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> I'll loan you money to buy my product so I can sell it to you.

I predict this will happen among Nations as well. US will provide money to Japan so that Japan can invest that money in US (at Trump's discretion) so that everything is kosher.

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That is what traditional US foreign aid was all about. We give money to allies, they buy our military hardware or farm products. Trump of course has shit all over the system, so who knows what we are going to do now.

We also give out tons of subsidies and tax breaks to lure foreign investment to the US.

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