I appreciate all of these detailed analysis of what’s wrong with the policy, but the crucial thing to keep in mind here is that Donald Trump sincerely, literally does not understand what a tariff is and when that is your starting point, nothing beyond it really matters.
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Joseph Gagnon
There is so much wrong with the new tariff policy, it is hard to begin. First of all, it makes no sense to tariff something we will never produce in the US. I don't see bananas and coffee on the exempted list. 1/n
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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llua5m6the2c
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
With him it's ALWAYS about his self-interest
https://bsky.app/profile/processparty.bsky.social/post/3llujchen3223
They are designed to create economic hardship.
(His advisors and puppeteers do, though.)
That is what we are doing right now.
This sober analysis needs to stop. He is a dangerous moron surrounded by many others. And clever, ideologues that want to burn everything.
DICK MOVE
Or
EVEN BIGGER
DICK MOVE
TRUMP TAX. TRUMP TAX. TRUMP TAX.
VW is already adding the tax to their imported cars' window stickers.
TRUMP TAX.
He'll meander, change the subject, say "everyone knows/most people don't know", and circle around to his favorite talking points.
It is suspected someone straight up asked an LLM to design the tariff policy