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minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·11 days agoBut it isn’t. There’s no ideology behind it. The only purpose is to motivate countries and companies to bribe Trump to remove the tariffs. It’s just a mafia-style shakedown.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 days agoThe point is to kill the economy so that billionaire vultures can swoop in and buy up the spoils for pennies
minus-squareresipsaloquitur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoI just don’t think he’s that devious or generous. He made the DOJ investigation disappear when a criminal bought $75m in his shitcoin crypto.
minus-squaretibi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoHe’s not acting alone. He might be stupid, but there are people behind him with an agenda and a plan they’ve been cooking for years.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoPutin is the one that stands to gain from this,
minus-squareCaptain_Patchy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoThat’s the difference between tRump and the 2025 project.
But it isn’t. There’s no ideology behind it. The only purpose is to motivate countries and companies to bribe Trump to remove the tariffs. It’s just a mafia-style shakedown.
The point is to kill the economy so that billionaire vultures can swoop in and buy up the spoils for pennies
I just don’t think he’s that devious or generous. He made the DOJ investigation disappear when a criminal bought $75m in his shitcoin crypto.
He’s not acting alone. He might be stupid, but there are people behind him with an agenda and a plan they’ve been cooking for years.
Putin is the one that stands to gain from this,
That’s the difference between tRump and the 2025 project.