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[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 68 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Normally Trump does what's best for the ultra wealthy, but de-dollarization of the world economy appears to be good for nobody in the USA. I have no clue what they're trying to do, I suspect he's just lost it and there's nobody left to tell him these tariffs hurt his croneys too.

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if we're already too far along to save the dollar's position globally. Globally that's probably a good thing, but for any of us in the US it's decidely not.

[–] imrighthere@lemmy.ca 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have no clue what they're trying to do

They published it online. project 2025. They straight up told you what they're going to do. Add in pooty, whose goals align a great deal, and that's it. How do people still not get this, they told you what they're doing.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What does Project 2025 have to say about tariffs?

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Project 2025 is split on the issue of foreign trade.[109] Mandate author Peter Navarro advocates what he calls a fair trade policy of reciprocal, higher tariffs on the European Union, China, and India, to achieve a balance of trade, though not all U.S. levies are lower than those of its major trading partners.[126] On the other hand, Mandate author Kent Lassman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute promotes a free trade policy of lowering or eliminating tariffs to cut costs for consumers, and calls for more free trade agreements.[126] He argues that Trump's and Biden's tariffs have undermined not just the American economy, but also the nation's international alliances.[117]

The first guy won apparently.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Right, he did, but here's my point: Project 2025 doesn't actually come out clearly for or against tariffs. So in so far as "they wrote it all down in Project 2025 and told you exactly what they're going to do", that's just not the case for tariffs. And even the guy in favor of tariffs wasn't talking about such broad and strong tariffs all at once.

In other words, this is Trump's plan on his own.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 11 points 10 months ago

Yeah, that's just Trump. He likes to be vengeful and a bully, using tariffs like a stick to beat others info submission. But he doesn't seem to know when enough is enough.

[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I think it’s more to the point to say he’s trying to destroy America, period.

It’s what Putin has been using his puppet for this whole time.

America falls apart, Russia gains.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 26 points 10 months ago

As confusing as it is this does still all fit into Theil’s plan to isolate the US in order to create a corpo-fascist state and bring back apartheid.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

with this move they seem to want to stop the rich from paying taxes and replace them with tariffs. the poor will end up paying them.

he hinted at it a few times. to be clear, i think its still dumb as fuck but here it is.