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I'm surprised how much I'm agreeing with in this debate...glad he is being more centrist.

why can't we bomb terrorism out of Afghanistan? Bombs do an exceptional job at killing terrorists...

Hey hey hey promised to bring troops home and he actually did it, didn't he? I should probably fact check this...

but if we don't use tariffs how else can we pressure foreign nations on trade?

Yep I agree with China's stealing of American patents is a big deal. But it's not just China. For instance, Supreme India makes counterfeit Supreme New York products.

Tweets are not trade policy, but the method by which it is communicated.

Tweet as policy: I'll just tweet something and that will fix things.

Tweet as method: Let's do this about trade.

when did 's tweets undermine international diplomacy? There's a reason she's not giving examples...

's plan of forcing foreign businesses to raise their standards is an interesting policy. It could force Chinese companies to actually cut down emissions. That's a good thing.

: giant corporations leave America when it's cheaper to operate in foreign lands.

Which is why many of them have come back since got elected!

Wow, who knew? HBCU students cheered when HBCUs were mentioned!

: Illegal immigrants who aren't violent pose no threat.

They actually pose an economic threat.

Yes! Yes! change the immigration law! I may not like the changes, but that is better than destroying the rule of law because you don't like the laws the way they are.

So, you can't say anything bad about immigrants without being racist, huh?

: Rates of business formation are larger within immigrant formation.

Are those business run by those immigrants? Are they employing immigrants? My thought is they're chains that want to capitalize on the growing demographic.

: ICE can't tell the difference in risk between a terrorist, a criminal, or a twelve year old girl.

Reality: youtube.com/watch?v=bBiMwqNyAJ

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: wants to take credit for all of 's accomplishments but none of his mistakes!

said that the deportations was the best thing that could've been done at the time.

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: Were you wrong to, with , deport record numbers of illegal immigrants.

: We weren't putting people in cages, we didn't do those things.

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