Originally Posted by
chadbag
Trump is a lot smarter than people think. (Most people think that if you disagree with them, you are a moron anyway). As trump is not a politician, but someone who approaches things in a business like solve-problems manner, he often does things that do not make sense to the politician, but make eminent sense to the every day man. China is an example. He recognized that China is a drain on the country (whether he has thought it through as much as the article above suggests or not). So he has gone on to try and change that relationship. And as a businessman and negotiator, he knows you have to compromise. (Liberals should get this as this is how many of our liberties have been done away with) -- so you make "outrageous" demands, and then negotiate those demands back to what you expected in the first place. Witness the China Tariff issues. By moving the ball into China's court he has made them negotiate backwards to avoid even strong backwards motion. (Same as the left has done to the 2A and others).
Anyway, the article made a lot of sense, even if some of Trump's actions in it are inadvertent -- Trump is playing the strategy even if he has not thought it through as much as the article says.