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Under any other US president, your statement would be a given.
Without any doubt at all in my mind, I absolutely disagree with your false characterization of President Donald Trump.
What "false characterization" of Trump? That he is a habitual liar?
I tend to agree with you but for (probably) vastly differing reasons:
I’d be interested to know if that number includes their grocery business and, if so, how much it’s skewed by it. I’d be pretty surprised if their general merchandise section is only 15% chinese.
Are you saying he doesn't lie? This thread is about tariffs and so called deals he has done. It's been shown to you that he lied about them.
So what's the trade victory. Tell me what it is not through some link but in your own words .
You have to wonder who really pushed for the 90-day pause—my guess is it was the United States. It buys Washington more time to decide its next move and, in the short term, props up the stock market. To me, the Trump administration looked rattled, not strategic. Framing the delay as part of an elaborate master plan only lets them pull the wool over Americans’ eyes.
It has also been shown repeatedly what the deals are and that they will be negotiating for further deals. For heaven's sake, you ought not keep on ignoring that.
Today is Sunday. The market is closed today.
lol, you obviously didn’t read the rest of that NYT piece. Their whole point was that Trump backed down with little to show for the disruption. The very next sentence was ”But it was also another illustration of the limitations of Mr. Trump’s aggressive approach.”This isn’t just a pause; it’s a power play, and as the NY Times said today, “Trump’s decision to impose, and then walk back, triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products over the past month demonstrated the power and global reach of U.S. trade policy.”
Well, the US stock market is closed, but looking at market overseas for US futures:Did you see the stock market today? It rocked, as I told you it would last week. Things are heading in the right direction, as I told you they would. By the end of August, my prediction will come true: The economy will be set to scale like a Elon Musk rocket ship. The ‘America first’ plan is coming together; President Trump just pulled off a move in Geneva that’s got the global elites shaking in their boots. The U.S. and China signed a 90-day tariff truce, slashing those crippling duties—ours from 145% to 30% on Chinese goods, theirs from 125% to 10% on American products. Trump’s calling it a “massive win” for American workers, and he’s dead right. This isn’t just a pause; it’s a power play, and as the NY Times said today, “Trump’s decision to impose, and then walk back, triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products over the past month demonstrated the power and global reach of U.S. trade policy.”
Yeah, 200 deals had been done. Oh, no...put a hold on that. It was a lie. They hadn't been done. But now he is going to do some deals. Ah, no. Hold on that as well. Apparently it's not possible to see everyone to make those deals. So now...'He said he thinks Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “will be sending letters out” over the “next two or three weeks.”
