Trump's Tariffs and Possible Trade War

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People who tied up a lot of money in ‘puts’ are eating concrete today.

We have insider trading and market manipulation initiating from the White House.

It’s insanity

No one should be making moves right now because he goes back on his word constantly.

No other country on earth should be willing to deal with us at this point.

We’re straight not trustworthy.
 

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It's a good thing though don't you think, Bill. Being flexible when the situation calls for it.....
So was disrupting the supply chain, tumbling the markets, and blinking RIGHT AFTER the EU raised tariffs again flexibility??

Come on, I’m fine with negotiating but this guy wanted to come out and say these countries were all kissing his behind, that’s all this was ever about. And btw - do we have any source other than the guy who lies about everything that 75 countries actually DID call him to negotiate? Or is this yer another “l will build a wall and Mexico pays for it” moment?
 

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And here’s the other tell: if this was NOT Trump blinking do any of you REALLY think for one second he’d send out SOMEONE ELSE (Bessent) to announce it and answer the media? Everyone here knows the answer to that.
 

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And here’s the other tell: if this was NOT Trump blinking do any of you REALLY think for one second he’d send out SOMEONE ELSE (Bessent) to announce it and answer the media? Everyone here knows the answer to that.
I’m not sure if it’s a compliment but he walks such a fine line between madness and genius I’m not sure what news or sound byte I’ll wake up to on any given day.

What I do think is there is not a single person he’s been on the phone with that groveled before him.

He says that because he craves that type of attention and needs to project it to his followers who lap it up.

I mean he’s an embarrassment the way he conducts himself.

He has no polite decorum or diplomatic skills in his entire body.

He’s a con man and a bully and his action are for himself and not American citizens.

There has probably been Millions of dollars lost by everyday people because of this Tariff nonsense and it’s not going to stop.

He’s going to wash and repeat these volatile market swings to his gain.

He’s made the US dollar as stable as crypto.
 
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“ everything he did was all part of the master plan” doesn’t mean it actually was.
Oh, I agree. I'm not defending Trump or Bessent, just saying they're putting the info out together.

Time will tell if there was a plan or if this is all 'throw it at the wall and see what sticks'. I don't have a lot of confidence but I'm not going to automatically assume the worst.
 

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So was disrupting the supply chain, tumbling the markets, and blinking RIGHT AFTER the EU raised tariffs again flexibility??

Come on, I’m fine with negotiating but this guy wanted to come out and say these countries were all kissing his behind, that’s all this was ever about. And btw - do we have any source other than the guy who lies about everything that 75 countries actually DID call him to negotiate? Or is this yer another “l will build a wall and Mexico pays for it” moment?
 
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For Better or worse, I wish the man would pick a course and stick with it. One foot in, one foot out is no way to decide policy, influence finances or run a country. Consistently inconsistent. It makes you wonder what the right hand is doing while you are watching the left hand.
 

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“ everything he did was all part of the master plan” doesn’t mean it actually was.
But I have heard it was all his master plan. That’s why he cozied up to Putin and Russia(China’s #1 ally) and announced talks with Iran( China’s #3 ally) . He was trying to undermine China’s partnerships before dropping the hammer. Heard that on WSB. If it’s on talk radio, it has to be true.
 
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Oh, I agree. I'm not defending Trump or Bessent, just saying they're putting the info out together.

Time will tell if there was a plan or if this is all 'throw it at the wall and see what sticks'. I don't have a lot of confidence but I'm not going to automatically assume the worst.
I know it's not going to come as a big surprise, but I'm much more skeptical. I find it extremely difficult to give Trump the benefit of the doubt.
 

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