Trump​ ❤️ Tariffs

[4th&long]

Trump chickened out as soon as he saw the ports in LA didn't have cargo. Shops coming in. I knew he would. 

[Doc]

27 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

Trump chickened out as soon as he saw the ports in LA didn't have cargo. Shops coming in. I knew he would. 

 

So did China, for the same reason.  Expect a deal in the next 90 days.

[Big Blitz]

1 hour ago, 4th&long said:

Trump chickened out as soon as he saw the ports in LA didn't have cargo. Shops coming in. I knew he would. 

 

What was the tariff number he wanted?  

[The Frankish Reich]

35 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

 

What was the tariff number he wanted?  

No one knows. He most recently pulled a new number - 80 percent - out of his behind. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Sadly, I believe this is true.  We're on the downslope.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/14/peak-america-is-over-donald-trump-dollar-trade-war/

[Doc Brown]

On 4/6/2025 at 2:47 PM, Doc Brown said:

I don't even know the end game as there's a lot of mixed messaging.  Is it a short term policy to make better trade deals with individual countries?  Is it to create jobs and businesses in the manufacturing realm to come back to the United States?  Are they trying to reorder global trade?  In the end, this is pry what's going to happen though as Trump makes artificial trade agreements to satisfy his ego while not sending the country into a depression under his watch.

 

 

Checks out over a month later.

[SectionC3]

5 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

Checks out over a month later.

Yeah, this is about right.  It's not about manufacturing.  It's not really about fentanyl.  It's probably not even about reordering global trade.  Or even imposing a sneaky national sales tax (which is the end result).  It's about ego.  None of it makes the slightest bit of economic sense.