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Here in the Netherlands some of the potatoes we grow are cut in Poland then some of the cut potatoes are sold in the Netherlands again.

I'm sure it makes perfect sense from a business perspective. The Polish factory can do some additional cutting, packaging and transport cheaper than our own potato cutting means. You could say it makes no sense to do it ourselves, many believe this.

If you do this with many goods and services your politicians cant really have disagreeable opinions. If they pull any lever backwards or push it forwards the ecosystem starts to destabilize.

Trump enjoys negotiating, he has various tools at his disposal one of which is the most expensive military in the world. This is a very large lever to pull. He cant really extort people with it if declaring war instantly turns the domestic market to chaos. That said, it doesn't require pulling a big lever to trigger a trade war or to implode the us dollar. Donald wants to be able to press all the buttons and flick all the switches in his negotiations.

To see the goal of his negotiations you only have to look which branch of the international mafia he supports the most. If you see him grovel at someones feet you know who his true master is.



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