(June 10, 2018 at 10:48 pm)henryp Wrote:No were driving a armored plated moose and the US is driving a beat up Ford model T.Having America help but we can find other partners. We will concede on NOTHING !!!(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.
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
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