Trump says 'pain' from China tariffs will make US 'much stronger'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOHN BOWDEN - 04/06/18 08:40 AM EDT

President Trump says in a new interview that tariffs targeting China over intellectual property theft could cause some "pain" in the U.S. economy, but promised that America would emerge stronger as a result.

"I'm not saying there's not gonna be any pain," Trump said Friday in an interview with "Bernie & Sid in the Morning" on 77 WABC. He also acknowledged the initial reaction from markets is likely to be negative. They “could lose a little bit," he said.

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A relatively poor jobs report released Friday that found the nation added 103,000 jobs in March is also likely to push markets lower, but Trump said he was not worried about a negative reaction from his move on trade.

"We're gonna be much stronger for it," he added later in the interview.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/381933-trump-says-pain-from-china-tariffs-will-make-us-much-stronger

[Historic NY]

1. Suck it up buttercups...

[Honeycombe8]

2. Inflation does NOT make us strong. When you can't afford the new car you want...

or spur the economy by buying a new mid-range tv because of inflation...that is NOT good for the economy.

Someone get this joker out of office, please.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Really?........

Trump thinks that when your house burns down and you lose everything, you get a bigger, better house?

Come fucking on!

[Girard442]

7. Well, *he* would, paid by insurance.

And the insurance company wouldn't contest the claim because, y'know, they have such lovely families and it would be a shame if something happened to them.

[notdarkyet]

17. Just like PR.island is like new.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

18. I like how your mind works......

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. What pain are you gonna feel spanky?

Talking out of your ass AGAIN.

[forgotmylogin]

10. Yes, exactly.

When exactly has DJT ever experienced "pain" that he "grew stronger" from?

[NurseJackie]

5. It's EXACTLY what Susan Sarandon wanted. Just LOOK at how giddy and animated she is...

... she can barely contain her excitement at the horrors that await us.



Now, Susan? Is NOW when this fucking "REVOLUTION" you fantasize about is supposed to begin? Where's your goddamn revolution, Susan? Where have you been? Why so fucking silent?

[DetlefK]

8. She must be so happy, she can barely talk.

[Oneironaut]

16. I have money... F- everybody else!

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. So let's take that long walk off that short pier...because......I'm mad....eom

[Javaman]

9. aka pain for the little people. not so much for the rich. nt

[Shrike47]

11. I dont think Trump supporters signed up for pain. I hope they see what they have done.

[Dopers_Greed]

12. It's not that they signed up for pain...

It's that they thought OTHER people would be feeling the pain, which is why they voted for Shithole.

[greymattermom]

13. Look at the map of soy growing states.

All of those farmers will be really unhappy if China carries out their soy tariff plan. They probably grow soy in Canada, right?

[Achilleaze]

14. "The beatings will continue until morale improves." - Dirty Donny* (R)

* aka Comrade Casino, republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[dalton99a]

15. It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. - Marquis de Sade

[TranssexualKaren]

19. Didnt Hitler tell the Germans that once....

Don’t get me wrong, i’m All for sacrificing today for a better tomorrow and i’ll Even admit that (mainly at the behest of Republicans) we are doing a terrible job of protecting American workers. What I mind is when it’s done stupidly, it’s done in their face leaving them no alternative than to retaliate, when it isn’t even a thought out plan but just as a way of making yourself look and feel better.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. So the country will be stronger because of the pain of your presidency?

I sometimes worry whether there will be anything left that resembles the United States that existed before Donnie Two Scoops was sworn in.