Still incredible to me how *anyone* reads this as anything other than (a) total baloney or (b) a prelude to Trump reversing his failed plan. Just imagine the degree of ignorance and cognitive dissonance required to take it at face value. - ThreadSky

maxkennerly.bsky.social • 44 days ago

Still incredible to me how *anyone* reads this as anything other than (a) total baloney or (b) a prelude to Trump reversing his failed plan.

Just imagine the degree of ignorance and cognitive dissonance required to take it at face value.

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teresam001.bsky.social•44 days ago

Yeah. They probably told him to pound sand.

mcgimleteye13.bsky.social•44 days ago

Or both

mrsbettybowers.bsky.social•44 days ago

"A total reset"

dbhaugen.bsky.social•44 days ago

I’m not a sociologist or psychologist, but the events of the past decade have taught me that, unfortunately, 1) a lot of Americans are quite dim-witted, 2) very, very, very narcissistic, and 3) a combination of the two which leads them to be insanely suggestible.

alxmr.bsky.social•44 days ago

Didn’t China walk away from this meeting without engaging in any talks whatsoever? Didn’t they say they wouldn’t even begin negotiations unless liberation tariffs were dropped?

ghostofpartiespast.bsky.social•44 days ago

It’s a cult. Once the desire to believe is there it gets easier to swallow.

catcan.bsky.social•44 days ago

Translation: no deal

katwomanwalks.bsky.social•44 days ago

The only people who don't recognize the conman are the marks.

pumpsandgears.bsky.social•44 days ago

Every utterance is a lie.

fredgrott.bsky.social•44 days ago

China left the meeting early and they are still refusing to buy Elon Starlink services....China will do like they did with Trump 1.0 find other sources to import food stuffs and export to other countries...When you have a strong hand you never ever pick up the phone you play the strong hand

stevenlee.bsky.social•44 days ago

Ignorance cognitive dissonance and just plain old dumbassery

crankypilot.bsky.social•44 days ago

Is this before or after the Chinese delegation walked out?

aunticles.bsky.social•44 days ago

About the same degree as it took to give him a second term

stewardn.bsky.social•44 days ago

I fantasize about strangling his punctuation to death.

tehmud.bsky.social•44 days ago

This man will never admit he done fucked up

scrubleague.bsky.social•44 days ago

Truth doesn't matter. Trump doesn't plan more than a few minutes in advance. He's not making moves to fix the economy or whatever you're giving him credit for, he's just self-aggrandizing.

hoon.bsky.social•44 days ago

Trump may not easily just reverse his plan. China probably controls more regarding speed and timing

ucchoi01.bsky.social•44 days ago

no need to imagine the degree of ignorance. we’re have already seen plenty of it in full force

lila-satori.bsky.social•44 days ago

But the thing is, when he caves, the markets will shoot back up and the media will call it a win. Just watch.

mojetsky.bsky.social•44 days ago

Even if Trump wants a Mulligan, you can't turn trade back on like a spigot and other countries have rightly deemed us an unreliable trade partner.

rickrow.bsky.social•44 days ago

I'd put my money on baloney.

paradigm317.bsky.social•44 days ago

China walked out of the meeting

rgh1205.bsky.social•44 days ago

Translation:
"The Chinese told us to either cut the tariffs or sit on our thumbs and rotate".

aminosbilly.bsky.social•44 days ago

veganspacemanspiff.bsky.social•44 days ago

More of our donnie's patented mix of word salad, lies, and complete nothingness.
Congratulations, America! Strong work!

mwelsh1977.bsky.social•44 days ago

If I was China I’d pretend to some agreements in the meeting and then rug pull Trump publicly.

selfdrivinghumans.bsky.social•44 days ago

The man has been negotiating with himself. China is like a mother waiting for a teenage boy to finally come out of the bathroom. 😜

wellestarr1.bsky.social•44 days ago

You just described pretty much every active trader on Wall Street right now. Barreling towards a cliff with their ears stuffed and their eyes closed.

drbethany.bsky.social•44 days ago

The media is absolutely going to present it as a productive reset and call it a win for Trump

whiskeyblackout.bsky.social•44 days ago

The media and the market is going to eat this shit up though. Without hesitation, it will be portrayed as a win.

dewterium2.bsky.social•44 days ago

Trump is like a cleric for the right wing. He can go in and "bless" something that already exists, and THEN his people will accept it even though it's unchanged from what it was before.

There's just a weird cleansing ritual he does by screaming and spitting everywhere, then, "This is good now."

jasonwbailey.bsky.social•44 days ago

Does he think the Chinese won't read what he posted?

drducko.bsky.social•44 days ago

He's already lied about talking to them. He's lying here too. They probably told him to get f-ed and they'll go after his daughter's trademarks next.

drducko.bsky.social•44 days ago

*patents

iplayguitarbad.bsky.social•44 days ago

Just last week Trump said literally "we don't care about their market". Now we're expected to believe he just wants everyone to prosper LOL.

badpacifist.bsky.social•44 days ago

Motivated reasoning is a powerful antidote to cognitive dissonance, y'know? If you want to believe he's a genius negotiator, you'll believe him when he tells you he's a genius negotiator. Poof! No more dissonance.