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[โ€“] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The article makes it sound like they expected the US Dollar to get stronger after the tariff announcements. Why would anyone presume such a ridiculous thing? Trump's tariffs were never going to do anything but drive away businesses and make other countries stop trading with us.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

That's precisely what Bessent and Lutnick running around promising would happen.