• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Self harm isn’t an effective strategy. Do something that actually hurts the US.

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      1 day ago

      Selective tariffs that impact exports from swing states without increasing the prices too much is an effective strategy. The EU already used it successfully against the US a few times (basically every republican president needed it as a warning shot)

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        17 hours ago

        YES. Can we listen to this? We do have complications of not being close to other trading partners, but this is a more reasoned approach that has worked.