It astounds me they continue to be bent over and their prosperity picked, when they are the most powerful economy in the world.
I might get flag for this here, but I personally think that Trump is just a retard. He sometimes hits the nail on the head (like with NAFTA) but then he surrounds himself with neocons to do the work. As if Mnuchin (current secretary of finance and former Goldman Sachs banker) and Ross (secretary of trade and Rothschild banker) have anything other in their mind than to make Wallstreet even more money. But Trump is too much of a narcissist and you only have to be nice to him and he will be on your side. Now we have NAFTA 2.0 which is a bad as the prior trade deal. And if you don't believe me then look up how many car factories closed down in the US and Canada since 2016 and then do the same for Mexico.
I apply the same criteria as Trump. He was the one complaining about the trade deficit with Mexico. He said that Mexico will pay for the wall through the new deal by lowering the trade deficit. None of that happened. The opposite happened. Trade deficit increased by almost $40 billion in 4 years. More than under any other president. And then you have car manufacturers closing 6 factories in the US and Canada while keeping every single factory in Mexico. And not only that. They raised the salary of Mexican workers so that they don't have to move the factories to the US.
I might get flag for this here, but I personally think that Trump is just a retard. He sometimes hits the nail on the head (like with NAFTA) but then he surrounds himself with neocons to do the work. As if Mnuchin (current secretary of finance and former Goldman Sachs banker) and Ross (secretary of trade and Rothschild banker) have anything other in their mind than to make Wallstreet even more money. But Trump is too much of a narcissist and you only have to be nice to him and he will be on your side. Now we have NAFTA 2.0 which is a bad as the prior trade deal. And if you don't believe me then look up how many car factories closed down in the US and Canada since 2016 and then do the same for Mexico.
I apply the same criteria as Trump. He was the one complaining about the trade deficit with Mexico. He said that Mexico will pay for the wall through the new deal by lowering the trade deficit. None of that happened. The opposite happened. Trade deficit increased by almost $40 billion in 4 years. More than under any other president. And then you have car manufacturers closing 6 factories in the US and Canada while keeping every single factory in Mexico. And not only that. They raised the salary of Mexican workers so that they don't have to move the factories to the US.
https://www.ft.com/content/7edbf172-9dab-4957-b8f0-2467e9d261ae
So, by what metric do you measure this trade deal?