I think part of the goal is a demonstration of his punitive power. He is showing he can punish wide swaths of the public at the stroke of a pen, to train people in fear and submission.
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Shay Stewart-Bouley
If indeed SNAP ends up being impacted (remember, he flip-flops), it's about to get so real in this country.
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makes his p***s feel.
intimidate
threaten
carry out some form of direct action
then get concessions
He did that crap ~just now w/ Columbia- I wish their prez would have told turmp to F off!
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He did that with China 2018 re tariffs
What did China do?
LONG GAME
Courtesy of trump, China is now in the Western Hemisphere- immediately after the tariff wars, China cancelled US ag contracts- corn & soy. $28+ BILLION in taxpayer $$ went to bribe the farmers for lost export sales.
It gets WORSE
https://www.cfr.org/blog/92-percent-trumps-china-tariff-proceeds-has-gone-bail-out-angry-farmers
China invests in Brazil & Argentina to build alternative to US corn & Soy. Now being exported to China.
China also $$ in Venezuelan sweet crude- export to ? China
China ALSO drilling for oil off the coast of Cuba / aka coast of Florida
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Chinas-Newest-Oil-Hotspot-Is-In-Americas-Backyard.html
Look up the criteria for Narcissism in the DSM-5 !!!