• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I really don’t think this is part of some grander plan. I think he really thinks blanket tariffs are a good idea.

    Tariff man is an idiot.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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      4 hours ago

      He’s doing it because that’s one of the few things he can do without judges and Congress getting in his way. He expects other leaders to offer him deals (i.e. bribes) now. He doesn’t care about average American. It’s all about how HE can make some extra $.