People who voted for Trump for "lower costs" really shot themselves in the foot (yes, we Europeans can also use 'foot' expressions!  )

Here is a reasonable simple explainer on #tariffs and how they actually work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V8mE3xmtLw

How Tariffs Actually Work ft. Liz Dye

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@stux Now I'm hearing "shot himself in the metre" in my head.

@phaedral haha  

foot feet meters aaahh

@phaedral @stux I think you mean: "Shot himself in the 0.3048 Meters ..."

@stux

The 17thC diarist Samuel Pepys wrote occasionally of a man's "yard".

I won't elaborate but the answer is yes, it might allude to the rigging of a sailing ship, but no.

@stux the problem is they shot the rest of us as well
@stux its possible the idiot will attempt this, but I'm guessing this is out of the ghost written Art of the Deal. Make outlandish threats as a bargaining chip and then make a "deal". Then claim its the greatest deal every made in all of history. End of story.
@stux foot impression (footprint)