Comments on: Trump’s Trade Rep. is Complaining About the WTO Now

By: waspuppet

waspuppet — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:37:00 +0000

It’d be tough enough to deal with this entitlement if these guys were actually — y’know, entitled to feel entitled. They’re a bunch of lifelong failures trying to tear apart organizations that have served the world at least reasonably well for more than a half-century.

And we should listen to anything they say — why? “Because I’m sitting in this chair” used to not be a sufficient answer in America. But then the Trumpites have always despised this country.

By: muselet

muselet — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:32:00 +0000

When you were growing up, was there that kid in the neighborhood? “Now, if I score, it counts 23. Because it’s my ball, is why.”

Most of those kids outgrow that and grow up to be responsible adults. Those who don’t grow out of that phase seem to grow up to be Republicans.

Note to Donald Trump and Robert Leithizer: it’s 2017, not 1946. The United States doesn’t get to set the rules unilaterally any longer.

Is the WTO perfect? Certainly not, but international trade—which largely drives the global economy—requires rules and a dispassionate body to resolve disputes. Otherwise, we descend back into trade wars and punitive tariffs, and everyone loses.

From the past eight months’ experience, I predict the Trump administration will withdraw from the WTO if the US doesn’t get to put its thumb on the scales. The results will not be pretty.

–alopecia

By: ninjaf

ninjaf — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:07:00 +0000

More of the “ALL FOR ME AND NOTHING FOR THEE” mindset that is pervasive in conservative political dogma today.