Trump defends breaking promise to label China a currency manipulator in Easter morning tweet

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



TOM BOGGIONI
16 APR 2017 AT 08:55 ET

President Donald Trump was back on Twitter bright and early Easter morning, denying he called out China for manipulating their currency despite the fact that he made that exact charge in late February.

After being quiet on his social media account for two days while staying at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump jumped back into the fray first thing on Sunday morning.

“Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens!” the president tweeted.

However, in an exclusive interview with Reuters on Feb 24, Trump explained that he believes China is a “grand champion” of adjusting their currency.

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[Jim__]

1. Trumpian logic - they can't be a currency manipulator if they're working on the NK problem.

I suppose that if they don't resolve the North Korean problem, then he'll call them a currency manipulator.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[jpak]

2. What a fucking idiot - does he know that there is this "recorded video" thing?

Maybe he does and his "base" doesn't care.

[theaocp]

4. Why would anyone call you pResident when

you lost the popular vote, clown? I'm just asking questions, you warthog-faced buffoon.

[miyazaki]

5. Aside from this major contradiction tRump does'nt give a godamn about Asia.

He wants our military out of the region and expects the greater Asian countries to defend themselves. He couldn't point out N.Korea on a map, the idiot. He needs to win president points bigly.

[War Pigs]

6. he cares about building hotels and casinos in Asia

that and making cheap shit to sell to american wannbes

[mr_lebowski]

7. I really hate it when our own 'side' stoops to BS in this way ...

Drumpf is an IDIOT for issuing this tweet, on so many levels. No question.

However, nowhere within it does he say (or even imply) "I've never said China isn't a currency manipulator".

He's saying he won't call them one right now. That's not the same thing.

It's really just his wannabe gangster shit, on the world stage ... with another nuclear power. IOW, it's PHENOMENALLY FUCKING STUPID AND DANGEROUS ... but it's technically not lying, as the article attempts to argue.