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Bad Manners and Negotiating

Author Image By Rowland Lane Anderson, Ridgecrest, formerly S.B.
Wed Mar 05, 2025 | 4:01pm

My vote went to Jill Stein last November and I have voted third party many times in the past since I campaigned for Benjamin Spock. That being said, I want to make an observation that my progressive friends may have missed.

Since 1949, when NATO was formed to counter the USSR, every president of the USA has urged the European members to spend more to strengthen NATO. From President Kennedy to President Biden conventional diplomacy has been used (kiss one another’s ass and look good on TV). Conventional diplomacy has failed miserably. Since President Trump’s change of style, NATO members have decided to spend more to strengthen NATO. We have Putin and Trump to thank for that result.

An NPR commentator stated that tariffs are contrary to Trump’s goals by saying that if, indeed, more of the products are produced in the USA, tariffs will not contribute toward reducing the deficit. But higher than reducing the deficit among Trump’s goals is bringing manufacturing back to the USA.

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Wed Mar 19, 2025 | 12:30pm
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