Trump isn't into Tariffs because he thinks they accomplish some economic goal. He likes Tariffs because they're what his autocrat idols use to shake industry down for bribes. Everyone has to come and bend the knee to negotiate an Exemption in exchange for the boss getting a cut. That's all this is.
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I mean, do you think this is a meritocracy all the sudden? He won therefore he must be (insert adjective)? Cmon.
I don't think the US is a meritocracy. I do think the Republican primary process kind of is.
Add in decades of TV, movie, and media appearances as “America’s Deal Maker.”
He’s something else now.
Malign celebrity candidates can do a huge amount of damage, as we learned with Reagan.