For those falling for the “Trump used to blame China and now he blames America” that was ****always**** Trump discourse.
To prove that one doesn’t need to go any further than his very first speech as a candidate, the Escalator Speech [1]. Here are some excerpts:
About deals
> Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.
About politicians
> I like them. And I hear their speeches. And they don’t talk jobs and they don’t talk China. When was the last time you heard China is killing us?
About Being, who just yesterday Trump secured a major sale for them
> Ask Boeing. They wanted Boeing’s secrets. They wanted their patents and all their secrets before they agreed to buy planes from Boeing.
And here is the kicker. The exact same thing Trump said yesterday to their faces
> Hey, I’m not saying they’re stupid. I like China. I sell apartments for— I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them? I own a big chunk of the Bank of America Building at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, that I got from China in a war. Very valuable.
> I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower. I love China. People say, “Oh, you don’t like China?”
> No, I love them. But their leaders are much smarter than our leaders, and we can’t sustain ourself with that. There’s too much— it’s like— it’s like take the New England Patriots and Tom Brady and have them play your high school football team. That’s the difference between China’s leaders and our leaders.
> They are ripping us.
The media is so dishonest it hurts.
[1] time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/