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minus-squareAmidFuror@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·4 days agoWhy do I get the feeling Trump doesn’t know that tariffs can go higher than 100%? Nobody tell him.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up33·4 days agoI think in his head, 100% tariffs mean that other countries give the USA goods for free, or something like that.
minus-squarecarpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoNo he’s thrown 2000% tariffs around at least once in the last few months. Fortunately for all involved he seems to have stopped doing that and switched to something a tiny bit less stupid.
Why do I get the feeling Trump doesn’t know that tariffs can go higher than 100%? Nobody tell him.
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I think in his head, 100% tariffs mean that other countries give the USA goods for free, or something like that.
No he’s thrown 2000% tariffs around at least once in the last few months. Fortunately for all involved he seems to have stopped doing that and switched to something a tiny bit less stupid.