President Donald Trump’s decision to put tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports last year shocked the world — but he’s taken a similarly aggressive stance on trade for decades.
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In fact, Trump has been talking about a tariff strategy since the late 1980s, when he first tested the presidential waters — and his message back then bore notable similarities to the one that helped propel his winning 2016 campaign.
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I think Trump is trying to mirror the oil-rich Arabs countries where their government have a business that generates income that it doesn't need to tax it's own people. Impossible? Look at Saudi, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait where they don't tax their citizens.
I thought the same about Japan when I was in high School 1981-1985. I kept seeing the electronic industry being taken over. I don't blame the outside countries as a whole, the other percentage is OUR FAULT for letting our own government and businesses making money off of us and our country. Making Big $$$, at our COUNTRY' s expense.
You cannot blame the merchant for your credit card bill. 😮 You have a trade deficit because you purchased stuff from China. Chinese never put gun on your head to sell their product. 😮
I’m here 8 months into Trump’s tariff policies and our stock market is at an all time high.
Mr Gupta I know you guys do not respond to any criticism. But this program is full of factual errors.
Stopped watching after some time.
Trump has been talking about tariffs, non trade barriers, oil laundering since the 80s, although about diffferent countries like Japan, Kuwait, etc.
These are his ideologies, before he know Navarro even existed.
Do some more research. We belive in your channel. Don't let us down.
Trump probably cheered for the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997.
Trump did NOT invent tarriffs! They have been around BEFORE ANY of us were BORN!
So delusional.
Back then the guy was an idiot!
If he's so worried about us being laughed at he'd be doing a better job……T$%^& is a piece of shit! T$%^& wants tariffs to line his own pockets and piss away more money on his own agenda at the price of American citizens…..
Tracing PBS’s Opinionated Propaganda by Media Scum with No Integrity back to the Democratic Cult.
I don't know about tariffs only what it reported that's tariffs is a tax and how Trump put in this tariffs America people is charge for the tariffs and I think he know that is the reason for tariffs not about trade or bringing jobs the Trump's tax bill
He doesn’t understand tariff then, he still doesn’t understand now. TACO, TACO MAN.
Taco 🥠has been told he is dumb for a decade
The "elite" who shifted jobs overseas, are the same corporate giants who helped him get elected–twice
They weren't laughing at American just Donald 😂
100 billion to happen yearly japan 200 billion China yall history repeating BRICS WHAT TRUMP IS DOING IN 2025 will never work out it’s war
Trump is the most consistent president globally….don't look at what he is saying look at his actions
Loser in the 50’s 80’s pretty until then end of time 8647
ALL of Donald Trumps & Ivanka's Trumps product lines were and are manufactured in China. His golf resort stores are full of Made in China products.
He's not wrong 😂 how about he knows how ignorant you are and plays your bombastic reaction.
He's a scared little bully that has enraged the stupid Maga Moor Ahns of the USA.
Dunning Kruger in full effect.
Donald Trump screwed a small town in Scotland over in order to build a golf club that nobody wanted and that from my I understand is losing money all the time just another tax write-off
I absolutley love Donald trump he is awesome love from sheffield
He was a punk bitch then, he's a punk bitch now!!
Same ol same ol babble. Just say everything over and over and over until enough people hear it and somehow people start believing it. The master manipulator.
Aggressive or stupid?
Apparently ‘aggressive’ is a nice word for stupid?
Just pulling random nonsense out of Fox and his backside. All his merch is made overseas too.
No one talking about American companies moving off shore.
Nice to see he is just as dumb as he was back then
And yet on 90% of all trump merch there is a made in china sticker
Always complaining about being ripped off. He obviously is an expert because he has being ripping people off for a long time. ðŸ˜
In the late 1980s I was still just a child and my Mother made dinner every night and if I complained she said cook your own then or starve and Trump sounds about as sensible imo. They don't take the jobs Americans don't want to work long hours in sweatshops for low wages if he thinks they do offer those jobs to them tell them to give up union rights and living wages etc. in other words as my Mother would say make it yourself or starve then.
He's a buffoon with an overly simplistic world view. He seeks only enemies and never friends.
This is why Trump wants to defund PBS — he can't control what they broadcast.
He always has to have an enemy. Most bullies do.
Do you like 2025 or 1988 in trump
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Trump is repeating an error that is only partially factual. America has a trade deficit with China. Its not because of China. America has a consumerism ethic in parts and has about 10 trillion dollars more to spend than even its second place country China. If we spend more on Chinese stuff, Trump is blaming china for what America created. Shifting blame. Worse, its what is expected if America is really the rich country that it is. Rich spend more on everything in excess. Having a trade deficit shows that. Its not China's fault if it supply's America with the excess it wants.