Degen

Anyone got a read on what the Trumpsta's angle is with all these tariffs? Feels like the U.S. is intentionally isolating itself, creating a power vacuum for China or others to step in. Is the U.S. just broke? Running out of options? Or is it pure ego—thinking all innovation starts and ends in America, and the rest of the world’s just along for the ride? Or maybe there’s a 4D chess play to destabilize global markets and reshuffle the deck?

The Trumpsta literally believes that any trade deficits are due to tariffs.

tldr, he is just dumb af

This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers.

To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR https://t.co/g75FreEPbv

James Surowiecki

The Trumpsta literally believes that any trade deficits are due to tariffs.

tldr, he is just dumb af 

https://x.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1907657860793696281