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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (144357)	11/29/2018 7:07:38 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218642

I think there are quite a few bad-actors around the trump, using trump as trump uses them, and I suspect the lot of them have much to learn from Putin and Xi The Navarro and lighthizer of this world, as far as I am concerned, are lightweights and o am puzzled why anyone thinks they should be their respective offices other than to play the clowns. I think I understand why the trump chose them for the roles, and the choice is good, but only for the domestic audience and the banana republics that be japan, and Mexico, and lots of countries in between the two benchmarks. They are mere mosquitoes for nuisance value in so far as China is concerned, thus the earlier stance of strategic composure /ala no-engagement. Am guessing. Let’s watch & brief.

To: Joseph Silent who wrote (144357)	11/29/2018 7:14:47 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218642

I think there are quite a few bad-actors around the trump, using trump as trump uses them, and I suspect the lot of them have much to learn from Putin and Xi The Navarro and lighthizer of this world, as far as I am concerned, are lightweights and i am puzzled why anyone thinks they should be their respective offices other than to play the clowns. I think I understand why the trump chose them for their respective roles, and the choice is good, but only for the domestic audience and the banana republics that be japan, and Mexico, and lots of countries in between the two benchmarks. They and their ilk are mere mosquitoes for nuisance value in so far as China is concerned, thus the earlier China stance of strategic-composure / no-engagement. Am guessing. Let’s watch & brief.

To: Joseph Silent who wrote (144357)	11/29/2018 5:08:43 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 218642

all bets off watch & brief either ... no deal because there cannot be a deal when there is no intersect of circles, or trump wants navarro to 'own' the deal, so that he can disowned it, or a deal, because car crash unpleasant so, straight forward math says 1/3 chance at true deal, and 2/3 opportunity leading to global asset re-pricing am giddy w/ anticipation zerohedge.com Stocks Slump On Report Navarro Back On Xi Dinner Guest ListUS equities are taking a sudden turn for the worse as The South China Morning Post reports that White House trade adviser - and its most ardent China hawk - Peter Navarro, is back on the guest list for the Trump-Xi dinner after being initally left off the list. Initially, stocks jumped as President Donald Trump said he is very close to “doing something” on China ahead of a planned meeting Saturday with President Xi Jinping. "We’re very close to doing something with China,” Trump told reporters Thursday as he departed the White House to travel to Buenos Aires for the Group of 20 Summit with global leaders. “I want to do it.” “I really don’t know but I will tell you that I think China wants to make a deal,” he continued. “I like the deal we have right now.” But the news that Navvaro will be at the dinner implies no change in tone ahead of the meeting and stocks are fading on that... Aninda Mitra, senior sovereign analyst at BNY Mellon Investment Management, wrote in a note this week that the odds of a Sino-US deal versus no deal on trade tariffs was “about 50:50 in the market’s view”. The possibility of the summit ending in open conflict is smaller than 5 per cent, while the chances the meeting will end with “no significant agreement” – putting Washington on track to raise tariffs on Chinese products as planned on January 1 – has a 30 per cent chance, Mitra said. The odds of the meeting ending with “deliberate ambiguity on whether the January 1 tariff increase will happen” has a 40 per cent probability. Mitra rated the prospect of a clear statement from the two leaders that the tariff increase would be put on hold at just 25 per cent. The South China Morning Post reported last week that Navarro, one of the most prominent China hawks in the Trump administration, would not attend the Trump-Xi dinner. But a source, who has been briefed on the latest arrangements for the meeting, said Navarro would now be part of the Trump team in Buenos Aires. Navarro is likely to join US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, National Security Adviser John Bolton, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to accompany Trump at the dinner, the results of which will affect the world’s economy for years to come. The inclusion of Navarro means the number of people each president can bring to the table could be increased to eight or more and highlights the uncertainty surrounding the meeting, the first between Trump and Xi since the trade war broke out.