President Trump To Raise Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum Imports

[Pat Mustard]

I'd be hugely surprised if these tariffs come to pass.  Has anyone else notice that Trump announced this just as 1) Hicks quit; 2) Sessions told Trump to gently fuck himself 3) more than 30 WH staffers got their security clearances downgraded 4) Kushner and Ivanka are under scrutiny by the FBI 5) Ben Carson got caught trying to buy a $30K table 6) fill in whatever Trumpian nuttiness suits your fancy?

This feels like a typical Trump distraction.

Boru

Nah, most Trump distractions are angrier and less central to what he promised to do on the campaign trail.  Republicans in Congress may not like this, nor may long term Republican voters, but it's why the rust belt
swung for him.  And though it may be odd for a rich New Yorker, he really gets Michigan and Pennsylvania blue collar workers.  He is what they think they would be if they were born with his money.  It's almost as irritating  to old Republicans as is is to Democrats.

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https://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwo...age-future An editorial from a likely future.

Drumpfuck gets the rust belt in the US the same way Maggie the Milk Thief got Orgreave. Don't kid yourself into thinking he understands the area or its peoples.