08-12-2015, 10:35 AM
The title is decptive. It doesn't say anything about the deal being tied to the "petro dollar".
But Kerry is absolutely correct that the United Stets can not just tell everyone else on earth what to do. We are still, by far, the most powerful economic power, but when it comes to dealing with every other country in the world combined we don't have enough influence to force them to do everything we say.
This is one of the big reasons that Trump is such a joke. He just says that all we have to do is talk tough and every other country will fall in line. But it just doesn't work like that. In the business world Trump can not just get any property he wants for whatever price he wants. So I don't know why he thinks he can tell every other country on earth what to do just because he is "a better negotiator".
And the rest of the Republicans are just as bad. They think "negotiation" means "getting everything we want without giving up anything".
But Kerry is absolutely correct that the United Stets can not just tell everyone else on earth what to do. We are still, by far, the most powerful economic power, but when it comes to dealing with every other country in the world combined we don't have enough influence to force them to do everything we say.
This is one of the big reasons that Trump is such a joke. He just says that all we have to do is talk tough and every other country will fall in line. But it just doesn't work like that. In the business world Trump can not just get any property he wants for whatever price he wants. So I don't know why he thinks he can tell every other country on earth what to do just because he is "a better negotiator".
And the rest of the Republicans are just as bad. They think "negotiation" means "getting everything we want without giving up anything".
