Oh, and he is. But no doubt he has people like Musk telling him how, even if Musk wasn’t having Tesla stock fold in front of him, his tariffs are going to kill his car sales (especially the cyber truck which has a ton of aluminum).
He knows. He’s been told. But he’s sticking to his story of how tariffs are a “tax break” on the people, it is other governments that pay them, and has his press secretary saying the same, even going so far as to throw insults at agencies who correctly call them out on their bullshit.
I also believe that it has less to do with his own understanding of things and more out of a principle of never admitting fault. If he pulls back the tariffs, then it means he was wrong to start with and that would mean he was weak all along…
Oh, and he is. But no doubt he has people like Musk telling him how, even if Musk wasn’t having Tesla stock fold in front of him, his tariffs are going to kill his car sales (especially the cyber truck which has a ton of aluminum).
He knows. He’s been told. But he’s sticking to his story of how tariffs are a “tax break” on the people, it is other governments that pay them, and has his press secretary saying the same, even going so far as to throw insults at agencies who correctly call them out on their bullshit.
I also believe that it has less to do with his own understanding of things and more out of a principle of never admitting fault. If he pulls back the tariffs, then it means he was wrong to start with and that would mean he was weak all along…