The pathetic desperation in this cry for help is palpable, and delightful.

There wasn’t a problem until you caused one, Dipshit Donny. Now you’re locked out and clawing at the door.

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    He wants bilateral open markets ie some form of neoliberal apocalypse. For some reason he thinks this benefits the US, as if the world is tripping over itself to buy over priced mid quality American products.

    The tariffs are simply a means to that end. From their perspective it’s either no or equal tariffs both ways.

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      The world does buy a lot of intangibles from the US. Music, software, and service subscriptions come to mind.

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        Services for sure. The US has a massive surplus with the rest of the world on services which intentionally doesn’t get brought up because it doesn’t fit the narrative.

        Hopefully the world will move away from that though.

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        He clearly doesn’t think those count. The trade “deficit” he whines about with Canada completely disappears when you factor in services US companies provide.