Trump's tremendous negotiating skills have won out again. Using the tariffs as a negotiating tool, he has paused them now to allow time for deal making with the countries who have requested deal making. EXCELLENT!!!
What I think is extra special is that he said that anybody doing a deal is kissing his ass. That's what you do with nations who comprise 96 percent of the population of the Earth, call them cunts for dealing with you. “I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,” Trump told the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner late Tuesday — just hours before the tariffs went into effect. “They are. They are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir!’” he said mockingly. And the EU has retaliated.
Trump gave a 90 day pause to every country except for China and then raised the tariffs on China to 125%. The proper response for China would be to mirror the raising of tariffs to the new 125% level. The proper response for the EU should be to state that the 25% increase in EU tariffs towards the U.S. will remain in place until Trump permanently rescinds the tariffs increases -- a 90 day pause is not good enough.
Surrender? Hardly. They need time to run 70 plus negotiations. Unless China does something stupid like attack us, they will want to be in the negotiations soon.