On Monday, President Donald Trump was once again busted in a lie after claiming the government of China called him and asked to restart talks over his disastrous trade war.
But this seems more egregious than a typical Trump lie, wrote CNN contributor Garrett Graff — as an attempt to mislead world powers about the state of international diplomacy, it could have serious consequences for America’s ability to conduct discussions of any sort, especially in an international crisis situation:
It kind of seems like a big deal that Donald Trump is just *inventing* phone calls with a key foreign adversary. If this is true, this seems a serious escalation of his lying—and bodes poorly for a future crisis. https://t.co/TgKQxHEas2 — Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 26, 2019
Trump’s tariff hikes on Chinese goods in 2018 alone cost consumers $32 billion, threatening jobs and economic activity across the country. But there is no sign China is interested in negotiating for a deal to end the standoff.
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has suggested that China doesn’t even need to negotiate with the United States — they may decide to just step back, let Trump’s tariffs ruin his own economy, and negotiate with the next administration when people vote Trump out over the losses.
BF1shY on August 27th, 2019 at 02:15 UTC »
How did we impeach Nixon over some wiretap scandal and this ass clown has border line senile dementia and is acting against American interests in everything he does and we still didn't impeach him let alone put him up on a treason trial?
NlightenedSelfIntrst on August 27th, 2019 at 00:30 UTC »
Good times. /s
faceintheblue on August 27th, 2019 at 00:16 UTC »
'They called me up, and --guess what?-- they want a deal.'
How did he think that would pan out? I mean, I get that he's a liar, but that's a lie that literally can only be made true if China decides to play ball immediately. If they wait even 48 hours before confirming the story, the whole world will know he lied. Why would China let him off the hook? Why would he say a thing where the only way it's going to work out is if China does exactly what he needs them to do immediately?