http://www.newsmax.com/PrintTemplate.aspx?nodeid=387907 Newsmax Trump: Obama Beholden to Lobbyists on China Tuesday, March 1, 2011 01:59 PM By: Dan Weil Real estate mogul Donald Trump, who says he is “seriously” considering running for the Republican presidential nomination, lambasted White House policy toward China today, saying that President Barack Obama is beholden to lobbyists on the issue. “I know the Chinese,” Trump said on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show this afternoon. “I’ve made a lot of money off the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind. They aren’t our friends.” Chinese businessmen can’t believe how stupid we are and how easily we let them take our jobs, Trump said, adding, “Through the manipulation of their currency, they make it almost impossible for our companies to compete.” That’s because a weak yuan makes Chinese exports cheap in the United States but makes U.S. exports expensive in China. “China should have a much higher-valued currency. The government is keeping it seriously, artificially low,” Trump said. In his own case, when Trump wants to buy an exterior wall for a building, he said he rarely can buy from an American company because Chinese companies can make it so much cheaper. “If it’s close, I go American, but it’s almost impossible for our companies to compete,” Trump said. “We can’t have jobs if the Chinese are making all our products. They’re taking advantage of our country. They view us as an enemy, and I don’t even think the U.S. knows it. And now, they’re starting to build up their military.” And how does President Obama react? “He gives the president of China a five-star dinner at the White House,” Trump noted. “Everybody loves what I say on this,” yet the policy doesn’t change. And why is that? “Politicians have been taken over by the lobbyists,” Trump said. “China and Chinese companies have big lobbyists – OPEC [Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries], too. It has to be the lobbyists.” Our country isn’t respected anymore, he said. “It has the potential to be great, but it’s not great now. China will take over as the No. 1 economy in 12 years.” So what would Trump do about it if he were president? “I would tell the Chinese that, if you don’t straighten out the manipulation of your currency fast, we’ll tax your products 25 percent. We’d be making our own products immediately.” [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
