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Trump just torched Labour’s plan. Here’s what they’ll do instead
The Sunday Times ^ | 4/5/25 | Tim Shipman, Caroline Wheeler

Posted on 04/05/2025 4:48:56 PM PDT by hardspunned

When a senior figure in the government called the White House on Wednesday morning to find out how bad Donald Trump’s tariffs were going to be for Britain, information was scant. Even Trump’s aides were in the dark about what he would decide.

At 9pm that evening, Sir Keir Starmer sat down in 10 Downing Street and watched the television, just like the rest of us, to discover what the US president had in store. The blanket tariff of 10 per cent on imported British goods was half what Trump slapped on the European Union — but they still wrecked the government’s economic calculations just one week after the spring statement.

“The president thinks he has given a ‘friends and family’ deal to Britain — and in comparison to others, he has. There are American allies who have been whacked by tariffs,” said an official. Less sanguine colleagues wonder: with friends like these, who needs enemies?

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: carolinewheeler; keirstarmer; sundaytimes; tariffs; timshipman
The money line.

“Starmer will set out the government’s big argument on Monday, when he plans to declare that globalisation has failed people. While he will argue that tariffs are the wrong response, he intends to show that he understands Trump’s economic nationalism and why it is popular with voters who have seen no tangible benefits to their quality of life from free trade and mass immigration.“

1 posted on 04/05/2025 4:48:56 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

That sounds just a little bit like capitulation.

CC


2 posted on 04/05/2025 4:51:24 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: hardspunned
Less sanguine colleagues wonder: with friends like these, who needs enemies?

Exactly Airstrip One, you don't need us. Your three working aircraft, 25 tanks, and boy scout troop sized military can go it all on your own the next time you're in trouble. I'm sure your eurotrash friends certainly have your best interests at heart, which is why you're happily a member of the EU....oh wait.

3 posted on 04/05/2025 6:01:53 PM PDT by Repeat Offender
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To: Celtic Conservative

Yep. Trump knows how to deal with these Lilliputian Euroweenies. Putin and Xi will be harder nuts to crack but I have confidence.


4 posted on 04/05/2025 6:11:48 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months s)
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