r/IntellectualDarkWeb • u/Desperate-Fan695 • 3d ago

Why no tariffs on Russia?

As we learned yesterday, Trump's calculated "tariffs charged" by foreign countries aren't actually tariffs but rather based on trade deficits with a minimum of 10%.

The tariffs apply to 185 different countries and territories. Even extending to remote, uninhabited islands that have no trade with the US.

So the question I have... why not Russia? Not only do we still trade with Russia, we have a 2.5 billion dollar trade deficit with them. By Trumps own criteria, they should have been on the list. It seems we're really not beating the claims of allegiance to Putin.

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u/PermutationMatrix 3d ago

It's honestly not hard to comprehend. Trump is trying to improve relations with Russia. He is hoping to end the war. He is hoping to access Ukrainian natural resources. If he applies tariffs on Russia and angers them further, it will weaken relations with them and risk future negotiations. If Russia goes all in and eventually succeeds at annexing all of Ukraine, the US doesn't get anything.

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u/Shortymac09 3d ago

How is punishing your allies and rewarding your enemies "improving relations".

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u/PermutationMatrix 3d ago

It appears as though he's attempting to change the status quo where the USA was being exploited financially for decades

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u/Shortymac09 3d ago

Yeah, by having the US lose it's superpower status which benefits Russia and China.