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Trump: U.S. is a 'laughing stock'
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Feb 10, 2011 03:51pm |
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| Author | Annalyn Censky |
| News Date | Thursday, February 10, 2011 09:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Real estate mogul Donald Trump told hundreds of conservative activists Thursday, that if he was president, he would take in "hundreds of billions from countries that are screwing us."
The comment repeated past statements from "The Apprentice" star, who has said he wants to put a 25% tariff on all Chinese imports, to level trade imbalances in the global economy.
Speaking in D.C. at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday, Trump said the United States has become a "laughing stock" and "whipping post" for the rest of the world.
Among a laundry list of unrelated grievances, Trump was referring partially to a trade imbalance with China -- a topic he has previously ranted on publicly many times.
"The world is treating us without respect, they are not treating us properly," he said.
China has a massive trade surplus, meaning it exports far more than it imports. Meanwhile, the United States is running a $38.7 billion trade deficit.
While Trump's comments are more colorful than others, the imbalance between the world's two largest economies has become a sore point also for U.S. policymakers lately." |
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