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I just heard the reasons for these tariffs is probably based directly on the ratio between trade deficit compared to total trade. A tiny island where almost nobody lives and that never trades with the US got into the highest tariff category because some American bought $3 million worth of sea food in 2024.
User [email protected] gave me the best explanation when I asked what the rationale is for Trump's tariffs:
Okay but you're missing the point: I want to believe that this is all a highly planned and funded Russian op because the alternative is that half the country elected someone so incredibly dumb WITHOUT a conspiracy.
Oh, there's definitely a conspiracy. Not a big-C Conspiracy, but several smaller ones.
One obvious one is Putin who wants to weaken NATO and therefore the EU and the US, and has been sponsoring extremist parties and spreading fake news and pro-Russian talking points across social media.
Another one is the Republicans have been demonizing Democrats for 4 decades, since Newt Gingrich decided they shouldn't be compromising with Dems anymore, but demonizing them, turning US politics toxic.
Conservative media and especially Rupert Murdoch have supported both of the previous ones and pushed them sometimes even more extreme. Not sure if Murdoch is actually pro-Putin, but several of his outlets have done a lot of heavy lifting for Putin. And of course undermining democracy and supporting oligarchy.
The Tech Bros want even more deregulation. They believe in their digital utopia, at least for themselves, and they want free reign to do whatever they want and shape the world in their image.
And the Evangelicals have basically been lead astray by all of these but especially the Republicans, who lead them by the nose ever since the 1960s when the Evangelicals were upset about desegregation. Grifters have turned it into a for-profit religion that bears no resemblance to Christianity anymore, but makes for a perfect vehicle for all sorts of weird politics, including all of the above.
I too would want to belive that Putin is highly planned and funded American(or Chineese) op because the alternative is that half the country elected someone so incredibly senile WITHOUT a conspiracy.
That is true. They used a basic equation of how much less they export to a country. And some said that this is the answer that gives the AI if you ask it.