I guess they just didn’t like the trade deficit because they think it means “losing”
Also Trump views a VAT as an unfair tariff even if it applies equally to both domestic and foreign companies. He’s completely dishonest, so don’t expect any logic(I don’t buy that he’s that dumb)
I don’t know about that. The problem is that you cannot take Trump statements as straightforward representations of his views. He says plenty of things just because they’re politically useful, without regard for truth.
I wonder what the plan is when one oligarch needs the country’s product and another wants the country tariffed. I guess whoever has the larger bribes wins?
And in the same quote:
And I believe her.
So how did CH get on that list?
So some businessperson with a grievance decides what gets onto some government list? Truly an oligarchy.
That said I’d like to know a bit more about the whole (yet another) international debacle.
I guess they just didn’t like the trade deficit because they think it means “losing”
Also Trump views a VAT as an unfair tariff even if it applies equally to both domestic and foreign companies. He’s completely dishonest, so don’t expect any logic(I don’t buy that he’s that dumb)
https://fortune.com/2025/02/15/trump-hate-vat-why-europe-consumption-tax-has-us-vowing-reciprocal-tariffs/
Trump is the epitome of the Republican sentiment “Unless I have privilege I’m being oppressed”
I don’t know about that. The problem is that you cannot take Trump statements as straightforward representations of his views. He says plenty of things just because they’re politically useful, without regard for truth.
I wonder what the plan is when one oligarch needs the country’s product and another wants the country tariffed. I guess whoever has the larger bribes wins?