Summary
The Wall Street Journal mocked Trump’s tariff policy, calling his pause on Canadian and Mexican import taxes a retreat rather than a “genius power play.”
It criticized Trump for claiming victory despite making only minor trade deals.
Trump agreed to a 30-day delay after Mexico and Canada offered border security concessions.
The Journal previously called his trade war “the dumbest in history.”
Canada didn’t even make any actual concessions. The money we offered to spend on border security had already been committed for that purpose in December. So the only thing we’re actually doing differently is adding the words “Fentanyl Czar” to someone’s portfolio. Presumably, whoever is already in charge of public safety.
Amazing diplomacy there from Trump. 10/10.
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Yes, but donvict will get to feel tingly in his mushroom and his idiot base will eat it up. Same with the low-info types that don’t read past headlines.
Why does the prune on the right look like Rupert Fucking Murdoch?
Edit: The latest takedown comes in the aftermath of Rupert Murdoch, who owns the financial newspaper, visiting Trump on Monday in the Oval Office as he signed executive orders.
Oh.
I’ve never seen anyone take the angle of Trump’s tariff policy being anti-capitalist and I don’t understand why. He’s disrupting free trade which is a foundational aspect of a global capitalist economy, why isn’t his party mad about that?
Also this article was fucking terrible
I assume your question was rhetorical, but these people have no fixed principles or commitment to truth. They don’t want free trade for everyone, just no regulations for them.
Because capitalism does not mean free trade?
Idk- from by (basic) understanding of capitalism, once the market is saturated you need a spacial fix in order to keep extracting profit.
I think free trade would benefit capitalist economies since it would allow for easier expansion into new markets. Correct me if I’m wrong though cause I don’t know that much about economics and theory behind all this
Most of his idiot base are never going to be reading something like WSJ.
Stupid people have no idea what smart things look like. They have no point of reference. Remember that.
They didn’t SLAM him though? I’m pretty sure that’s the most effective form of resistance. \s
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