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'Take a deep breath': Treasury Secretary urges countries not to retaliate against tariffs (abc3340.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 76 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate. Let's see where this goes, because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation," Bessent said in an interview with CNN's Kaitlin Collins.

By asking everyone not to retaliate you acknowledge it’s an attack.

Seriously, every trump admin person is the stupidest fucker available.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Hey, don't make this awkward" says man standing behind chimpanzee pointing a gun at you.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 10 months ago

A tactic used by bullies (and imperialists) everywhere.