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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6108717" data-attributes="member: 24302">OK, what I&#039;m about to say might ruffle some feathers.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure you&#039;re aware that our military intelligence creates dossiers on foreign military officers.&nbsp; Before going into battle our generals want to know the tendencies of the opposing general and their background influences that formed those tendencies.So if you were to create a dossier on Trump for his rivals to digest, and putting aside your own feelings about him to be as objective as possible, what would you say are Trump&#039;s driving motivations?&nbsp; I would say a prominent one is he absolutely loathes coming out on the short end.&nbsp; His &quot;The Art of the Deal&quot; was all about coming out on top.&nbsp; That&#039;s reflected in how he goes after those who cross him in any way.&nbsp; Melania once said in the 2016 campaign if you hit him he hits you back harder.So now we have these tariffs.&nbsp; Based on things that he said on video decades ago this has been a sticking point for him.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think he brought it up in his first term because he knew it might keep him from being reelected.&nbsp; But I think he feels strongly that all these countries who&#039;ve done much better trading with us than we with them have been screwing us for decades.&nbsp; And he wants to get even.Until covid hit he did have an excellent economy.&nbsp; He rolled back regulations, increased oil production, lowered taxes, kept the country secure.&nbsp; That&#039;s what I voted for, a return to that.&nbsp; If it was the best economy ever, as he likes to say, then why not more of the same?&nbsp; I&#039;m willing to give him a chance but it had better work.&nbsp; If it doesn&#039;t then the country will be much worse off economically.&nbsp; We&#039;ll all be paying a price for a man&#039;s anger over trade imbalances and his determination to put everything in our favor.&nbsp; Great if it works, disaster if it doesn&#039;t.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 6108717, member: 24302"] OK, what I'm about to say might ruffle some feathers. I'm sure you're aware that our military intelligence creates dossiers on foreign military officers. Before going into battle our generals want to know the tendencies of the opposing general and their background influences that formed those tendencies. So if you were to create a dossier on Trump for his rivals to digest, and putting aside your own feelings about him to be as objective as possible, what would you say are Trump's driving motivations? I would say a prominent one is he absolutely loathes coming out on the short end. His "The Art of the Deal" was all about coming out on top. That's reflected in how he goes after those who cross him in any way. Melania once said in the 2016 campaign if you hit him he hits you back harder. So now we have these tariffs. Based on things that he said on video decades ago this has been a sticking point for him. I don't think he brought it up in his first term because he knew it might keep him from being reelected. But I think he feels strongly that all these countries who've done much better trading with us than we with them have been screwing us for decades. And he wants to get even. Until covid hit he did have an excellent economy. He rolled back regulations, increased oil production, lowered taxes, kept the country secure. That's what I voted for, a return to that. If it was the best economy ever, as he likes to say, then why not more of the same? I'm willing to give him a chance but it had better work. If it doesn't then the country will be much worse off economically. We'll all be paying a price for a man's anger over trade imbalances and his determination to put everything in our favor. Great if it works, disaster if it doesn't. [/QUOTE]

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