Summary
Donald Trump abruptly reversed his tariff policy Wednesday, announcing a return to a 10% baseline tariff on most countries and a steep 125% rate on China.
His administration appeared blindsided, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unable to explain the move and press secretary Karoline Leavitt resorting to combative rhetoric.
The shift likely responds to mounting criticism from conservative allies and market instability marked by a debt sell-off.
Despite confusion and lack of clarity, officials tried to play up Trump’s unpredictability as strategic leverage rather than a sign of disarray.
Ladies, gentlemen, and others, this is what we call a “pump and dump”. Anyone that understands the markets at even a high level could see this coming from a mile away. A bunch of rich people just made a fuck load of money today.
Reverse pump and dump is a dip and rip.
Shoot and scoot
Nah that’s just what I do when your mom wants to have pillow talk
Dad?
I believe this… however, in true Trump fashion, he is going about the stupidest possible way.
Maybe I am underestimating global greed but trump has made clear the USA is 100000% unreliable; what is the longer term outlook now for defense contractors internationally? Do they think they will continue to sell critical weapons, infrastructure, tech, pretty much anything with strategic value in the international market?