r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/ToughTalkingTurtle 1d ago

Is it true that he didn't place tariffs on Russia?

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u/Songshiquan0411 1d ago

Yes. His administration officials have tried the line of "we already sanction them, we don't really do any trade with Russia already". Okay I didn't know we did that much trade with Vanuatu but you still hit them with tariffs.

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u/654456 1d ago

They are going to remove sanctions in a few weeks anyway

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u/tomdarch 1d ago

Standard Trump move: Step 1) Create a stupid crisis through some preposterous action. Step 2) Stop or remove that preposterous action which created the crisis. Step 3) Take credit for "solving the crisis."

We've come to learn that tens of millions of Americans are profoundly detached from the details or basics of what is going on politically, economically and governmentally. Sadly "I did something!" (as a way of characterizing imposing tariffs) and then "There was a crisis, but I solved it!" (characterizing ending most tariffs) will play positively with this huge number of detached/confused Americans.