The G7 Summit makes me stop and wonder as the French and Canadian leaders express their anger at President Trump.
What I wonder is this: If things were reversed does anyone think those gentlemen would not be screaming to high heaven?
The root of their current complaint is that their hands will be removed from the cookie jar. Healthy agreements have both sides getting what they want. Finally we have a leader who puts America and American business first. There will be pain as things adjust. Some of our products will go up, some will go down. Some businesses will suffer more as the scales get balanced. Most Americans believe that taxpayers can no longer bear the weight of subsidizing the rest of the world. For many centuries men have traded goods. In every transaction both sides received something they needed or wanted. When that ceases to be true, the deal must be renegotiated. It as simple as that.
