Trade Uncertainty Soars due to Trump's Flip-Flopping on tariffs

[Marener]

The threats are causing trade deals to happen.

Not much of a threat when it’s clearly shown that it will seriously harm our economy.

 

[Independent thinker]

Not much of a threat when it’s clearly shown that it will seriously harm our economy.

Trade deals will seriously harm our country?

 

[Marener]

Trade deals will seriously harm our country?

Tariffs harm our country.

Trump is saying “make a deal or else we will punch ourselves in the face”. Pretty bad negotiating tactic.

 

[Independent thinker]

Tariffs harm our country.

Trump is saying “make a deal or else we will punch ourselves in the face”. Pretty bad negotiating tactic.

Trump put tariffs on in his first term. Didn't hurt the country. Biden also continued several of Trump's tariffs and added many of his own. Please link to your posts where Biden put tariffs on and you saying that tariffs harm our country.

 

[Marener]

Trump put tariffs on in his first term. Didn't hurt the country. Biden also continued several of Trump's tariffs and added many of his own. Please link to your posts where Biden put tariffs on and you saying that tariffs harm our country.

The scale of tariffs Trump used in his first term are nowhere near the scale he is currently playing with.

There’s no comparison.

 

[Independent thinker]

The scale of tariffs Trump used in his first term are nowhere near the scale he is currently playing with.

There’s no comparison.

What tariffs are you talking about? He keeps on cutting deals so that there are no tariffs. That's the goal. He's accomplishing his goal - threatening tariffs to get trade deals and then there are no tariffs.

 

[Marener]

What tariffs are you talking about? He keeps on cutting deals so that there are no tariffs. That's the goal. He's accomplishing his goal - threatening tariffs to get trade deals and then there are no tariffs.

What deals are you talking about? We haven’t signed any deals.

 

[Independent thinker]

What deals are you talking about? We haven’t signed any deals.

And we don't have any tariffs either.

 

[Marener]

And we don't have any tariffs either.

We do. There’s a 10% baseline on every country and extra 30% on China.

But the reason Trump backs off the extremely high tariffs is because it’s a gut punch to the US economy. Not because he’s signing deals. There are no deals.

 

[Independent thinker]

We do. There’s a 10% baseline on every country and extra 30% on China.

But the reason Trump backs off the extremely high tariffs is because it’s a gut punch to the US economy. Not because he’s signing deals. There are no deals.

10% is less than the tariffs the other countries have on us. The tariffs are reciprocal for a reason. The other countries are already tariffing us.

 

[Marener]

10% is less than the tariffs the other countries have on us.

All of them?

 

[Independent thinker]

All of them?

You guys said Trump's tariffs are sky high and then you admit they are only 10%.

 

[Marener]

You guys said Trump's tariffs are sky high and then you admit they are only 10%.

They were. Then he backed off because he saw the consequences.

Which is a really stupid way of negotiating. He’s proven his threat is untenable domestically.

 

[Marener]

You guys said Trump's tariffs are sky high and then you admit they are only 10%.

Are you confused about who you’re talking to? I’m not “you guys”.

 

[Independent thinker]

They were. Then he backed off because he saw the consequences.

Which is a really stupid way of negotiating. He’s proven his threat is untenable domestically.

He backed off because the other countries are willing to talk trade deals.

 

[Independent thinker]

Are you confused about who you’re talking to? I’m not “you guys”.

You are a lefty. That is "you guys".

 

[Marener]

He backed off because the other countries are willing to talk trade deals.

That’s what he tries to tell people, but I can’t imagine anyone being dumb enough to believe it.

 

[Independent thinker]

That’s what he tries to tell people, but I can’t imagine anyone being dumb enough to believe it.

The facts are the facts. But, if I understand you correctly, you're criticizing Trump for high tariffs when you admit there are no high tariffs.

 

[Marener]

You are a lefty. That is "you guys".

You’re confused. Trump plays with sky high tariffs and in many books, the global 10% tariff is WAY higher than we are used to.

But you never looped back to your claim that the 10% is higher than other countries. Are you saying it’s higher than EVERY country?

 

[Independent thinker]

You’re confused. Trump plays with sky high tariffs and in many books, the global 10% tariff is WAY higher than we are used to.

But you never looped back to your claim that the 10% is higher than other countries. Are you saying it’s higher than EVERY country?

There are about 200 countries in the world. Nothing in this world is 100%, other than you being a lefty.