Pure baloney’: Conservative busts Trump over his bogus reason

[Guno צְבִי]

for holding off on some China tariffs



Writing for the conservative Bulwark, columnist Andrew Egger called out Donald Trump’s reasoning for his decision to hold off on some tariffs he plans to impose on China — essentially saying the president is backing off because he now realizes he is dead wrong about the impact on American consumers.

“It is a plain economic truth that Trump’s tariffs are a tax the brunt of which is paid by American consumers. It remains unclear whether the president knows this— Trump has demonstrated a remarkable ability to hold fast to demonstrably false beliefs in the face of a mountain of countervailing evidence—but it is undeniable that the people charged with actually creating and implementing the White House’s trade policy know it,” he added.

According to Egger, Trump’s economic advisers are likely looking to save face and kick the tariff can impact down the road.

https://thebulwark.com/author/andrewegger/

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/pu...reason-for-holding-off-on-some-china-tariffs/

 

[Bill]

trump has taxed himself into a corner to "the surprise of everyone", who knew tariffs could be so taxing.

 

[StoneByStone]

trump has taxed himself into a corner to "the surprise of everyone", who knew tariffs could be so taxing.

And there's really no easy way out now. If he ends the tariffs, he's admitting that he fucked up again. If he doesn't end the tariffs, the economy continues getting worse.

 

[Bill]

 

[rjhenn]

And there's really no easy way out now. If he ends the tariffs, he's admitting that he fucked up again. If he doesn't end the tariffs, the economy continues getting worse.

He's backed himself into a corner. Usually when he does that, he just declares bankruptcy and walks away. He doesn't have that option now. What is he going to do? My guess is that he'll try and lie his way out, passing the blame to someone else? Who? Hillary? Obama? Doesn't really matter. His cultists will believe whatever lie he promotes.

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