>>One thing he likes to say is that 'the rest of the world is laughing at us..China is laughing at us...' - which might well be true, but they're laughing at us because of him.

China isn't laughing. China is winning. And the problem with "take, take, take" is that other takers offshored jobs from the US so comprehensively that the challenge and cost to bring those jobs back stateside is immense. Basically most stuff now is made in China and the Chinese don't need to boast about take, take, take when the US gifted its huge productive capacity offshore in exchange for a bumper dividend this year and let next year take care of itself. That's the big issue in the US IMHO: the Generosity of spirit that made the US great is replaced by a different G word - Greed - while all the other deadly sins also are presented as virtues. You only need to check out those 7 deadly sins ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins ) to confirm that Western society has forgotten truths it had known since the 4th century and now acts surprised to reap what it sows.