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Martin Eden

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3. Trump knows exactly what these tariffs are
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 08:22 AM
Apr 4

They are tool for EXTORTION. Corporations will come begging for relief, which will be granted IF they pledge loyalty and bow to his political demands.

Nice looking business you got there. You can keep it if you kiss the ring of the MOB BOSS.

He is applying this same extortion to other countries. A few small ones might cave, but I think Canada and Western Europe will tell him to go pound sand.

This will be a disaster for the world economy, but especially for the United States which will be increasingly isolated.

Unless Trump has correctly calculated the strength of the cards he's holding, which I highly doubt.

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