"Reading and watching the dutiful daily coverage of Trump’s trade war, you might well have no idea just how crazy it is.
The reality is this: There’s no good reason for it, it hurts everyone, and it’s arguably going to tank the American and international economies."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/press-coverage-of-trumps-tariffs
"The central problem, which the mainstream-media coverage elides, is that Trump doesn’t seem to understand how tariffs work. He talks about them as taxes on foreign countries, when in fact they are taxes on imported goods, generally paid for in the form of increased domestic prices. …
The press should revisit the issue of his mental fitness – as well as constantly put the trade war in its proper context."
#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media
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"It’s only beginning to dawn on Americans, Canadians, Europeans and the rest of the world that Trump is perfectly serious about annexing Canada, Greenland and perhaps other territories by forceful means."
~ Timothy Burke
#Musk #Trump #destruction #economy #tariffs #insanity #StockMarket #recession #media #Canada
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https://timothyburke.substack.com/p/the-news-believe-that-the-worst-is
