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?

His "angle" is that he is basing his "knowledge" (and I use that term loosely, as Trump has been proven to be barely literate) of economics in the 80s. And his "art of the deal" BS. 

Basically, he is threatening anyone and everyone that does not concede to his "deal", and if he makes a deal with anyone, he re-negs on it. Every single company or an individual that had a business relationship with him has gone public on how he fucked them over. Apart from the pornstar he paid to have sex with him. That one he actually paid. 

All that said, Trump will soon get a crash course on the "Fuck around and find out" theory.