NICHOLLS, John Malone
The funeral service for John Malone Nicholls was held on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from Southern King’s & Queen’s funeral home chapel, Murray River with Pastor Scott Herring officiating. Musical selections played during the service were In The Sweet Bye & Bye, I Fly Away & Safe In The Arms of Jesus. Pallbearers were Martin Stearns, Christopher Stearns, Garry Herring, John Marsh, Justin Batten, Jack Batten.Flowerbearers were Max Batten, Bianca Batten. The interment took place in Murray River cemetery.
The funeral service for Keith White was held from Southern King’s & Queen’s funeral home chapel, Murray River on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Rev. Charlie MacNeill officiated with Karen Burhoe as organist. Will Your Anchor Hold & The Old Rugged Cross were played and sung by David London during the service. Pallbearers were Harold White, Dave Dennis, Andrew Jenkins, Bob White, Mitch Weibel, Audy Tornowsky. Flowerbearers were Aleasha Dennis, Emily White, Alison White, Maysea MacDougallWhite. The committal followed in Murray Harbour cemetery.
When President Donald Trump pulled the plug on an upcoming trip to North Korea by his secretary of state, he pointed a finger of blame at China and the global superpower’s trade practices.
In his recent trade breakthrough with Mexico, Trump praised the country’s outgoing president for his help on border security and agriculture.
Both developments offered fresh evidence of how Trump has made trade policy the connective tissue that ties together different elements of his “America First” foreign policy and syncs up them with his political strategy for the 2020 presidential election.
Trump’s 2016 triumph was paved in part by his support among blue-collar voters in Midwestern manufacturing states that narrowly supported him over Democrat Hillary Clinton, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
His aggressive trade tactics, epitomized by tariffs and standoffs with longtime economic partners and allies, are aimed at reversing what he has long viewed as unfair trade deals while maintaining support among largely white, working-class voters who have been hurt by the loss of manufacturing jobs.
“Trump understands that economic policy is foreign policy and vice versa,” said Stephen Moore, a former Trump campaign adviser and visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
“The most important element of foreign policy is to not just keep the world safe but to also promote America’s economic interest. That’s what Trump does — this is America First.”
It’s also good politics, Trump’s view.
“It’s a populist position. But it’s also a popular position with a lot of Americans,” Moore said.
As he puts a high premium on trade gains, Trump is intertwining the issue with a host of top foreign policy concerns.
Trump, asked by reporters last week about North Korea living up to its commitments to denuclearize, said “part of the North Korean problem is caused by our trade disputes with China,” pointing to the U.S. trade imbalance with China.
“We have to straighten out our trade relationship because in too much money is being lost by us,” Trump said. “And as you know, China is the route to North Korea.”
Trade has been a common refrain at the president’s rallies, where he has vowed to pursue “fair and reciprocal trade.”
“We don’t want stupid trade like we had for so long,” Trump said during a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, in June.
Trump’s second year as president has been marked by a number of trade disputes with traditional U.S. allies and global rivals alike, an approach cemented by his tweet that “trade wars are good.”
He imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in March, prompting retaliation from the European Union and other American allies.
Later in the month, Trump announced tariffs on China to combat what he called the theft of U.S. technology from a wide range of goods and services.
China struck back with its own sanctions on a variety of U.S. products, including Midwest farm-produced soybeans in a way to hit hard against the president’s base of voters.
The two sides have clashed during the spring and summer, raising the stakes in their trade fight.