• PhilipTheBucketOPA
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    8 days ago

    I mean apparently it defeated you lol. Like I said, I’m trying to help you with your reading comprehension and research abilities apparently.

    Also:

    You’ve given your argument before that Trump is “one random guy”, and it’s erroneous to focus on him when talking about tariffs or talking about this article. Still want to stick with that? I merely ask for information.

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      8 days ago

      Your explanation of why the plan won’t work is Orange Man Bad. You wasted time with the naked emperor act, but it’s still naked.

      The tariff plan won’t work if:

      • The Americans lack the political trust and international goodwill to make a ‘Mar-A-Lago Accord’ and the international community makes an exclusionary deal. I think this isn’t very likely because of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_consumer_markets

      • The Americans don’t execute the plan in 3¾yr and the new government backs down from the plan.

      • The USA lacks can’t build/import industrial capacity before the political support for the plan runs out. China built a manufacturing industry in 20-25yr, but they build faster.

      • The world responds with accelerated de-dollarisation. Then perhaps a trade deal/tariff deal would happen but they’d lose the exorbitant privilege they’ve had for 81 years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedollarisation / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorbitant_privilege

      • If the oligarchs force a climbdown because of the asset crash

      • If the common people force a climbdown because of the cost-of-living hike (least likely)