Isn't saying all immigrants are hard workers as much a stereotype as all the negative things that #Trump says?

Why would the US occupy a central place in the China/Japan fusion, Mark. I noticed you said some think the US matters. That may not include you. The fusion, militarily, of India, Pakistan, China and Russia is already unifying Asia. Add Japan to the mix and we will be on the outside looking in. #Trump #Trumpfail The most populated region in the world appears to be moving on without us.

@[Gary Anderson](user:4798), you have more patience than I. There will always be #Trump apologists who refuse to admit he can do no wrong. Even when Trump is on record as making an inappropriate comment, these people excuse it away or deny the statement was ever made. Save your breadth.

I thought that Wall Street liked #Trump?

I doubt any of us are privy to what China does or doesn't want. But yes, #Trump did start this trade war.

But #Trump told me a #tradewar would be GOOD for America!

I agree pretty much with your assessment of #Trump. The caveat to this deal is if Canada gets flack from the US for making a free trade deal with China. Trump thinks he has corralled Canada, but the Canadians don't believe that is the case!

I want to make one correction, Moon. It should read: "Then in a downturn, with the r* too low, it becomes more difficult to use lower interest rates to boost the economy as we approach the zero lower bound."

Unfortunately I wrote high instead of low. Hopefully the context did not confuse too many readers. Raising rates causes the R* to drop. That can cause a problem if the recession comes as rates are being raised and the R* is too low.

#Trump's base really thought he accomplished something, because, apparently, they are only capable of reading headlines. Good for Canada!

Update: while #Trump signed a new #NAFTA agreement called #USMCA, it was a compromise, and really won't make POTUS happy in the long run. Perhaps he saw the need to strengthen his hand against China and Europe. Those may end up in compromise too, but with little change in the status of trade in the world. Or a real trade war will manifest itself.

It certainly appears that president #Trump is primarily serving the interests of that top 1%, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE ME. I knew that this was what he would do, so I did not vote for him. But he is supposed to be working to serve the rest of us 99% folks.

Most Americans didn't. But we are stuck with #Trump as president anyway.

President #Trump, unfortunately, seems often to represent the wishes of himself alone. In the tariff wars he certainly does not represent any of my feelings. I did not vote for him.

The market is not going up because of a #Trump put, it is going up because of the tax cut without a spending cut. This is called fiscal stimulus and it has negated the rather limited drop in monetary stimulus. If anything, the #tariffs and shenanigance in Washington over Internet regulation is holding the market back. If tariffs are cut and the trade war ends it will be a positive just like if the absurd hearings on #Twitter, #Google, and #Facebook end, that will help those stocks.

If or when this happens is debatable. Certainly if the whole market starts tanking, hopefully both of these will end and the government will focus on their job rather than creating more problems. Unfortunately, this is most likely to happen when the economy turns sour, providing limited relief, but most likely it will not turn the tide by itself.

I think this is foolish of #Trump. His entire trade war will hurt Americans.

I'll tell you what they have in common... #Trump!

#Trump is making me money again!