Trump announces 50 percent tariff on Brazil, citing Bolsonaro trial

essentialsaltes said:

If the president really felt there was some injustice going on, I think the usual step would be targeted sanctions of some sort. But Trump's favorite hammer is tariffs and now anything he doesn't like looks like a nail.

Click to expand...

Look, another nail!

Trump admin live updates: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russia​

Trump ... threatened to impose "very severe tariffs" on Russia if there was no peace deal with Ukraine within 50 days.

essentialsaltes said:

Look, another nail!

Trump admin live updates: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russia​

Trump ... threatened to impose "very severe tariffs" on Russia if there was no peace deal with Ukraine within 50 days.

Click to expand...

Hey member this:

Russia not on Trump's tariff list​

One country that did not feature on Donald Trump's list of tariffs on US trade partners was Russia.
US outlet Axios quoted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying this was because existing US sanctions on Russia "preclude any meaningful trade" and noting that Cuba, Belarus and North Korea were also not included.



What’s 100% of zero?

Desk trauma said:

Hey member this:

Russia not on Trump's tariff list​

What’s 100% of zero?

Click to expand...

Exactly, why would you care about a threat that doesn't really harm you?

Russia 'didn’t care' about Trump's weapons for Ukraine, tariff threats, official says​

Russia continued its nightly bombardment of Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, shortly after President Donald Trump announced his decision to supply Ukraine with new military equipment and White House threats of further economic measures against Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev -- -- the former Russian president and prime minister now serving as the deputy chairman of the country's Security Council -- was more forthright, writing on social media that the Kremlin was unmoved by what he called Trump's "theatrical ultimatum."

"The world shuddered, expecting the consequences," wrote Medvedev, who during Moscow's full-scale war on Ukraine has become known as a particularly hawkish voice within Putin's security establishment. "Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn't care."

essentialsaltes said:

I think the usual step would be targeted sanctions of some sort. But Trump's favorite hammer is tariffs...

Click to expand...

The US has negligible imports from Russia, which account for around 0.2% of U.S. imports, according to Census Bureau data.

Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday that he would impose "severe tariffs" -- though it was not entirely clear if the president was referring to tariffs, sanctions or both

Aw, let's give him the benefit of the doubt that he knew what he was talking about, but couldn't quite find the right words for it.

essentialsaltes said:

Look, another nail!

Trump admin live updates: Trump threatens 100% tariffs on Russia​

Trump ... threatened to impose "very severe tariffs" on Russia if there was no peace deal with Ukraine within 50 days.

Click to expand...

24 hours went to 50 days after 6 months of zero progress. Winning!