Eh? I guess.

I've got a list of people I'd prefer, but I'm not completely opposed.

I was ok with Syria. You have to stand by your threats if you want to get taken seriously. It didn't escalate.

Syria is a bit of a disaster overall and i's really complicated to get into.

The reset of trade tariffs is a good thing in my opinion. The world is pissed, but that’s because they’re losing some pretty sweet deals.

Valid critisms. Although him not shutting up is bring entertainment. Makes me remember the bush days before Obama.

I agree the outcome is potentially good. But it's worrying.

EU I'm not concerned about, it's china

It’s going to be hard. That’s no lie. It’s going to be a fight.

That's the war I worry that won't end quickly and a lot of damage could be done

To be fair, he might have "won" the trade war with Europe insofar as it's "winnable." I'll have to see what terms there are. It is breaking news.

I saw

But they were most likely to fold. They need our markets too much

If tariffs become more even or Europe quits pouring excess money into certain companies (*cough* Airbus *cough*) I might change my mind.

I don't like tariffs.

And I'm not really sold on "trade deficits" too much either.

No one does

Eh, some do. Tariffs are overall bad, but they can favor certain people.

They can also serve as a corrective to certain forms of improper behavior.

It benefits no one.

But on the net, they tend to be bad, especially if you're going at people who aren't really misbehaving.

I’d be fine with none, but we can only do that if everyone is open like that.

It devalues our currency and damages the supplies from foreign markets

Net bad all around

There are cases where they might make sense.

The only use is trying to secure lower tariffs of our own

China, for example, heavily subsidizes heavy metals to corner the global market for political ends.

So you go toe to toe saying "if you can tax me, I'll tax you. Then we'll see who wins"

A tariff on Chinese heavy metals can sometimes makes sense in those cases.

And we subsidize corn and oil.

oil-corn 😉

Much to my annoyance

Not saying misbehavior isn't universal.

Lmao

True

Alright, so that's a fair argument to make. Tariff subsidized industries back to their actually value

I hope the EU and Trump don't end up enemies

It's a dangerous game (how do you know what is the actual value), but is sometimes necessary.

He wants free trade with them

No tarriffs, and all

go sleep Shiv! 😛