The president-elect wrote that the coalition of non-Western countries “should expect to say goodbye to selling into the wonderful U.S. Economy” if it backs a currency other than the U.S. dollar.
  • EndOfLine@lemm.eeEnglish
    1301·
    22 days ago

    I am starting to think about that Trump just learned what a tariff is during this election cycle. Still has no idea how they work, what their purpose is, when they should be used, nor how they impact local and global economies but, gosh darn it, if he isn’t excited to show off his new knowledge.

    Maybe if they have him write out the word “TARRIF” on a piece of paper and put that paper on the white house fridge, he can be proud of it everyday and be able to move on to his next vocabulary word.

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
      65·
      22 days ago

      Remember, when he uses the “nobody knew this” that actually means he didn’t know it. And he says it a lot.

      • EonNShadow@pawb.social
        22·
        22 days ago

        Because in his mind

        He is the only person with any value

        Everyone else is a lamb to the slaughter unless he finds them useful.

        • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          22 days ago

          I don’t know about “with any value”. I think he just thinks he’s the only person. And the other people are…something else. Like people, but not.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            41·
            21 days ago

            It’s a less-educated concept of the “simulation theory” all the tech bros are into- “the universe is a simulation and I am why they are simulating it. Everyone else is an NPC.”

    • boonhet@lemm.ee
      14·
      22 days ago

      Relearned, maybe?

      He was also really big on putting tariffs on everything out of China in the 2016 election cycle.