Trump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington Monthly

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Trump's Tariffs Aren't Economics. They're a Cultural Purge | Washington Monthly - Lemmy.World

Stop asking, “but don’t they know how much harm they’re doing?!” Yes. They do.

But it isn’t. There’s no ideology behind it. The only purpose is to motivate countries and companies to bribe Trump to remove the tariffs. It’s just a mafia-style shakedown.
The point is to kill the economy so that billionaire vultures can swoop in and buy up the spoils for pennies
I just don’t think he’s that devious or generous. He made the DOJ investigate disappear when a scammer bought $75m in his shitcoin crypto.
I’ll add one more: I don’t think he’s that smart to make a purposeful move like that.
He’s not acting alone. He might be stupid, but there are people behind him with an agenda and a plan they’ve been cooking for years.
Putin is the one that stands to gain from this,