
Originally Posted by
jon1959
Of course it is important to listen to the serial liar, with little grasp of details, who changes his mind depending on who last had an audience to flatter him, and whose mental faculties are rapidly following what we now know as ‘the Biden Curve’.
Maybe a horse would be a more reliable source of information?
If you had said we should listen to the ideologues behind the policy - like Stephen Miller or Peter Navarro - then I would agree.
There is surely a plan behind the Tariff Wars. For Trump it is a headline, a way of getting world leaders to fawn over him, and a short term bonanza to fund tax cuts for his rich mates. Although he talks about recreating the US manufacturing sector of the 1950s I doubt that is really the endgame. Can’t happen anyway.
The brains behind the throne have a political vision to be achieved by economic disruption. I would be amazed if Trump understands or cares about where it is going. It is about a different group of actors in control of the neo liberal circus - not an end to it.