cm0002@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoTrump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from tariffs as he threatens more import taxesapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down13
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minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up27·11 hours ago“Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” proceeds to wage this war on four fronts simultaneously like some kind of Wolfensteinian mecha hitler
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·10 hours agoA trade war without giving businesses an alternative. Tariffs only ever work if there’s an alternative option. But he didn’t make any effort to do that. So this is going to be a massive self-inflicted wound.
“Trade wars are good, and easy to win.”
proceeds to wage this war on four fronts simultaneously like some kind of Wolfensteinian mecha hitler
A trade war without giving businesses an alternative.
Tariffs only ever work if there’s an alternative option. But he didn’t make any effort to do that. So this is going to be a massive self-inflicted wound.