If I ate the same thing every day, I am sure I would tire of it eventually. It will probably be the same for winning, though the amount of free lefty salt that I can use to season it should hold that off for a long while.
I feel this pain as I am also surrounded by such people.
They live in a world where they (quite literally) lost the presidency, the popular vote, the electoral college, and all the swing states, yet still claim that Trump cheated or somehow won in an undemocratic manner.
Or that Kamala was the perfect candidate who could not have run a better campaign. Completely delusional.
Walking, talking, voting "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" memes made manifest.
I count myself lucky that I snapped out of that mindset almost a decade ago, else I'd be right there with them chanting, "protesting", and generally being a nuisance.
I guess my concern is that they're sneaky fuckers who will make a show of living up to the agreement but violate it in every way that matters. I hope Trump is willing to monitor this and snap back the tariffs if need be.
Well lefties are unhinged and refuse to admit anything good is going to happen under Trump. They'll just yell at the top of their lungs "TRUMP SURRENDERED! THIS WAS A SURRENDER DOCUMENT! CHINA WON!"
I have some complaints. These don't seem to be proper concessions. Just that they are pulling back from the edge, and they will try to get to reduce the trade imbalance.
I think the real concession here by China was to reduce the flow of Fentanyl into the US. Not that "okay, we'll stop killing you" is a true concession.
I don't like this:
The US aims to rebuild key manufacturing in medicine, semiconductors, and steel. Yet both sides agreed: "neither side wants a decoupling." They want rebalancing, not separation.
I approve of getting steel, medicine, and semi-conductors back... but we should be de-coupling from China, frankly. That is a pull-back from Trump. Not that cutting off China would work right now, but I don't like the idea that "neither side wants a decoupling". I want a decoupling. The Chinese people deserve a decoupling that will kill the CCP. But I get why you'd want to say this in a negotiation, even if it weren't true.
Overall, I don't see much movement on either side, I'm not sure who's 'winning', but I can't say for sure that it looks like Trump is winning. At most, he seems to have landed a good blow, but from the bottom position.
It's just a reset of the negotiation table now with both participants willing to actually make a deal instead of just flinging shit at each other. With the universal 10% in place during it and a good faith gesture with the fentanyl thing.
A total decoupling is unreasonable and not realy feasible based on global economy scale and the requirements thereof, it's just going to be shifted away from any reliance on each other for critical services and infrastructure.
I'd say just getting to that new starting point should be considered a win.
If I ate the same thing every day, I am sure I would tire of it eventually. It will probably be the same for winning, though the amount of free lefty salt that I can use to season it should hold that off for a long while.
It's not tired so much as tired of so many not realizing how much they've lost over and over again.
Let's run against the wall
Why?
To defeat it!
Why not use the door?
That's defeatist talk, charge!
Wham
What did you learn?
I didn't charge hard enough!
I feel this pain as I am also surrounded by such people.
They live in a world where they (quite literally) lost the presidency, the popular vote, the electoral college, and all the swing states, yet still claim that Trump cheated or somehow won in an undemocratic manner.
Or that Kamala was the perfect candidate who could not have run a better campaign. Completely delusional.
They also claim that everything is falling apart and Trump is the most corrupt guy out there who wants to be a dictator.
Walking, talking, voting "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" memes made manifest.
I count myself lucky that I snapped out of that mindset almost a decade ago, else I'd be right there with them chanting, "protesting", and generally being a nuisance.
But I do eat the same thing everyday. Eggs. I have not tire of eating them yet.
The art of negotiation is for both sides to lose something but go away feeling like they've won.
So is there gonna be a way to verify/enforce this? The trouble with yellow niggers is that their word means nothing.
Trump puts all the tariffs back up till their country falls and we trade with Vietnam instead.
I guess my concern is that they're sneaky fuckers who will make a show of living up to the agreement but violate it in every way that matters. I hope Trump is willing to monitor this and snap back the tariffs if need be.
Case in point, the deputy minister of whatever is their way of saying they don't really care, but have to make it look good.
The most important part was buried, which is that we're keeping the new Trump 30%, and China is back to 10%. China blinked.
There's nothing to sneak. China can't secretly raise tariffs since it's very obvious public information, and if they try they'll get a smack again.
Well lefties are unhinged and refuse to admit anything good is going to happen under Trump. They'll just yell at the top of their lungs "TRUMP SURRENDERED! THIS WAS A SURRENDER DOCUMENT! CHINA WON!"
I have some complaints. These don't seem to be proper concessions. Just that they are pulling back from the edge, and they will try to get to reduce the trade imbalance.
I think the real concession here by China was to reduce the flow of Fentanyl into the US. Not that "okay, we'll stop killing you" is a true concession.
I don't like this:
I approve of getting steel, medicine, and semi-conductors back... but we should be de-coupling from China, frankly. That is a pull-back from Trump. Not that cutting off China would work right now, but I don't like the idea that "neither side wants a decoupling". I want a decoupling. The Chinese people deserve a decoupling that will kill the CCP. But I get why you'd want to say this in a negotiation, even if it weren't true.
Overall, I don't see much movement on either side, I'm not sure who's 'winning', but I can't say for sure that it looks like Trump is winning. At most, he seems to have landed a good blow, but from the bottom position.
It's just a reset of the negotiation table now with both participants willing to actually make a deal instead of just flinging shit at each other. With the universal 10% in place during it and a good faith gesture with the fentanyl thing. A total decoupling is unreasonable and not realy feasible based on global economy scale and the requirements thereof, it's just going to be shifted away from any reliance on each other for critical services and infrastructure.
I'd say just getting to that new starting point should be considered a win.
I'll grant that it's a good first step, but all it is right now is a first step.