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"teach a lesson" is something you do to a kid . It does not work when talking about politics or policy. No one, China or the US, wants a prolonged situation whe
by paulpauper 2y ago
"teach a lesson" is something you do to a kid . It does not work when talking about politics or policy. No one, China or the US, wants a prolonged situation where a lot of people are made worse off. Learn from mistakes and move on. But I am not sure how Trump could have thought this would work.
- inverted_flag 2y ago> Learn from mistakes and move on We’ll see if he’s even capable of that. https://lite.cnn.com/2025/04/23/business/new-tariffs-trump-weeks/index.html https://lite.cnn.com/2025/04/23/business/new-tariffs-trump-w...
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- defrost 2y agoFrom an international perspective one hard lesson learned here is that no contract with the USofA can be relied upon for at least four years, there's no promise Trump can make with respect to stability and reliability that anybody would trust.
- garspin 2y agoSome would say further than 4 yrs. Enough of the voters and Congress have demonstrated that they are tolerant of this mode of leadership behaviour - internationally trust has disappeared for a generation.
- sjsdaiuasgdia 2y ago> Learn from mistakes and move on. Learning from mistakes requires acknowledging that mistakes occurred. Trump is notoriously averse to acknowledging his mistakes.