r/neoliberal • u/Saltedline Hu Shih • Dec 03 '24

Trump vows to block Nippon Steel's planned purchase of US Steel News (Asia)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241203/p2g/00m/0bu/020000c
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u/sponsoredcommenter Dec 03 '24

I really love how Washington regularly embraces in good faith bipartisan unison, but only for the most idiotic causes you've heard of.

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u/firejuggler74 Dec 03 '24

It's because it gets votes.

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u/ThodasTheMage European Union Dec 03 '24

Doesn't seem like it considering that both the Dems and Reps admins got voted out after governing like populists.