It's Your Approach, Stupid! But When You Think You're Inflailible... [View all]

Many tariffs on US products have been unfair for a long time. However, Trump thinks he can bully other nations with bombastic threats and disrespect. The world doesn't work that way, but it's how he has behaved most of his life and it's worked for him.

Respectfully negotiations would have been the way to go for limited concessions. In time, more agreements could have been reached. But, NO ONE can reason with Trump because he literally thinks he is infallible.