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Donald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing with tariffs.
Everyone else is baffled: Why did the president announce heavy taxes on imports from Canada as well as Mexico and China?
AmericahasanobviousinterestineconomicdecouplingfromChina,agreat-powerrival.
AndbyfirstimposingandthensuspendingtariffsonMexicanimports,TrumpwasabletobringMexico’sgovernmenttothenegotiatingtableonhisterms.
That’swonimmediateresultsinthefightagainstillegalimmigrationandtrafficinfentanylandotherdrugsintoourcountry:
PresidentClaudiaSheinbaumisnowsending10,000troopstosecureMexico’ssideoftheborder.
Shehasonemonthtogetthejobdoneandstrikeabigger,long-termdealwiththeUnitedStates—ortariffssnapbackinMarch.
ThentherearethoseYukoncartelsandtheCanadianCommunistParty,and…wait,what?
WhattroublecouldAmericapossiblyhavewithCanadathatjustifiesa25%tariffonthegoodstheysellus?
LikeMexico,Canadahasbeengivena30-dayreprievetoworkthingsout.
There’smoretotalkaboutthanjustthenorthernborder.
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