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Let me ask you about adversaries,
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because among Trump
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supporters is of you,
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because Trump is so crude,
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so obnoxious, so overbearing,
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so insulting.
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He must impress the Chinese
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no end that
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that that kind of
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they must look at it and say,
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there is one rough tough guy who
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we better not fool around with.
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And, you know,
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Obama was so polite and
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George W Bush was so affable.
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We didn't
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we don't respect them, but,
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we can respect this guy
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and that the world
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that the world now
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fears, Donald fears
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across Donald Trump.
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What is your assessment
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of what the adversaries like?
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Well, China's laughing okay.
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China is,
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plays a long game.
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They understand that, in,
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a trade war
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with the United States,
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in many ways,
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they have the upper hand. Why?
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In large part
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because they're not a democracy.
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And they can withstand
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economic pain. Blame them.
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Blame it on the United States.
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And their people will will eat it.
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That's not going to work here
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in the United States.
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And plus,
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China is looking at the
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damage that we are doing to,
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economies around Asia
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and seeing an opportunity
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for them to fill a vacuum
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in the bilateral,
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trade relationship
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that, that we've left.
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Moreover,
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China,
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played Trump's game with him
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and he said in
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Trump said, you know,
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we're going to tariff
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you this amount.
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And China said, okay,
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I'll call you and raise you.
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And they went back and forth,
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and until it got to a crazy,
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level.
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But the Chinese are
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not backing down.
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And the Chinese,
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moreover, are saying
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beyond the trade room,
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we've got a whole bunch
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of non-trade things
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we can do
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to make your life miserable,
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Donald Trump.
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And that's
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when they went after rare earths
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and a whole bunch of of other,
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important,
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products, commodities
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that we depend on that,
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that the China only can provide.
