So how do the free market ReTHUGs feel about this

[malaise]

I set tariff on countries - hmmmm there is no I in Congress.


Because the deal is a deal that I choose. View it differently: We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it. They don't have to do business with the United States, but I set a tariff on countries. Some have been horrible to us.

https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/

Insane is kind

[Irish_Dem]

1. We live in a free market, prices are not set by one person.

Like in North Korea.

Trump is ignorant and insane.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Is it a cartel, a protection racket, anti-competitive trade practice, or hallucination?

Congress, FTC, where are you?

[malaise]

3. Wish I knew

Sounds like madness

[Ping Tung]

4. All that's missing from Trump's deal making is, "We know where you live. Where your kids go to school and

what to do to nations that don't go along."

[underpants]

5. Read it. What a mess. Per the people, he owns it

Well, what did he say?

If people want to–well, we all want to make deals. But I am this giant store. It's a giant, beautiful store, and everybody wants to go shopping there. And on behalf of the American people, I own the store, and I set prices, and I'll say, if you want to shop here, this is what you have to pay.

[Liberal In Texas]

6. Insane and Stupid