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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I can't think of a satisfying explanation for why he imposed these tariffs. The pundits who argue they're part of a grand scheme to lower federal debt service and tamp inflation seem like after the fact Rube Goldberg schematics.
The best explanation I have heard was from a DC reporter who pointed me to an open letter Trump published in a paper back in the 80s touting the need to impose reciprocal tariffs. It seems he's just had this idea in his head for four decades, and now that he has nothing to lose, he's testing it.
So we're all lab rats in a giant experiment hatched way back when everyone was concerned about Japan taking us over economically.
Maybe shoulder pads, Vaurnet sunglasses with the cloth attachments on the sides, Judd Nelson, and full bushes will come back into vogue too.
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I do not understand why this is a surprise to so many people. We have been saying this about him for a decade.
