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This article contains some swearing Bring Me my How Trump's China plan was 40 years in the Making by Andrew Liu Read by Vincent Lai In 2011,
Donald Trump spoke before an audience of about 1,000 in Las Vegas, teasing a prospective, if fanciful presidential run.
Halfway through a rant over Middle east policy and oil prices,
he digressed for a moment on trade with Asia.
China I said the other day very, very hard to buy anything outside of China.
Certain other countries also, but China's, you know the one.
And somebody said, what would you do?
What could you do?
So easy I drop a 25% tax on China.
And you know, I said to somebody that it's really the messenger, the messenger is important.
I could have one man say, we're gonna tax you 25%.
And I could say another listen you motherfuckers, we're going to tax you 25%.
Over the years, Trump has flip flopped constantly on the standard presidential topics,
from the Middle east to healthcare to abortion.
But give him this he has been remarkably consistent on tariffs,
a centerpiece of both his domestic and foreign agenda.