• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I literally dont understand what they are doing. Sometimes trumps decisions seem truly random. Why did they put tarrifs on israel? Arent they huge zionism fans?

    • Helvetica@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Because America has a trade deficit with them. If a country exports more to America than they import back then Trump sees that as losing. He can’t understand the situation any other way. He sees all deals as a power balance and the one who gets more money is the winner. All these seemingly random ass tariff rates are designed to erase any trade deficits with brute force, because that’s the only thing Trump understands.

      • wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org
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        1 month ago

        I know Trump is dumb. I know his administration is dumb. I still can’t fathom that someone is this stupid. Does he really think all goods that are currently being imported will magically start being produced in the US, just because he puts import tax on them? I just can’t wrap my head around someone being so incredibly naive so he either must be

        1. Actively trying to destroy the american economy, probably because Putin wants him to
        2. There is some other plan that we just don’t see yet Or 3. He really is that stupid.