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[–] Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt@hexbear.net 38 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Its like they thought China would cave but severely overestimated the importance of the u.s. market and dollar strength.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Basically, this all parallels the decision making of Biden admin in their war with Russia. They made a bunch of assumptions that proved to be catastrophically wrong at the outset and then just kept doubling down on them. Seems like we're going to get a replay for that now with China.

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It seems the motivation as likely as anything is that someone just asked chatGPT "how do I assert American dominance through tariffs?"

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is both the simplest explanation and the dumbest, so it’s probably true

[–] OptimusSubprime@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

kelly Occam's Dull Razor