Trump's tariffs are a grab at dictatorial power, but he's been obsessed with them for way longer than he had real plans to destroy American democracy. I have a theory about it, and you can't convince me it's wrong. https://www.offmessage.net/p/nobody-asked-about-tariffs
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This.
Trump cannot process tech or most any of the ways the science is evolving. So having "the hammer" is crucial to him. He knows how to use it, and in his mind, he knows when and where, too.
These are all “ideas” that Trump has espoused since the mid 1980’s.
This is the oligarch plan. Take public utilities, run them badly, do no maintenance, blame regulations and wait for the next taxpayer check.
I kind of think there's a relationship to his ties to white nationalism, as it is predicated on the idea that some groups are subservient to others.