As if we don't have enough problems already, President Obama seems perfectly willing to start a trade war in the middle of a deep recession.That's not all. As if to prove how truly dumb he is, our president wants to start a trade battle with China, according to Irving Seltzer of the Weekly Standard: Avoidance of trade talk would most especially suit the American delegation: when the leaders meet in Pittsburgh on September 24-25 the last thing President Obama wants is a discussion of his position on trade. He has so far managed to talk the talk of free trade while walking the protectionist walk that appeals to his trade union backers. He would like to keep it that way. Unfortunately for him, he won't be able to do that, having just come down on the side of the protectionists. The Obama team makes it a practice of releasing announcements of which they are not particularly proud on weekends, when they get buried under sports news and the commentariat are out of town. So they held off...(Read Full Post)