cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/47176268
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that China has to give the United States magnets or “we have to charge them 200% tariff or something” amid a trade dispute between the two nations.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250825175243/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-china-has-give-us-magnets-or-face-200-tariff-2025-08-25/
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He still doesn’t understand who pays tariffs, does he?
He understands what they do for him, which is to tank and rebound specific markets in a predictable way so that he and his goons can insider trade.
There was never a trade war - he doesn’t give a shit about the economy. It’s market manipulation.
You don’t understand he always did and he benefits from it, but needs to lie about it for his “very confused” constituents to follow him? Why do you assume incompetence when the man has more than earned Hell!?