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Jolly Roger you be right on

artappraiser — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 03:37:22 +0000

In reply to I have been lighting candles

Jolly Roger you be right on Xi! Take a look @ this WaPo headline, hah:

China issues stern warning to U.S., North Korea over their growing tensions

Is such a brilliant play: I'm grabbing the #1 title and making you the immature child that needs instruction.

Keep praying, no doubt it's

artappraiser — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 01:26:58 +0000

In reply to I have been lighting candles

Keep praying, no doubt it's going to be a bumpy ride. I doubt we'll know a thing right off unless some Mar-a-Lago club member takes photos again! (I'm basing that on: Angela didn't really spill any good beans. All the other guys run a tighter ship than the yuge sieve of competing leakers we've got, much less China?)

I have been lighting candles

jollyroger — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:46:12 +0000

In reply to Up next: China, this weekend.

I have been lighting candles to Saint Hunter (Thompson--canonized by my church, ymmv....) entreating his intervention to the effect that among the "unmasking" events currently at issue there may be a few--a precious few--wherein Xi (who can pick that fat fraud's pocket from across the room) expresses his candid appraisal of "U.S. Head of State #1".

I won't even demand that the material be disseminated, nor even (o painful sacrifice!) that I see it, so long as Trump reads it.

Up next: China, this weekend.

artappraiser — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 01:20:41 +0000

In reply to Trump Shifts Course on Egypt, Praising Its Authoritarian Leader

Up next: China.

Interesting to see an April 3 WaPo op-ed where anti-Trump Republican Dan Drezner freaks out in a long rant on topic, with fear and loathing, thinking about about what may happen

The looming strategic disaster at Mar-a-Lago this week

China will try to buy off the Trump administration. It may very well succeed.

[....] First of all, suddenly Tillerson’s odd decision to parrot Xi’s language on great power relationships makes sense. If this is what the Chinese want from the Trump administration, the White House appears eager to oblige. This is likely because Trump does not place a high value on words. U.S. allies in the region will be paying close attention, however.

Second of all, can someone please explain to Trump and Kushner that one of the ways that China can devalue its currency is by buying up American assets? [....]

Third, and finally, a nascent grand strategy is becoming visible for the Trump administration, and it’s a rather disturbing one. The grand strategy is that the administration demonstrates a willingness to rent out its foreign policy to any interested investor. [....]