Partners implies an equally beneficial agreement between the parties. We have not had that in a long time which is why the tariffs are reciprocal and not just punitive.
To paraphrase Gunnery Seargent Hartman, our "trading partners" are the kind that would f*** a person in the ass and not even have the goddam common courtesy to give him a reach-around.
Hell of it is this has been going on for decades, through multiple administrations, Democrat and Republicans. I'm not a fan of Trumps personality, but I do like the fact that he lays his balls on the table and dares the other side to do the same.
remember nafta? liberals boasting how wonderful it will be for America… been to detroit lately?? ol’ Ross Perot was right. if democrats get back in power you will see a giant snit fit of fukkery to punish Americans who dared to vote for the wrong candidate… America used to be self sufficient while exporting much of our abundant products. in the interest of “fairness “ we became the lazy 20 something living in moms basement with our hand out for everything..
now with lots of hard work We the People can become strong again .