“Let me tell you something. China will behave and China will be our friend. We’ll do better under China with me and we’re also going to do better economically with me. They are going to respect our country again,” Trump told his supporters at an election rally in New Jersey on Thursday.
Addressing his first major rally in New Jersey along with governor Chris Christie who endorsed him early in the primary season, he said: “These dummies say, ‘Oh, that’s a trade war. Trade war? We’re losing USD 500 billion in trade with China. Who the hell cares if there’s a trade war? Think of it. USD 500 billion and they’re telling me about a trade war.”
The 69-year-old real estate tycoon, who is likely to face Democrat Hillary Clinton exuded confidence that it is unlikely to happen as being alleged by his opponents.
“You’re not going to have a trade war. Two things are going to happen. China devalues their currency, that’s how they’re killing us, Ok? They devalue their currency. They are behaving very, very badly. And, on top of that, they are building fortresses on the South China Sea. And they’re doing things,” Trump said.
Trump also asked his supporters to leave the economy to him. “A lot of you don’t know the world of economics. And you shouldn’t even bother. Just do me a favour. Leave it to me. Just go enjoy your life,” he said.
Last year, China was the world’s largest merchandise trader, with combined exports and imports worth USD 4,303 billion. The US was in second place, with total trade worth USD 4,032 billion.
I’ll be Democratic presidential nominee: hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton has asserted she will emerge as the US presidential nominee from the Democratic camp as she hit out at her Republican rival Donald Trump for his “dangerous” rhetoric including a ban on Muslims, saying the billionaire is unfit to lead the country.
“I will be the nominee for my party. That is already done in effect. There is no way that I won’t be,” Clinton told CNN.
The 68-year-old former secretary of state is yet to reach the magic number of 2,383 delegates but with 2,293 delegates already in her kitty, she has a lead comfortable enough that she could lose all the states left to vote by a landslide and still emerge as the Democratic nominee to face Trump.
This is so long as all her supporters among the party insiders known as super delegates continue to back her. “I am confident. Well, in part from my own experience, you know?” she said when asked where from she was getting the confidence.
“I went all the way to the end against then Senator (Barack) Obama. I won nine out of the last 12 contests. Back in 2008 I won Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, so I know the intense feelings that arise, particularly among your supporters as you go toward the end. But, we both were following the same rules, just as both Senator Sanders and I are following the same rules,” she said about the contest with her sole primary rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
When asked if she thinks Trump is qualified to be the US president, Clinton said: “No, I do not.”
“I think in this past week, whether it’s attacking Great Britain, praising the leader of North Korea - a despotic dictator who has nuclear weapons, whether it is saying pull out of NATO, let other countries have nuclear weapons, the kinds of positions he is stating, and the consequences of those positions, and even the consequences of his statements are not just offensive to people, they are potentially dangerous,” Clinton said in the interview on Friday.