If tariffs are so necessary why pause for 90 days?!?!?!

[OrlandoDem2]

What a total fucking moron!!

[Bettie]

1. Because the oligarchs bought at the bottom

and need the market to go up before they sell again.

[Mossfern]

4. Exactly!!!

n/t

[dalton99a]

5. +1

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Because they're manipulating the market.

[Johonny]

3. Because in 90 days

He can declare victory and quietly sunset the whole concept.

Great phone calls. We got everything we wanted. Complete Trump victory speech coming in 90 days

[dalton99a]

7. +1. "I WON. Let's move on to my big and beautiful tax cuts"

[OrlandoDem2]

13. Which will explode the debt. Meanwhile consumer products from China have skyrocketed.

[Ocelot II]

6. Either or both of the following reasons, I think:

1. He chickened out but needs to save face by stalling for time to find an off-ramp, and/or 2. He's manipulating the market.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. They'll still be at 10% for everyone apart from China

He's still screwing around with trade. It's just his original impulse appalled the Republican rich backers so much that he needs 90 days to come up with an excuse. He'll presumably ask the billionaires' permission this time.

[surfered]

9. Why? Just like with DOGE lay offs, there's no planning or rational forethought.

because in his second term, there’s no adult supervision. They are all either kooks, flakes, conspiracy theorists, or morons. Their only common trait is grifting.

[newdeal2]

12. He sounds very emotional these days

He keeps signing off with “Thank you for your attention to this matter” like a pretend dictator.

[unblock]

10. It's not really even a pause

He just lowered the numbers elsewhere to focus on china because everything all at once proved to be a disaster.

[C_U_L8R]

11. 90 Days is the new Two Weeks

Trump clown is always kicking stuff down the road when he's too cowardly or stupid to actually deal with it.