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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's "trade deals" look very close to
what trade was like before he started fucking around with tariffs and ignoring pacts.
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Trump's "trade deals" look very close to (Original Post)
edhopper
Oct 2025
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newdeal2
(5,367 posts)1. He creates problems that only he can solve
And then collects little trinkets like he did something important.
The whole world is laughing at this clown.
Bmoboy
(639 posts)4. Not everybody
Farmers, cattle raisers, importers, exporters, consumers, are not amused.
kerouac2
(1,495 posts)2. And he will get credit
And his approval rate will go up even tho it is worse than before he messed it up.
unblock
(56,186 posts)3. Bully breaks things until you pay him to go break something else
dalton99a
(94,069 posts)5. "I must break it so I alone can fix it"
Johonny
(26,110 posts)6. He has yet to push any trade treaties through congress
So they're exactly the deals as before. Everything he's done has been illegal.
edhopper
(37,339 posts)10. What is this Congress
you speak of?
doc03
(39,069 posts)8. That's Taco's MO, he fucks things up then takes credit and the media gives
him credit for undoing his own mess.
mdbl
(8,636 posts)9. Exactly right.
The only people to gain anything are the people benefiting from his market manipulation over the last 9 months. People like him and his kids.