"The monumental idiocy of Trump’s threat to impose a 10% tariff on eight European nations that do not support his bid to conquer Greenland cannot go unremarked.
Foreign nations do not pay tariffs on goods imported into the US. Tariffs are paid by US companies that import goods into the US. Those companies pass their costs onto US consumers."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
"Donald Trump is not blowing up NATO by accident. He is not threatening tariffs on European allies because he is impulsive. And he is not floating bizarre new global bodies where nations pay billions for access because he suddenly cares about peace.
This is a strategy. A crude one, but coherent. And it is designed to replace alliances with tribute."
~ Julie Roginsky
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The president just upped the anteJulie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)
"This post is bonkers on many levels. ...
The post also makes explicit that Trump is trying to use tariffs not to nurture the American economy but to force other countries to do his bidding."
I intend to punish, cow, and coerce you by taxing my own citizens.
"In a long screed [yesterday] morning, Trump’s social media account said the president is placing tariffs of 10% on all goods from the countries currently protecting Greenland after February 1, and that the tariffs will increase to 25% on June 1."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
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After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
