October 16, 2024
While not directly answering if he has communicated with Putin since leaving office, Trump said that it would have been a smart thing to do. Mr. Trump recently spoke at an event for the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, at which he also highlighted that statecraft, which involves friendly relations with world leaders, is important.
“It’s good if I am friendly with people if I have a relationship with people,’ Trump told Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. This comment comes after others have been made on the possibility of Trump and Putin speaking to each other now that Trump is out of office, having exited the presidency come early 2021, as reported by Woodward.
As a president, Trump could be seen as lauding Putin and preferring Russian intelligence over that of the USA on the issue of election meddling. The president last week denied having spoken to Putin in the last few days in an interview with ABC News, saying, ‘No, I have not.’ “How can that be possible?” and “That’s false” came a reply from Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
While affirming friendly relations with Putin, Trump was eager to assert that he was entirely dealing with Russia, especially through the cutting off of the Nord Stream II pipeline. He did not wish to go further when Micklethwait asked for particulars of his dealing with the Russian leader.
When Trump was explaining his ideas for the potential second term, he spoke of the whistleblower as a ‘ very insecure man’ and his extraordinary plans for unbelievable tariffs on imports, which, according to the critics, will just impose a sales tax on the customers of the United States. Although Trump insists that foreign nations adapt the costs of these tariffs, economists have noted that frequently the costs of tariffs are shifted domestically to suppliers and the ultimate consumer.
They know, for instance, that economists affecting his admiration for tax cuts would cause inflation and place the national debt by trillions. He said that the growth that he singled out emanating from his measures would ensure that any cost negatives are neutralized.
“We’re all about growth. We will be bringing companies back to the United States,”
Trump said
According to an analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Trump’s tax plan could increase the nation’s debt by about $7.5 trillion, while under the Kamala Harris plan, the debt would be by about $3.5 trillion. Trump also indicated that he would not let ANY FOREIGN manufacturer sell cars in the United States and proposed tariffs of up to 2000 percent to force the production of autos within the country.
Micklethwait proceeded to the observation that such changes would require “many years” to effect, sparking a discussion on the severe realities of the economics awaiting a potential second Trump term in office.
