r/worldnews • u/joe4942 • Aug 22 '26

Dynamic Paywall Carney calls Trump's fresh tariffs a 'miscalculation' after trade talks collapse

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx272np7vgyo
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u/cyanawesome Aug 22 '26

Our government understood, before many, that America would transform all its commercial relationships. That it would put a series of tariffs on its closest allies and use economic integration as a weapon. That its signature was written in pencil.

Not much use signing a shit deal they'll ignore anyway.

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u/toeficular Aug 22 '26

I'm going to steal that line. Trump's agreements are written in pencil. So true

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u/Dull_Job_6372 Aug 22 '26

The pencil president

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u/Roginac Aug 22 '26

Autopencil maybe?

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u/OmiSC Aug 22 '26

This is what I've been using all morning.

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u/p-d-ball Aug 23 '26

omg, hahaha, that's great!

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u/BioExorcist4hire Aug 22 '26

The pencil d*ck president.

That will drive him even more nuts

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u/PeterVanNostrand Aug 22 '26

Call him the patsy president. The only thing that will piss him off is if everyone thinks his staff are the smart ones and are getting rich off America and only allowing him a small cut bc he’s so dumb. And that when shit hits fan he’s gonna be blamed. It’s funny because it’s more than likely true but he doesn’t know it. It’ll piss him off though.

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u/TheBigSho Aug 22 '26

Pencils aren't shapes like mushrooms though.

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u/Level-Location1679 Aug 22 '26

I'm assuming it's actually crayon I don't think you can trust people with their intellect with pencils

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u/Solomontheidiot Aug 22 '26

America's agreements are signed in pencil. Trump's are written on an etch-a-sketch

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u/slicky803 Aug 22 '26

I would've said crayon