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Trump's tariff rules are like Fizzbin...

Each nation has 6 sectors tariffed, except for the nation on the right, who gets 7. Tariffs are applied, except on Tuesdays, when Trump deals out two more tariffs which are a "half-fizzbin". With a half-fizzbin, one can get pause, except at night, ...
April 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Businesses are forward-looking/planning, yet I don't know how they can do so in this erratic environment.

Trump last week: “MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE.” Today its maybe he'll put them off for a while.

I'm glad he backed off at some, but I've no confidence what we have today will last. Zero.
April 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"President Donald Trump told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny that he decided to institute a 90-day pause on new reciprocal tariffs because he thought “people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy,” following last week’s tariffs announcement."

Yeah, people don't like losing everything.
April 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Politico: “While uncertainty remains elevated, it is now becoming clear that the tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected,” Fed Chair Powell said. “The same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth.”
April 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yes, but then some 1-star or colonel will eventually be found who will do it. There is always someone who will just salute and do whatever is asked, no matter how foul.
April 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm sorry Jan. Australia and our other good friends and allies do not deserve this treatment. We will do what we can to stop this, although it will take some time.
April 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I don't blame them, nor Europe for taking steps to guarantee its own security. The US has become a unreliable and erratic ally.
March 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM