Trump was angry and unglued when he started a trade war, officials say
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON With global markets shaken by President Donald Trump's surprise decision to impose strict tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the president went into battle mode on Friday: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win," he wrote on Twitter.
But the public show of confidence belies the fact that Trump's policy maneuver, which may ultimately harm U.S. companies and American consumers, was announced without any internal review by government lawyers or his own staff, according to a review of an internal White House document.
According to two officials, Trump's decision to launch a potential trade war was born out of anger at other simmering issues and the result of a broken internal process that has failed to deliver him consensus views that represent the best advice of his team.
On Wednesday evening, the president became "unglued," in the words of one official familiar with the president's state of mind.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-was-angry-unglued-when-he-started-trade-war-officials-n852641
murielm99
(30,745 posts)and start a nuclear war. I am so tired of his angry, insane whims and tantrums.
George II
(67,782 posts)MFM008
(19,818 posts)Although super glued to a falling safe or something would be good.
a kennedy
(29,674 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)He does not care about this country one bit, just himself.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,541 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Why oh why did anyone vote for this clown? I bet you even the people who lose their jobs in steel sectors won't put 2:2 together about who is at fault.
Coal miners still haven't figured it out.
Maven
(10,533 posts)What a fucking moron.
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)He'll just usher in a huge recession, instead of irradiate half the globe.
C'mon, Bob Mueller. The world needs you.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)honest.abe
(8,678 posts)The lunatic in the WH needs to be taken down... and soon.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Let us all see with our own eyes how nutty this guy is. Stop printing, start the visuals.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,076 posts)... "Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports."
[link:https://thinkprogress.org/trump-ichan-steel-imports-cf7deb8beaf0/|
mpcamb
(2,871 posts)Wish there was someone out there with what it takes to bring charges.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)The only thing that can fix krazy.