Trump, the master negotiator, was great at doing real estate deals when they involved only his failed businesses and those of his family. Nothing to lose but his own money. And we know now that he was a failure, he cooked the books, he lived on loses and did whatever he possibly could to exploit the American system. Whereas most people play by the rules, he didn't, and he lied his way through years of shady deals and convinced less than 50% of the American people to believe that he was anything but a failed businessman who talked tough but never produced anything. Now, faced with a real adversary, China, he's looking to take down the entire American system while his party and loyal fanatic followers enable him through a failed trade war. Hey, if you grow garlic, you win because there is now a tariff on Chinese garlic. If you grow almonds, you lose, because China slapped a tariff on exported almonds. What was once a great country who spoke with the same voice, whenever it could, the American system is now made up of winners and losers like never before. Any rational government would think through a trade war and understand, implicitly, that every war has two sides. Under Trump, there is no 2 sides to any story. It's whatever he says and his followers and party follow along blindly. Based on this thinking, we have already lost, because we didn't understand our adversary, and Trump isn't smart enough to understand that if there are some losers then we all lose. Don't get me wrong, American has its faults, but when we embark on diplomatic tactics, it's the exception that loses, not the majority. This is what is different under Trump. He does not care who loses, and those around him are too scared to tell him otherwise. Do you really get up in the morning, look out the window, and hope your neighbor is worse off than before? That is the gist of the trade war that Trump is creating to bring down the American system. If it doesn't affect me, I don't care. That is a Trump supporter through and through, never more evident than now. Trump is laying the groundwork to shred this country, and his supporters and are allowing him to do it.