Trump is pulling on random economic levers that haven't been pulled before and then insider trading the chaos he creates. Why would he renegotiate? Well because pulling random levers and picking absurd numbers was never going to be sustainable, it was obvious from the start that none of this was long-game and the goal was a burst of short-term chaos.
Trump has been very clear that he wants easy money to flow and printer go brrr.
You don't get that with tariffs.
What you do get with tariffs is panic and an excuse to make printer go brrr.
Powell doesn't want to play ball so now Powell has got to go.
Trump heavily leans into the fact that people think he's an idiot maniac.
POTUS wouldn't do that only an idiot maniac would do such a thing; he's bluffing!
That logic doesn't work on Trump.
Nobody knows when he's bluffing.
I mean I can see what he's doing but apparently other people in the game can't risk it.
China was the only country to be like, "lol you literally can't do this for very long," and they came up with a long-game strategy just in case they needed one. That strategy is a helluva lot better than what Trump is doing, and he can see it.
His bluffs seem to go uncalled, because even if you call them there's still hell to pay in the short term.
I find it interesting that China is the only country to come up with a long-term strategy, and they are the country that needs to have balance of tariffs/trade forced on them.
I can definitely see your viewpoint on what Trump is doing.
He is either a mad genius, or just mad.
Like, those meme coins he (and family) created. He just probably has the wherewithal to wait until the end of his term, and decide, to a rugpull and disappear? Or do i have staying power. And, until the rugpull, no one can guess if he will rugpull.
I will just have to rely upon / trust the universe. I know this is the time of secrets revealed, and this means the spotlights come out upon all the politiroaches. And whether Trump is 5D chessing, or just mad, he is playing a role in this universe movement.
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These aren't necessarily mutually exclusive goals. People get to Trump's office by being able to take advantage of the former with the latter, without disrupting the former. $Trump is a good example of this. He's groveling to his masters just fine, but also grabs a phat stack on the way to his knees.
I mean I can just tell by the action and this brand of insider trading that the goal here isn't to create an 18th-month full blown recession. This is very much a lazy strategy with easy-win vibes. China has done very well at setting up for a long-term battle and it would be quite silly to willingly accept those terms. A quick pivot to short-term strategy and a change of the landscape can undo them and force them to pivot over and over again in response. USA is setting the tempo China is just responding. The only thing USA has to worry about is China somehow gaining tempo in this battle forcing us to respond to their moves. Thus far that doesn't seem to be an issue. China is clearly on the defensive, and it's a very good defense and not worth probing further in the same way we've been doing it.