Does Trump Want to Sandbag the Economy?

[babylonsister]

https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/does-trump-want-to-sandbag-the-economy-tariffs-trade-war-EU/

Does Trump Want to Sandbag the Economy?
by Robert Kuttner
October 3, 2019

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Now, just to make things worse, Trump is launching a new trade war with … wait for it … Europe.

Washington has had a long-running trade dispute with the Europeans over their creation and subsidy of Airbus. Europe has long maintained that American aircraft manufacturers benefit from a hidden subsidy from the Pentagon, which was the source of technology and purchases that gave Boeing an immense head start. Trying to sort all of this out definitively is like counting angels on the head of a pin.

But yesterday, the World Trade Organization gave Trump the green light to impose retaliatory tariffs on Europe. So Washington plans to impose $7.5 billion of duties on aircraft, food products, and other goods.

You can be sure that the EU will retaliate, slowing trade further. This is on top of the hundreds of billions in U.S. tariffs already imposed on China.

What is it with this guy? Does he want to sink his own presidency and chances for re-election? Well, you might try such search terms as Ukraine, treason, civil war, and impeachment, and that old favorite, certifiably insane.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. He really doesn't know any better...

Everything he touches turns to shit, and he seems OK with that.

[Golden Raisin]

2. Putin might.

[mitch96]

3. Yes, Putin would love it..............

Along with the UK, France, Germany and the whole EU...
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[leftstreet]

4. He wants to take everyone down with him

He's no different than the nutter who kills his wife and kids before shooting himself