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I wonder if Trump tells a few friends in advance of his tariff decisions. If he tipped off Musk, that's worth more than this $100 million. Perhaps that's too c
by thomassmith65 2y ago
I wonder if Trump tells a few friends in advance of his tariff decisions. If he tipped off Musk, that's worth more than this $100 million.
Perhaps that's too cynical, and the tariffs aren't currency manipulation; perhaps it's something legitimate (like an excuse to lower his own taxes on account of the tariff revenue)
- cf100clunk 2y agoI highly doubt that anything he is doing is a secret to Musk and others, perhaps even to Russian and/or Chinese intelligence.
- ttyprintk 2y agoWhat surprised his supporters is that he chose not to use this as a negotiation tactic; he enacted them on an emergency basis and risked them getting shot down without even leveraging them in negotiation.
- thomassmith65 2y agoWell, he just dropped the Mexico tariff an hour ago. In retrospect, his waffling announcements are most readily explained as a way to game the stock and forex markets.