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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This only works if you're China. Most other countries would just be ignored

[–] bravesirthomas@lemm.ee 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not really, he backed down on tariffs last week thanks to Canada and Japan. The truth is, Trump has put the US into a very, very precarious position. They have a lot of debt to refinance soon, and if the rest of the world wanted to, they could dramatically increase the interest rates paid on that by coordinating a sell-off of US debt.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

i would love to see that happen, but i don't think they will

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Putin has had trump's number for years