The Economist talks to the President

[struggle4progress]

May 11th 2017

~snip~

It sounds like you’re imagining a pretty big renegotiation of NAFTA. What would a fair NAFTA look like?
Big isn’t a good enough word. Massive.
Huge?
It’s got to be. It’s got to be.
What would it look like? What would a fair NAFTA look like?
No, it’s gotta be. Otherwise we're terminating NAFTA.
What would a fair NAFTA look like?
I was all set to terminate, you know? And this wasn’t like…this wasn’t a game I was playing. I’m not playing…you know, I wasn’t playing chess or poker or anything else. This was, I was, I’d never even thought about…it’s always the best when you really feel this way. But I was…I had no thought of anything else, and these two guys will tell you, I had no thought of anything else but termination. But because of my relationship with both of them, I said, I would like to give that a try too, that’s fine. I mean, out of respect for them. It would’ve been very disrespectful to Mexico and Canada had I said, “I will not.”

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http://www.economist.com/Trumptranscript

[riversedge]

1. It is obvious Trump knew nothing about the complexities of these major trade deals except for

election stump talking points. Word salad worse than Sarah Palen. Shameful.

[Phoenix61]

2. I read as much of it as I could and all I can say is

I've worked as a bartender. There were people who came in for happy hour and stayed until last call. They sounded more intelligent than Twitler. I don't know if it's dementia, stroke, drugs or what but there is something seriously impared with that man's ability to process information.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. It Might Be Simpler Than That

He's spent the last 50+ years just being able to spew random thoughts with a full bore "I say, you do" perspective on the world.

He doesn't care if he's making sense. He has never had to care. Then he hires a couple slick lawyers who cover his tracks with bankruptcy filings and he has it further reinforced that he doesn't need to listen, doesn't need to make sense, just spout stuff off the top of his head and then say "go do it."