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‘Truly a moron’: Musk escalates spat with Trump trade adviser as he divides with White House over tariffs | CNN Business

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A bad job, done poorly... this whole administration should be sent home. But unfortunately, that is what the US system does not allow...

CNN · ‘Truly a moron’: Elon Musk escalates spat with Trump adviser Peter Navarro over tariffsBy Hadas Gold

Donald Trump has declared a trade war against the entire world with the introduction of tariffs on all imports into the country.

While he may have paused many of these tariffs for 90 days, the trade war itself is still very much alive — and the working class is who will suffer.

Here’s how to understand Trump’s trade war ➡️

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I'm so angry at my grocery store for selling me more food than they buy from me that I'm going to impose huge taxes on myself for the food I buy from them, so that I can't afford to buy as much food as I bought in the past. That will teach the grocery store not to sell me the food I want to buy from them!

It will be interesting to see the price of Trump guitars, Trump bibles, Trump sports footwear and Trump wristwatches over the next few weeks and months.

Because, apparently, it's the exporting country that pays the tarriffs - and all that shit is made in China, so…

Corporations will not publicly complain about #Tarriffs to the media because of fear of retaliation.
But they WILL complain to Trump, to ask for a deal.

@juddlegum called 100 of the largest American companies & asked

Do you support the tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2?

These are tariffs that have already destroyed trillions of shareholder value

NOT ONE COMPANY WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTION
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Popular Information · Trump tariffs, corporations cowerBy Judd Legum