialism and communism, then you should be mostly fearful of the political far right. That statement may seem counterintuitive, but it is absolutely true.
People on the political right believe that people on the extreme left are the biggest problems in our nation. People on the political left think that people on the extreme right pose the biggest threat. This is one occasion when both sides are correct.