<title>He said to trust him, he said America would win this trade war. But, once his MAGA base and his GOP…</title>
<description><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="https://thedaddycomplex.com/post/780381490265620480/trump-blinks-on-tariffs-proving-what-we-already">thedaddycomplex</a>:</p><blockquote><p class="npf_link" data-npf="{"type":"link","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/09/trump-pauses-tariffs-economic-reversal/83012284007/","display_url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/09/trump-pauses-tariffs-economic-reversal/83012284007/","title":"Trump blinks on tariffs, proving what we already knew: He's a chicken | Opinion","description":"If there's one thing that's clear about President Donald Trump's consistent tariff policy, it's that he's definitely not a chicken who panic","site_name":"USA TODAY","poster":[{"media_key":"a1b7d6c02f4578d075493bad4961eb1d:a64ab614d9c315a9-6e","type":"image/jpeg","width":3200,"height":1801}]}"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/09/trump-pauses-tariffs-economic-reversal/83012284007/" target="_blank">Trump blinks on tariffs, proving what we already knew: He’s a chicken | Opinion</a></p><p>He said to trust him, he said America would win this trade war. But, once his MAGA base and his GOP allies started revolting because he lost them pretty much everything, he backed down without gaining a fucking thing.</p><p>Not one country conceded to his demands (unsurprisingly, not even those <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-antarctic-islands-heard-mcdonald/">uninhabited islands off the coast of Antarctica</a>). So, all he and his beloved tariffs achieved is a wrecked U.S. economy.</p><p>No one could have seen this coming except literally <i>all</i> of the finance, trade, and economy experts who said this would happen.</p><p>Well, I guess Trump now knows you don’t mess with Antarctica.</p><div class="npf_row"><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="778"><img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s640x960/a360bc025f9a2a6ae74b471722944b5d441de7b0.jpg" data-orig-height="1200" data-orig-width="778" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s75x75_c1/9b9bf17cf705f60216a5518133d7736506ae3f31.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s100x200/c9db4753672aac25e5b8ff02c460d371c284eda8.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s250x400/19c2a87dc440617d3214bb3230d6fde4ed5baa4b.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s400x600/2f23a3b6480e893f2571c590b03d56d3413996ea.jpg 389w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s500x750/f6f3fbb5088c9deb52583f8db048018c78ede897.jpg 486w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s540x810/d3510c3eaa0a3539620b98377d0ee4b77fa1654a.jpg 525w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s640x960/a360bc025f9a2a6ae74b471722944b5d441de7b0.jpg 622w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/a7919a3978b8c98c76063c16251ed5dd/a64ab614d9c315a9-cc/s1280x1920/0c634f2a7db021a10d2e14005db07c6295bbe69e.jpg 778w" sizes="(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px"/></figure></div></blockquote></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:16:40 -0400</pubDate>