Sounds like a great way to turn trading partners into… not-trading non-partners.

What a time to be alive 🙃

He doesn't want a level playing field. A level playing field would mean obeying the same rules and regulations.

Threatening is always a winning strategy lol. Countries are already cancelling deals with US. I am sure comments like this will make them reconsider.

Fuck them :)

Or what, you'll add more import taxes that will get passed on to the consumer?

Cool.

Don't be competitive. We really don't believe in that in the US. We believe in excluding competitors since that is easier than innovating.

When someone starts throwing out threats, that means they are totally in control of the situation.

Well I'm sure Brazil is happy with this dumbass statement.

Mate, we had an "unfair" relationship with you in your favour here in Australia and you still fucked it up

I bet he has a great relationship with his wife, whit that understanding of what partnership is.

fuck. off. we don't NEED you!

"Level Playing field": Sell your countries to BP, the fruit company

"We are going to destroy you": CIA funds a coup and installs dictators who strike good deals with Joe Shmoe from Texas who happens to be a genius negotiator (don't look at the snipers aiming at you as you sign away your country).

Or you know, Iraq 2.0!

Good luck.

As an american to all GOP members - shut the fuck up! this shit is why everyone hates americans. Go home and be an isufferable piece of shit there, stop fucking up the country for the rest of us.

Make a level playing field for non-Americans first.

America third, Europe first!

They really believe they are the center of the world

Level playing field? Sure why not?

Favor American businesses over health or local businesses? Hahahaha no

Threats? Nevermind. Let’s throw that out the window. Fuck you

Even as an American, why do these dumbasses think threats will make people more likely to be favorable? At some point, people are going to just be like “all right fam good luck with that”

"And by level, we mean in our favor. Anything else is unfair."

Let me get this straight:

• You don’t want a trade war, which your country started
• You want access to our markets to flood our shelves with your subsidized and unregulated products
• If we don’t let you in, you’ll continue to wage economic war on us

Nope, you are going to destroy yourselves. You need us, we don't need you. And a level playing field is just that, both sides get a fair share. Do you understand how that works?

“A message to partners: don’t do as we do or we will destroy you”

Global-scale abusive relationship mentality. That’s what you get when people like Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan become the new idols of men.

In the words of Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart...

Go f&@k yourself!!

What a shithole country. Imagine putting such a stupid, petty and cruel person in a position of leadership. Over and over again and never learn.

I'm Pole. Almost all out historical tragedies, including disappearing from maps a few times, can be explained by politicians saying and doing idiotic things to get a cheep local points instead of worrying about global politics.

This moron said something to get applaud of morons in his loccal piggery. He either think world will not notice, or he don't care becouse his personal gains are more important than consequences to the entire country.

He shouldn't be trusted. With anything.

Imagine the crying in the USA if we, Canada, stopped sending softwood lumber, crude, steel, and aluminum, electricity, potash.

Forget about rebuilding after a hurricane or tornado. Good luck driving a car or fueling a war machine. Lots of hungry people with reduced yields due to less potash.

They are going to destroy themselves.

The field has been tilted in America's favor for generations...they're finally getting a taste of a real level playing field.

The term banana republic started in central and south America because everytime the workers revolted, the capitalist Americans would cry communist and get the American military to come and suppress unionization. Hey mr tally man tally meh banana, daylight come and meh Wan go home.

Level playing field? Yeah sure. To give every proponent equal opportunity, firms will be given a fair chance. On the other hand, companies represented by people who make mob-boss like threats won't be considered as that disrupts the level playing field. Whoops, you just disqualified all American companies, Congressman. What a shame.

We're gonna destroy you, utterly.

Is that a fucking threat ?

The biggest problem here that these idiots don't understand is that our economy is as big as it is because the world lets us have it. It's an unwritten agreement that they use the dollar for trade, and we police the world, give aid and keep markets stable. It won't take much for the world to turn their backs on us and send us crashing, and honestly I'm surprised they haven't already done that.

Or just... not be a trading partner.

Can you imagine if a 9/11 type situation were to happen today, boy there would be a lot of hard decisions to make.

Fuck you and we won’t see you tomorrow.

Stay in your lane old man

Yeah okay, but more importantly, does anyone else feel like there's something weird about his face? Like, as if his skin is rubber and that's why he can't make real looking facial expressions?

If you could destroy them without it, why do you even need a level playing field? 🤔

Which state is he from?

Hey assface 🖕🖕🖕🖕how about you go fuck yourself.

Sorry, hard pass - don't like playing with cheaters.