no need to write an essay or anything

some libs and baby leftists are kinda baffled by the trump banter here and don’t know what’s serious and what’s irony

  • ElGosso [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Protectionism is different from hawkishness. If he were hawkish he’d be calling for heightened US carrier presence in the South China Sea and calling Taiwan independent. He just wants to keep manufacturing jobs in the US - I doubt he’d sound any different if those jobs were going to Kenya or Turkey or Ireland or any other country. And it’s not like it isn’t a policy without it’s own problems - ask any third world Maoist about labor aristocracy and they’ll tell you - but just because it sometimes lines up with hawkishness doesn’t make it the same thing.

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      "He has also stated that countries that export armaments to China should be sanctioned and violators should be punished

      Bernie supports an arms embargo against China that includes:

      Denying participation in cooperative research and development

      Prohibiting ownership and control of any business registered as a manufacturer or exporter of defense articles or services

      Revoking all licenses relative to dual-use goods or technology

      Prohibiting participation in any foreign military sales"

      https://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-china/

      He’s said nothing on the American presence surrounding China