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Showing Original Post only (View all)Jimmy Carter takes call from Trump regarding China [View all]
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jimmy-carter-china-war-infrastructure-economy-trade-war-church-1396086?fbclid=IwAR2RpWwUWl16RTUKx8GEMyCLsDtpQLFr-waLpu1Tfcl4HnOLIP8FFm8xJIwFormer President Jimmy Carter told a church congregation this weekend that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about China on Saturday, and said the commander in chief was worried that Beijing had outpaced its global rivals.
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Carter, 94, said Trump was worried that China is getting ahead of us, and suggested the president was right to be concerned.
Since 1979, do you know how many times China has been at war with anybody? Carter asked. None. And we have stayed at war. The U.S., he noted, has only enjoyed 16 years of peace in its 242-year history, making the country the most warlike nation in the history of the world, Carter said. This is, he said, because of Americas tendency to force other nations to adopt our American principles.
In China, meanwhile, the economic benefits of peace were clear to the eye. How many miles of high-speed railroad do we have in this country? he asked. While China has some 18,000 miles of high-speed rail, the U.S. has wasted, I think, $3 trillion on military spending. Its more than you can imagine. China has not wasted a single penny on war, and thats why theyre ahead of us. In almost every way.
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Even when the principles are clear, what/who gives you the right to try to impose yours?
Perseus
Apr 2019
#21
I would only argue that it's been the guise of adopting our "principles." It's always, always
Maru Kitteh
Apr 2019
#37
And we must make prevention of Chinese industrial espionage a priority. China is great at stealing
Pepsidog
Apr 2019
#18
that is interesting as Carter is probably the most progressive president since FDR
yaesu
Apr 2019
#16
his corporate advisers would never give him the real dope & he's too stupid to figure it out himself
yaesu
Apr 2019
#17
"the U.S. has "wasted, I think, $3 trillion" on military spending" most going to red state welfare.
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#19
this needs to be broadcast far and wide. the orange asshole not only asked for help...
Javaman
Apr 2019
#22
I can't think of any industrialized nation that hasn't gotten or isn't getting ahead of it
dflprincess
Apr 2019
#50
Hard to believe trump actually asked someone, ANYONE, for advice on anything.
oldsoftie
Apr 2019
#55