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Icehawk posted...

A. Do you think there are enough republicans with balls to actually get legislation through that stops trump's tariffs? (No)

lmao

no

B. Do you agree with this article, that the best way to handle trump would be to sanction his own businesses instead of the country at large? I think it makes sense, though I imagine the politics in the home countries would be bad, as it wouldn't be a strong enough response in terms of pure dollars..

Now this I think depends on what the goal is for them. I think sanctioning his own businesses is likely to have the most immediate effect and that it ultimately would probably work. However, they'd have to deal with his whining about it and the slight risk that it entrenches some support for him. They also run the risk of "it gets worse before it gets better" if his immediate reaction is to flail and make things worse first before ultimately caving assuming they don't cave first.

I think that them implementing retaliatory tariffs is probably better from a longer term perspective. Especially since a lot of them are, or at least seem to be, targeted specifically to impact red states or congressmen. This is more likely to depress turnout from his supporters or even flip them as they see the result of his trade war is harming their jobs and livelihoods.

But that the first option is even available just goes to show the possible repercussions of him not divesting from his business interests. It opens up an avenue for foreign (and domestic) powers to influence him.
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