i've read extensively on trump and watched a lot of interviews with him. he's hard to pin down, his speaking style is... interesting from what i gather he uses

i've read extensively on trump and watched a lot of interviews with him. he's hard to pin down, his speaking style is... interesting from what i gather he uses 'tariffs' like threats. but does not want to tariff actually. two guys are bargaining for who gets to use a public fairgrounds. it's trump and some European guy. the fairgrounds are public, there should be no charge. trump will say "i will kick you in the foot every time you use these fairgrounds when i want them". the European will object, "that's not fair! that's bad business! it's a public fairground we all agree it's fair use". trump will reiterate that he does not care, he will kick you. the European can either agree or trump will stomp the foot. if trump agrees with all the economists that tariffs are bad business and never implements them, he'll never get a deal. he has to credibly threaten tariffs to have bargaining power. he's very convincing doing this personally, i believe the the amount of tariffs will be smaller than most people expect. but i wouldn't be surprised if i'm wrong.