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I think the idea was to level the playing field with our trade partners who have very high non-tariff trade barriers.

Alternatively the idea was the weaken the dollar, but claim that it was strengthening it for domestic PR purposes.

I am probably confused about who said what now. Ugh.

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Lots of people said lots of things

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The world I (used to) live in:

  1. Overlord has target, states target
  2. To reach said target, overlord proposes a plan
  3. Non-overlords:
    • Have an opinion about the target itself
    • Have an opinion about whether the plan is likely to reach the target

I somewhat feel that this structure is gone.

Non-overlords now say the target isn't the target but there is another target, the overlord lies about the target, non-overlord opinions are stated as facts, the plan was never meant to reach said target... and so on. What a mess.

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Good summary

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Tariffs are only strengthening the state in the end. Feeding the monster with more dollars.

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