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https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-trade-wars-are-good/?lo=ap_b1

 

Moronically and dangerously glib as always. 

 

I have to imagine a lot of the business community and Republicans are fuming at this. Between that and the flip-flopping on guns I have to wonder if we are finally going to see more blatant fightback against him, which we've already been seeing dribs and drags of in Congress on the Russia investigation.

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Who the hell starts a trade war with Canada??  One has to be a special kind of imbecile to risk that relationship.

 

 

 

Electrolux, the maker of appliances, puts its planned $250 million investment in Tennessee on hold due to...you guessed it, the tariffs on steel and aluminum.

 

Electrolux puts $250 million U.S. investment on hold over Trump tariff hike

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It looks like they deliberately chose places that are in red states and states tied to Congressional Republican leaders. Clever.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/02/trump-tariffs-world-response-382959

 

European Union officials are considering targeting products from politically sensitive Republican-run states, including tariffs on Harley-Davidson’s made in Speaker Paul Ryan’s district; new duties on bourbon made in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky; and duties on orange juice from Florida — a critical swing state.

 

And he doesn't care - he doesn't care whether the EU uses this to their advantage, or China, or whether Mexico and Canada come after us, pull out of NAFTA, etc. He just wants to feel like a bad-ass. 

 

Republicans enabled this and now they will take a huge hit. Yet, knowing them, they will probably just blame it all on Hillary and liberals, and cower. 

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