He is being brave already. The last 40 years have brought the US failure even by the Democrat's own admission on income inequality. The cowardly thing to do is to simply continue those policies - keep creating legions of homeless and a shrinking middle class while ballooning the debt. I am glad to see he and Trump actually implementing policies that will finally re-grow the middle class in the US.

"that is why Pres Trump seems to have capriciously abandoned Mr Navarro's tariff directives, and has put his tail between his legs in a major retreat.
#4 | Posted by LampLighter"

In what alternative world did that occur? Trump is negotiating the tariffs as he negotiates everything else - and has destroyed China in the process.

"#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead"

Exhibit A in Democrats shielding themselves from reality. Is that a skill you learned at your pretend law school?

"If Pres Trump has destroyed China, then why does Pres Trump say that he is talking with Pres Xi, and Pres Xi is saying that there have been no such discussions between the US and China on tariffs?"

Because the Chinese, per usual, are lying as they know braindead liberals will just run with their talking points. Why does China report robust GDP growth despite their tax receipts falling? - because they lie.

"Also, when Pres Trump was asked by the press, multiple times, when he talked to Pres Xi"

If you think US trade negotiators are not meeting with Chinese trade negotiators, you are not worth discussing this topic with further. BOTH SIDES - don't want to appear weak. In the case of Xi, he is facing internal unrest which could topple the CCP or his control of it - and people that lose control in China don't just slip into retirement - they wind up in jail or dead. He has a lot more on the line in maintaining his public image.

"China's Pres Xi is ghosting Pres Trump. Pres Xi seems to be playing the long game, as opposed to Pres Trump's short-term, transactional game."

Xi is folding like a cheap suit - he is exempting products across industries because they are essential goods for China and as I pointed out before, their alternative is not eating and not having electricity. Worse, due to the US not taking Chinese exports, they have been re-routed for internal consumptions setting off deflation in the country.

"If, as your current alias seems to assert, Pres Trump's position is so strong, why does he seem to be lying about things surrounding that position?
#9 | Posted by LampLighter"

SEEM TO BE - listening to yourself.

"If the Chinese were lying, then Pres Trump should have been able to provide evidence of the phone calls.
#12 | Posted by LampLighter"

Trump is president - he is not on the drudge retort where he needs to prove anything. Frankly, he does not care if the unwashed masses believe him or not - trade negotiations have been underway for weeks already.

"So, he should not lie and prevaricate as he so frequently does.
The press asked Pres Trump a simple question ... when did you last talk with Pres Xi?
#14 | Posted by LampLighter"

He owes the press NOTHING. Again, if you think the US and China don't have teams talking and negotiating right now, you are too stupid to continue this conversation.

"#16 | Posted by Zed"

Which is why Xi is folding like a cheap suit as the Chinese economy collapses, he is facing protests in China, and his trading partners are following the US and banning Chinese trans-shipments. Sorry, Xi and your home country of Canada will bend the knee - and you will like it.

"The President of the United States has no obligation to tell the press anything?
#19 | Posted by LampLighter"

No, he doesn't. And after how the press conducted themselves with Biden, they really don't deserve the right to ask. For all of 2023 and 2024 - we have no idea who was actually running the country. Biden's brain was gone - and no questions from the press on it. In fact, they covered for him. On Ashley's diary and the inappropriate showers - not a single question asked on it. On Hunter's pardon - not a single question asked on it or calling him out for lying directly to their faces. The legacy press in the US is a joke - they deserve nothing.