I believe, if anything, this is a sign that America’s globalist policies have been in place for far too long.
VIA Time:
President Donald Trump’s iaugural speech promised “America first” policy led by a forceful executive, in contrast to the coalition building and international conferences which have featured strongly in past administrations.
The billionaire businessman and reality television star — the first president who had never held political office or high military rank — promised to stir a “new national pride” and protect America from the “ravages” of countries he says have stolen U.S. jobs.
“This American carnage stops right here,” Trump declared. In a warning to the world, he said, “From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it’s going to be America first.”
Of course, around the world the reactions are of utter horror. This is because America’s hand been out feeding the rest of the world, instead of taking care of ourselves, for far too long.
Consider some of these examples:
SPEECH RESONATES IN MEXICO
Perhaps no country was watching the speech more closely than Mexico. Trump has made disparaging remarks about immigrants who come to the United States illegally and sought to pressure companies not to set up shop in Mexico by threatening a border tariff on goods manufactured there and exported to the United States.
So Trump’s talk of “protect(ing) our borders,” ”America first” and “buy American and hire American” had particular resonance in America’s southern neighbor.
Ricardo Anaya Cortes, president of the conservative opposition National Action Party, called for “the unity of all Mexicans, unity in the face of this protectionist, demagogic and populist speech we just heard. Unity against that useless wall, against deportations, against the blockade of investment.”
“The challenge is enormous. … We demand the federal government leave aside tepidity, that it tackle with absolute firmness and dignity the new relationship with the United States,” Anaya said.
The United States is by far Mexico’s largest commercial partner, buying some 80 percent of its $532 billion in exports in 2015. Mexico is the second-largest market for U.S. exports.
“At least the word ‘Mexico’ was not heard in the speech. Nevertheless one can expect the United States to launch a hyper-protectionist project,” said Ilan Semo Groman, a researcher at Iberoamericana University.
If Trump truly moves to block or drive away U.S. investment in Mexico, Semo said Mexico should focus its commercial efforts on other countries.
“There are very clear possibilities,” Semo said.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto sent three tweets after Trump’s inaugural speech Friday:
— “I congratulate @realDonaldTrump on his inauguration. We will work to strengthen our relationship with shared responsibility.”
— “We will establish a respectful dialogue with the government of President @realDonaldTrump, to Mexico’s benefit.”
— “Sovereignty, national interest and the protection of Mexicans will guide the relationship with the new government of the United States.”
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CONCERN IN TOKYO
Some Tokyo residents are worried that Trump’s “America first” policy will usher in an era of populism and protectionism at the expense of the rest of the world.
Tadashi Gomibuchi, who works in the manufacturing industry, recorded Trump’s inauguration speech overnight as he was keen to hear what the new president had to say.
“Trump is trying to make big changes to the way things are. Changes are good sometimes, but when America, the most powerful, loses stability … it’s a grave concern,” he said. “If you take his words literally, it may destabilize the world going forward and I’m really worried. I hope things will lead to a soft landing.”
Retiree Kuninobu Inoue, who lived in the U.S. during the 1990s, is concerned about trade frictions between Japan and the U.S, citing Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership.
“Japan-U.S. relations are not just about security. Our good relations rely so much on trade,” he said.
Protectionist policies such as the withdrawal from TPP and renegotiation of NAFTA will have a negative impact on the global economy including Japan’s, said Akio Mimura, head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
“These policies only enhance protectionist and populist movement spreading around the world, and could largely shake the free trade system that has supported global growth,” he said.
In his congratulatory message to Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed the importance of the Asia-Pacific region as a source for growth but also tensions.
“In the 21st century, while the Asia-Pacific region is the source of the global economic growth, the security environment of the region is becoming more severe,” he said.
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CHINA BRACES FOR TROUBLE AHEAD
A Chinese state-run nationalist tabloid, the Global Times, says President Trump’s inauguration speech indicates that the U.S. and China would inevitably face trade tensions.
The newspaper said in a Saturday commentary following Trump’s inauguration that “dramatic changes” lay ahead for the U.S. and the global economic order.
“Undoubtedly, the Trump administration will be igniting many ‘fires’ on its front door and around the world. Let’s wait and see when it will be China’s turn,” it said.
The paper noted that Trump blamed foreign trade policies for failing to put “America first,” and said trade tensions between the U.S. and China seemed “inevitable within the four years ahead.”
The paper says it expects that the Trump administration, in seeking to bring factories back to the U.S. from China, will use the U.S. government’s relations with Taiwan as “merely a bargaining chip for them to put trade pressure on China.”
In Beijing, Independent scholar and commentator Zhang Lifan drew a contrast between Trump’s focus on domestic issues and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s emphasis on international cooperation.
“The new U.S. administration’s policy toward China is not clear now. In my view, Trump will deal with China like a businessman, especially on trade negotiations,” Zhang said.
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Again, these countries that I quoted; are ones that have stolen our jobs, robbing us of our manufacturing base, by the importation of their products on the cheap…instead of having to actually pay to put bring them into this country. Of course they’re going to be threatened. So, it should be interesting to see what goes on under a trump administration. Because I truly believe that these so-called trading partners, that we have, are going to feel the pinch once Trump gets in there and begins to renegotiate the trade agreements, that we have with these countries. Quite frankly, it’s about time that they started paying their share, for taking our jobs and bringing their products into our country.
Of course, I find it kind of humorous that the hand-wringing that is going on in those countries and here at home as well. There are some who are acting like Donald Trump is the 21st century incarnation of Adolf Hitler, which is laughable at best; because we have too many safeguards in our country, to prevent something happening here, like what happened in Germany in the 1930’s.
Needless to say, the next 4 to 8 years, is going to be very interesting in this country and I look forward to covering it here on this blog. I am proud to say that I voted for Donald Trump and I’m also going to take great pleasure in taking down the liberal-left narrative on this blog. I’m not necessarily a Donald Trump propagandist; not by a long shot. Because I don’t do Party politics and I’m not a partisan. However, I am someone who stands by a set of principles that I strongly believe in…and as a result I will praise Donald Trump when it is needed and I will also criticize him, when I feel it is warranted. But, I will write against any sort of false narrative that’s being pushed about our president.
There are some on the right that compare the left’s derangement about Donald Trump, to that derangement, that was aimed at George W Bush. Let me say this as someone who used to be on that side of the fence; this is much much worse with George W Bush there was a war that many on the left, felt was unjustified and in some cases illegal. This is none of that; this is derangement against a man, who was put in office by the Electoral College; which was totally legal and constitutional and he was elected by the majority of the American people.
This derangement that comes is basically because he is white, because he is wealthy and because he is a Republican. That’s all it is, there is nothing else of substance that has people against Donald Trump. It’s simply is because he is a wealthy white man and the Democrats are feeling butthurt, because their candidate a rich white woman lost sure she got the popular vote; which can be tampered with, by the way, but the Electoral College does not lie… American conservatives came out and voted for Donald Trump and he won and the Democrats are powerless to stop that, he has committed no crime, therefore they cannot impeach him as much as the Democrats would like to. So, this derangement is worse than George W Bush’s derangement syndrome of the left. This is just simply an unprincipled derangement and it will come back to haunt the Democrats let me assure you of that.