Posted on 10/17/2025 7:38:21 AM PDT by Trump20162020
President Trump said his proposed 100% additional tariffs on goods from China were "not sustainable."
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Like watching a tennis match.
Of course its not, he knows this.
He is using them to force leverage and bring people to the table to get what he wants.
Tariffs were never the end game, ever.
It’s absolutely insane anyone thought they were.
I can’t get by the WSJ paywall - but my general question with any MSM outlet - did Trump really even say it?
Or did they take it out of context and twist his words? Or did some Trump underling say it instead? Or is it a complete fabrication?
Sadly, that’s how one must read the MSM media these days.
No Context, completely useless. Not sustainable for China? For The US, For the World? Kind of a pretty important detail, don’t you think? Who pays these writers?
They quoted two words with no context. Useless headline.
It’s sustainable by China. They are a solid dictatorship that is not about to let us tell them who they can trade with. They will find other trading partners, and their controlled media will blame any problems on Trump.
When the other party is starting to come along, Trump starts talking nice, when they waver, he starts talking mean. It’s not meant to be a body of consistent statements per se when it comes to analysis.
It’s absolutely insane anyone thought they were.
Bingo! It's all deal-making and his deals have brought at least $10 TRILLION of foreign direct investment to the USA.
More like boxing.
I'm getting carpal tunnel from checking off all of the crap I was told my whole life would never happen...happening.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6382886453112
Click link for the context in 3 minute video excerpt Fox released of the interview.
My take: Trump is saying China only respects strength so this brutal tariff hike is necessary to get China to the table for an eventual fair agreement, which he thinks will happen (they’re meeting in South Korea), but it’s nothing that can or will need to last for a long time.
All MSM is just clickbait and propaganda now. That’s why Trump embraced posting on Twitter from the start, and moved to his own social media outlet after they tried to cancel him.
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