You know, I’m confused about this whole trade war thing. Better a trade war than a nuclear war, for sure, but … Isn’t it good for a country to reduce its dependence on other countries? Isn’t it good to reduce one’s deficit, to balance the budget?
If the States doesn’t want to buy as much oil from us, that’s a good thing! It means we can drill less. We shouldn’t be drilling in the first place. Read Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything.
If they don’t want to buy as much lumber, that’s also a good thing. We can stop cutting. Given the forest fires of 2023 and 2025, don’t we need every single tree that’s standing? To absorb some of the global-warming carbon dioxide that’s filling our atmosphere?
I guess Trump’s decisions are a problem if he’s breaking promises to purchase, especially if we’ve already prepared to sell. But can’t we either just sell to someone else or keep it for ourselves? Maybe then our own prices for gas, wood, etc. could go down.
And/or maybe the problem is the system. Why shouldn’t countries be able to increase or decrease how much they buy and sell from each other? Is the problem that he just suddenly decided to reduce purchases rather than renegotiate trade agreements that bound him to said purchases?
