Yet if you look beyond his crassness, you’ll see his policies have merit. China has gamed the system since it joined the World Trade Organisation. It has easy access to US markets but restricts its own, hence its huge trade surplus, which it uses to compete with the US.
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America’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies admit to an over-reliance on the US for essential defence capabilities. South Korea now cosies up to the North yet expects US protection.
A large number of illegal immigrants enter the US from Mexico. That’s why the world is listening when Trump says that the US will be the global sucker no more.
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