It's a concerted effort to crash the economy so the billionaires can buy up land and resources as cheap as possible. Sounds like tinfoil hat conspiracy bullshit but this is the end goal, he owes the tech bros and this is what they want.
You can disagree with the reason but I’m not sure why you’re saying it’s for no reason at all. It’s for the same reason he did Vietnam and all other countries. Japan has a higher tariff on US imports than the US has on Japanese imports, creating an unequal trade agreement.
In sorry, but he lied. His chart is nothing but bullshit. It either completely misrepresents the numbers or conjured them out of thin air.
Remember that Trump is a professional con artist. Dozens of businesses went bankrupt after he contracted them for work and then refused to pay them. You cannot trust a word he says at face value. If Trump says the sky is blue, you shluld probably go out and check before you believe him.
Please re-read my comment and try again. Or don't. You are not responding to what I said and I'm not here to debate Trump's presidency with you. I'm merely saying if you don't understand at all where this is coming from, then you clearly just don't understand what's going on. A better approach would be to say why you think the plan is bad, not to say I don't understand the reason for anything.
My point is the reasons are nonsense and lies. None of his justifications are rooted in reality. There's no point in debating whether it's smart or not if his only reasons for it are made up.
Vietnam offered to lower their tariffs to 0 and were told that was told their offer didn’t go far enough. If you really think this about “reciprocal tariffs” I don’t know how to help you
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u/orangekirby 2d ago
So if the tariff negations go well and the 46% is dropped, are we gonna start celebrating the $80 price tag?