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Time and time again over the past four months, reality has failed to match Trump’s rhetoric

“Tariffs are easy,” Donald Trump claimed in March. For his administration, and the world, they have proven anything but. Now an obscure New York court has blocked his signature trade policy, setting up a battle that looks sure to end up in the supreme court.

The plan was simple. For decades, Trump has made the case for tariffs. Now, in his second term, he would dramatically hike them on the world; raise trillions of dollars for the federal government; cut taxes for Americans; and lure manufacturers to the country’s industrial heartlands, creating millions of jobs.

But this drastic bid to overhaul the global economy has proved far more complicated.Time and again over the past four months, reality failed to match the rhetoric. Threats were followed by delays. Exemptions were carved out of supposedly universal tariff waves. Even when they were imposed, it was days, if not hours, before pauses were announced.

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

Everything is easy when you don't have any idea how anything works

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's not learning anything. I'm pretty sure that the last thing he learned was how to walk. And that was 76 years ago give or take. I still not convinced he knows how to read or write.

[–] suigenerix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yep, he is clearly didn't learn from the shit show that his tariff war caused in his first term.

Over 245,000 US jobs were lost. And it cost consumers and businesses $900,000 for each job that was saved in the steel industry.

But yeah, let's do that again, only this time on a massive scale (sigh)

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

He's made shitloads of money through all of this. The whole taco rhetoric pisses me off so much I swear to god. He chickens out to manipulate the stock market. On purpose. What he's learned so far is that he can do whatever the fuck he wants.

[–] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Learning the hard way" implies that he's the one suffering. He doesn't care about anyone who can't give him a million on the spot.

[–] 96ToyotaCamry@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don’t even have to be that smart to be the US President, that’s what your advisors are supposed to be for. That was evident in Trump’s first term when he surrounded himself with at least semi competent people. When you surround yourself with a bunch of sycophantic morons, this is the type of shit you get. Not to mention the whole revenge tour thing.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You want a president who’s wise above all else, because that person will know how to make up for their deficiencies with a good cabinet, good advisors, and good policies.

Trump is neither smart nor wise.