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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.

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

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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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