$Trump and his entourage do everything to fill their own pockets.
This is all it is. It's market manipulation and wanting to weaken the dollar to strengthen cryptocoins.

soapbox original gangster July 11, 2025 11:20 PM
Member since October 31, 2021
trump is determined to win his self-imposed race to the bottom when it comes to YS trade policy. grand speed, Mr. president: the sooner you and you alone make the economy malignant, the sooner some common sense gets your enablers out of office.
anyway, here's some decent articles reflecting on tariffs, trade " deficits/imbalances", and geopolitics, and the like.
Tariffs in theory and practice:
https://www.cato.org/commentary/things-everyone-should-know-about-trade-deficits
Trump's tariffs and their impact:
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-issues-fresh-tariff-threats-amidst-dearth-new-trade-deals
Legal reasoning behind Tariff's ruled unconstitutional:
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/28/we-won-our-tariff-case/
What do some Chinese geo-thinkers
feel about Trump and his attacks on China,an important trading partner of the US, if not an essential one?
https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3317908/china-must-play-long-game-trade-partners-us-looks-big-bully-analysts
Those cowardly French elitists of Le Monde's editorial
page have some cheek to call out the Ultimate Dealmaker Warrior!
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/07/10/the-limits-of-trump-s-tariff-strategy_6743227_23.html
Hui, your OP took some doing.
Sorry, maybe tomorrow a more elaborate reply, for now just this:
$Trump and his entourage do everything to fill their own pockets.
They don't care about international relations and trade unless it benefits them.
And they don't care at all whether they ruin the US-American economy in the long run.