Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
A TDS free explanation of what's happened.

"This administration is trying to strike at the financial and economic core of a system that has utterly failed US (and western) citizens.

The British media are doing their usual sterling job of ?understanding? international economics and geopolitics. The Daily Mail was once a pretty nationalist, rightwing outlet. They opposed the EU for instance. Like the rest of the media, they were captured, and now spend most of their time telling us that obvious men are stunningly gorgeous women. Their understanding of the ?tariff wars? are on about the same level. So for the benefit of those who might be tempted to agree with the Daily Mail and all the other legacy media outlets, here is the actual situation: Huge tariffs exist on US goods. Trump introduces reciprocal tariffs. ?He?s a madman! Why is he doing tariffs! Trump is insane! The stock market is down 10 points! ?Trump holds firm. 75 countries either back down and beg to negotiate or back down and scrap all tariffs on US goods. Trump has successfully isolated China and forced a major renegotiation of trade tariffs unfair to the US by other countries. At the same time US companies rush to bring jobs home. Investment in the US soars. Trump pauses tariffs for negotiations. He is always ready to do a deal, on his terms. The stock market bounces back 10 points. And Trump has everyone ready to do a better deal while China is left with massive tariffs. It?s a swift realignment of the entire global trade network, beneficial to the US.

?Haha, Trump blinks! Trump has backed down! He?s weak! ?The level of understanding from 99% of people, who are incapable of comprehending anything thanks to the mainstream media and the total fecking stupidity of the economic consensus for the last 80 years?.well, you might as well ask a toilet bowl to explain things to you.

Trump and many other MAGA figures operate on a completely different level to the mainstream NPCs with their programmed 80 year devotion to failed systems, failed institutions and the failed economic theories of an expert class who carefully managed their way to creating a Chinese monster ready to devour them while turning their own countries into increasingly backwards indebted ****holes."

Making America Great Again
You keep on supporting the greedy US billionaires mon ami, it will make all the difference to your morning latte in Clitheroe.