President says US will impose ‘reciprocal’ duties but no new specific tariffs are announced

President says US will impose ‘reciprocal’ duties but no new specific tariffs were announced

  • meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Tariffs as economic kabuki theater—reciprocal taxes are just geopolitical trolling with Excel sheets. The “beautiful, simple system” reeks of spreadsheet alchemy, outsourcing policy to Lutnick’s number-crunchers while pretending trade deficits are a high-score leaderboard. Chess with Monopoly money is right—promising jobs while inflation chews through wallets like a meth-head with a credit card.

    BRICS tariffs get a wink and a middle finger, because threatening 100% duties on a meme coalition is peak “strategy.” MAGA’s stuck in a feedback loop of stagnant wages and corporate socialism, but sure, let’s pretend Walmart’s empty shelves are just a temporary glitch. Propaganda mills will gaslight this as a win until the checkout lines start requiring collateral.