during the cold war, we paid for friends by signing horrible trade deals. we kept doing it because the u.s. has become an oligarchy where wall street trumps main street. just look at almost any small town in the u.s.. there are tumbleweeds blowing through main street and everyone must shop at the walmart on the outskirts of town. the reality is that countries like canada, mexico, and china need the u.s. more than the u.s. need them and there's nothing wrong with acting like it. just the threat of evening the playing field will make these turds fall in line.
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