r/Wellthatsucks 2d ago

The Dow drops 2,000+ points after China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs

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u/CollieDaly 2d ago

It's by design.

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u/LogiCsmxp 2d ago

And like the republicans who say it's part of his plan, you legitimise this.

I don't know what the plan is with crashing the economy, except maybe Putin's plan after whispering sweet nothings into trump's ear. Trump has no plan except to hate on the immigrants and expunge Obama and now Biden policy. The only rational response to tariffs is retaliatory tariffs. When free trade agreements are already in place, what do you want to leverage by threatening a tariff? It doesn't make sense, it isn't a plan. He's just stupid.