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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?

Trump reminds me of the guys who sell sunglasses on the beach. They want to sell you them for $10 but they open at like $200 so that you feel like you are getting a great deal once you haggle down. If they opened at $20 then you would only want to pay $5.

Trump does the same strategy, my view is he basically wants each country to come to the table now and negotiate a new trade agreement. By starting at crazy percentages (I think he knows his formula is wrong) then the hope is that they get a better deal in the end.

Whether it works or not remains to be seen but it has worked for him in the past.

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