RE: Trump Turns G-7 into a Reality Show
June 11, 2018 at 1:06 am
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2018 at 1:06 am by Amarok.)
(June 10, 2018 at 10:48 pm)henryp Wrote:Nope the total opposite Trump will cave(June 10, 2018 at 10:29 pm)Jehanne Wrote: As I have pointed out before on this board, Trump has fallen into the classic Prisoner's Dilemma:
It's not the prisoner's dilemma, because the threat to the US is not the same as the threat to other countries.
It's a game of chicken, but the US is driving an Escalade, and Canada for example is driving a smart car. A head on collision may mess up the US economy's paint job, but Canada's economy will be dead. The US is bargaining from a much stronger position.
Trump will get some concessions, and everything will be fine, because the alternative for the smaller countries is really devastating.
(June 10, 2018 at 11:44 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Attempting to extort our allies for concessions won;t make everything "fine", lol..thats the sort of thinking that leads to trumpian economic theory in the first place.And no sane country will accept it
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