For someone who wants to sound smart citing “game theory”, you surely don’t sound very capable of seeing reality
> No, they won't and everybody knows that.
That's delusional. 70% of the world has China as their main trading partner. The world definitely can thrive without Coke, Facebook, Nike and McDonalds.
> That's delusional. 70% of the world has China as their main trading partner. The world definitely can thrive without Coke, Facebook, Nike and McDonalds.
How about Amazon, AWS, Microsoft, Azure, Google, Nvidia, 3M, Pfizer etc.?
If all of them leave to be replaced by the alternatives, local or european/chinese, that would definitely be net positive.
Firings that support this: Flynn, McCabe, Esper, Bolton
Firings that support Trump’s Razor: Comey, Sessions, Tillerson, Nielsen, Krebs
“The dumbest explanation is often the correct one.” tells us that the increase in information from those moves is uselessly low for both him and us. Nevertheless, if Trump is able to influence the rules, the accumulation of side effects of high strategic value gives his advisers something to work with.
Okay, let's have a look ... well, this statistic doesn't back up your claim:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/exports/china
> Trump’s ship of fools
Which is actually part of his strategy. You need fools that commit outrageous claims, threats and actions. Then he can play the good cop when it makes sense and just fire the fool. That is basically applied game theory on a meta- and psychological level.
> Everyone will find more reliable trade partners
No, they won't and everybody knows that.