Trying to catch up with this in light of all the tariffs being put into effect

Edit: I meant the claim about Mexico, Canada and China smuggling in fentanyl which is killing American citizens.

  • @leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
    0•2 months ago

    kinda related NPR.

    this is just my headcanon, but in a more trump-ideal scenario:

    • trump punishes fentanyl-sources mexico, canada and/or china with tariffs
    • since fentanyl incidents are already in decline, it will still decline no changes
    • trump declares win on fentanyl
    • promotes his magic word tariffs based on win on fentanyl
    • and somewhere along the way, people eat it up
    • @athairmor@lemmy.world
      0•2 months ago

      Guaranteed they will claim victory no matter how much they lose. If they roll back tariffs after agreeing to exactly the same terms as before, they will still claim victory.