Japan walked away. He doesn't have any cards whatsoever. Someone should declare him mentally unfit to continue to hold office.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/in...otic-tariff-rollout/articleshow/120286019.cms Donald Trump supporter Rupert Murdoch's WSJ goes after the President again, calls for his impeachment following chaotic tariff rollout WSJ's Bold Impeachment Claim After Market Crash Columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr. wrote in an opinion piece Trump appears to be asking for impeachment with his “ill-founded trade war,” reported DailyBeast. Donald Trump’s Political Style Criticized as ‘Ratings-Based’ The columnist wrote, “Mr. Trump’s politics aren’t poll-based or policy-based. They aren’t strategic. They are ratings-based,” quoted DailyBeast. He added that “From the moment he appeared in 2015, he was a democratic accident waiting to happen for exactly this reason,” as quoted in the report.
There are speakers after but Sacha is the first one. Really, quite a scorching roast. Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs tore into Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats, branding them “Mickey Mouse economics” and accusing the former president of unleashing chaos on global markets. In a scathing takedown, Sachs said Trump’s trade logic was so flawed that “he wouldn’t pass a basic econ class,” slamming the former president’s obsession with trade deficits as “childish and dangerous.” Sachs blamed Trump’s economic policies for triggering a $10 trillion loss in global wealth, warning that the U.S. is now flirting with authoritarianism under “one-man rule by emergency decree.” Dismissing Trump’s talk of foreign nations “cheating” the U.S., Sachs countered: “It’s not a trade issue—it’s a spending problem.” The blistering critique comes amid rising fears that Trump’s return to power could reignite economic instability worldwide.
Trump caves/capitulates/blinks call it whatever you want....tariffs are no more the most beautiful word in the dictionary. And no Liberation Day. 'Lots of blinking!' MSNBC's Sorkin dunks on 'strongman' Trump for taking '180-degree turn' MSNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin mocked President Donald Trump for "blinking" under pressure and perpetuating the economic whiplash that continues to rile the markets. Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski introduced Sorkin Wednesday, asking, "We have Trump blinking? Or, how would you describe it?" "Oh! I think it's full blinking, lots of blinking!" Sorkin quipped while fluttering his eyelids. He continued, "Actually, the market's up this morning. I think a lot of folks actually think that he's blinking. Whether he really will blink, we don't know. But it is a 180-degree turn, both in terms of what he's suggesting about how he's going to negotiate with China. For the last several weeks, he's been playing the role of strongman. Now, he says he wants to be nice and wants to find a compromise, which is going to be interesting to see how the Chinese react to that and will have either leverage over him or he'll have leverage over them. " Sorkin also mentioned Trump's "180" on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. "[Trump] had been both, you know, on Truth Social and other places, saying that he thought that the federal reserve chair should effectively get fired, was too late, should have lowered interest rates. And now he's saying, 'I'm not firing him.' And I think he suggested basically that he was never planning to fire him, which is not what he said originally." Sorkin said investors may be regaining some confidence because they see Trump course-correcting after "realizing he can't do all the things that he wanted to."
Even Fox News recognizes that constant "trade deals are in the works" announcements is spin. And desperation Fox Host: Trump’s Tariff Deal Updates ‘Smack of Desperation’ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fox-host-trump-tariff-deal-020754472.html
The art of the deal is done behind closed doors dude. Not on social media flip flopping back and forth. He caved. The same goes with Ukraine and Russia. Not sure if you are pulling our leg like Mark Brown does so often.