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The New York Times
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News Analysis: President Trump's assault on global trade has lost any semblance of structure. He has changed deadlines, blown up negotiations and tied his tariffs to complaints that have nothing to do with trade. It's preventing companies and countries from making plans.

trib.alAs Trump Sows Tariff Confusion, Rules of Global Commerce Give Way to ChaosBlunt letters dictating terms posted to social media and changes late in negotiations have left trading partners wondering what President Trump will do next.

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prairieguy2623.bsky.social
@prairieguy2623.bsky.social

Wow. A headline that almost captures the full insanity and incompetence of this administration. You should have been saying similar things a decade ago, but at least you didn’t go out of your way to downplay what a horrific president Trump would and has been. Oh, wait,…

Mel
@mel-33.bsky.social

Chaos by design. If someone planned to take down the position of the United States in the world, they couldn’t have plotted it much better. The only question….Who benefits?

jim-selover.bsky.social
@jim-selover.bsky.social

That's what happens when people base policy on completely incorrect info. Trump still thinks countries send tariff checks to the US, which they don't, so of course any policy based on that is doomed. And of course, none of the lilly livered Republicans have the guts to tell Trump he's wrong.

Jim Silver
@jimlsilver.bsky.social

Anyone who watched Trump's decline knew this would be Trump II. But @nytimes.com fretted that Biden forgot a name once even after he dropped out. Not a word about Trump's descent into the darkness of senility. Sulzberger and Kahn have a stain on their hands that will never wash out.

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@lylecbriggs.bsky.social

Doofus do as doofus is. 🟠

BonFire
@bonfire25.bsky.social

Trump screaming to lower rates while this demented madman is crashing the global economy with illegitimate temper tariffs, setting us up for hyperinflation and slower growth, is simply the most illustrative example of how mentally unfit he is for this job. #EconSky #FinSky

burnaby-barnaby.bsky.social
@burnaby-barnaby.bsky.social

What the heck is wrong with World leaders? Why on earth would anybody expect coherence and logic in an open, honest and straightforward manner from a person who has never demonstrated such -- ever? About threats.... Google, "The Art of The Deal." Is it because World leaders don't read?

donmarie940.bsky.social
@donmarie940.bsky.social

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donmarie940.bsky.social
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truckfonalddump2x.bsky.social
@truckfonalddump2x.bsky.social

First, he's not all there mentally. Or to put it in uneducated rural American terms, he's a few cards short of a full deck. Second, his nickname, TACO, is exactly what he does. Third, IMHO I think he's a Russian infiltrator. I mean, a real American wouldn't do this to other real Americans.

Paulette
@pemerson3d.bsky.social

You know who does well with chaos and destruction of evidence and paper trails?? Criminals! Time to admit it, NY. We are a criminally run organization, not a United States. For that matter, other countries need to start making plans without the US if they want to survive.

jim-selover.bsky.social
@jim-selover.bsky.social

Other countries are turning away from the US in droves. Sure, they are keeping their options open, but for the most part, countries are making deals to limit reliance on the US. The US may well turn out to be the biggest loser in the long run.

KC Momkin
@kc-momkin.bsky.social

That headline implies it had a semblance of structure to lose. Basically, all Trump policy is "Naa Naa Nah, Boo Boo, I'm going to do whatever I feel like in the moment. Shark, battery, patriot, gimme a Nobel Peace Prize with a monument giving me a view of immigrants being eaten by alligators."