Remember....Americans are too stupid to realize they are paying the tariffs so I say they should be 50% or more on all goods....think of the hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes Americans will be forced to pay by the GOP while they tell you Dems are the ones rising taxes!
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security
It's like a rapist telling his victim not to fight back so it won't hurt more. 'Don't retaliate!' Trump official urges globe to 'take a deep breath' amid steep tariffs A key figure in the Trump administration is urging other countries to hit the pause button on hitting the United States with tariffs, CNN reported — even though President Donald Trump just went nuclear with tariffs on virtually the entire rest of the world. The tariffs, which are part of an intended global economic realignment Trump calls "Liberation Day," range from 10 to 49 percent. Trump claims they are reciprocal tariffs that tax other nations' goods at half the rates they tax American goods, although experts have noted many of Trump's claimed foreign tariffs on the U.S. don't appear to be correct. Stock futures plunged on the announcement, and Trump was buried in mockery for even putting tariffs on some remote islands that don't have a human population. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in response to alarm from U.S. trading partners over the situation, asked them not to change their own policies in response, and instead “Sit back, take a deep breath, don’t immediately retaliate.” “Let’s see where this goes, because if you retaliate, that’s how we get escalation,”
Ah that quaint Afrikaner saying from Elon "Laat ons nie hierdie verkragting in 'n moord verander nie". "Let's not turn this rape into a murder." But retaliation will come and he can only escalate. The intent is to crash the economy so the rich can sweep up the remains at fire sale prices while the middle class loses and has to beg for scraps.
Exactly. Trade partners, quit talking, quit warning, shut the fuck up and impose your counter-tariffs.