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(CNN) Trump announces a 25% tariff on Japan and South Korea

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(CNN) Trump announces a 25% tariff on Japan and South Korea
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President Donald Trump cranked up the pressure on two of America’s trading partners, Japan and South Korea, firing off letters Monday to the heads of their countries that informed them of their new tariff rate.
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Both countries will face a 25% tariff come August 1, Trump said in posts on Truth Social displaying the letters, potentially giving countries more time to negotiate deals.
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Looks like Mr. Trump is up to his old tricks, again!
 
Art Of The Deal

Gotta make sure piss off our Korean & Japanese allies so that we can stop big scary CHYNA!
 
IIRC, that’s about the same as his April 2 (“Liberation Day”) numbers for Japan and South Korea.

Doing (or at least saying) the same thing over and over, while anticipating a different result.
 
ScrambledEggs said:
Art Of The Deal

Gotta make sure piss off our Korean & Japanese allies so that we can stop big scary CHYNA!
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He got a plane out of Qatar, and a golf course out of Viet Nam.

The question is, what will he get out of Japan & Korea?

BTW - The market dropped 400 pts . . .
 
Fearandloathing said:
Nothing else has worked in terms of drawing the attention he craves.

His assaults on other countries, insults of other leaders got luke warm cheers from the MAGA faithfull.


But they need blood!
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So far he's gotten a golf course and a jet, but it's been 6 months. Obviously, he needs to step things up a bit.
 
PeteEU said:
yea piss off the country that owns most US debt...that will end well.
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That was my thought, exactly.

Last time, when Japan threatened to unload our debt, it crashed our bonds - causing Trump to TACO.

Trump knows this, and is informed of this. It seems he wants this, and is daring them on.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
IIRC, that’s about the same as his April 2 (“Liberation Day”) numbers for Japan and South Korea.

Doing (or at least saying) the same thing over and over, while anticipating a different result.
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Last time Japan threated to dump our debt, essential crashing our bond market, causing Trump to TACO.

It seems to me Trump is still smarting, and looking for a rematch.
 
phoenix2020 said:
Wait a second. Donald’s reciprocal tariffs were supposed to go into effect on July 9. By punting these out into August for these two countries, did Donald just taco again?
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He is absolutely begging for some sort of win. So bloody pathetic. A whole month gives Trump lots of TACO time as the markets crash again.
 
phoenix2020 said:
Wait a second. Donald’s reciprocal tariffs were supposed to go into effect on July 9. By punting these out into August for these two countries, did Donald just taco again?
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"I'm going to extend the deadline for you caving into my SCARY and very BEAUTIFUL TARIFFS! Take the time to see how much sense they make and get back to us in a month. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
 
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