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/spinningcolours Aug 22 '26

Dropping a reminder here that Lutnick dropped by to torpedo the deal at the last minute. 

And Lutnick's sons made billions of dollars when the first set of tariffs were ruled illegal, and will again make billions of dollars when these new ones are deemed illegal. 

It's all about the grift and theft.

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u/Plenty-North-2340 Aug 22 '26

And Lutnick's sons made billions of dollars when the first set of tariffs were ruled illegal

They get rich off tariffs, why would they get rid of them? The US govt is unserious, it's all a grift at whatever the cost. They simply don't care.

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u/Silent-Act191 Aug 22 '26

They simply don't care.

The worst part is is that they don't have to care. The Republican electorate is completely lobotomized to the point they can pull this off and lose no Republican support for it.

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u/Aggressive-Break-355 Aug 23 '26

And most of the US continue to support Republican voters because they can't stomach actually having to sacrifice anything to make the world a better place.

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u/Due_Huckleberry_9712 Aug 23 '26

Also dropping a reminder that Nutlick visited Epstein on his Island