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Trump 'blinked' before his tariffs could cause real damage: WSJ editorial board (www.rawstory.com)

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President Donald Trump "blinked" on his tariffs against Canada and Mexico before they could cause real harm to the economy, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote on Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 12 hours ago

the malformed 'shroom waving at canada and mexico about tariffs is just the distraction while they literally pull the plug on the federal government and this nation.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Bullshit. Every country that can foster trade independence will now do so to not bee beholden to the Whims of an orange toddler.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Every country that can foster trade independence will now do so

That's not necessarily damage though (to the global economy at large), if anything that helps limit damage in the future

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Very true! My bad, I was thinking US-centrically. It's done potential damage to the US economy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago

BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO.