The tariffs are definitely confusing, that's for sure! You almost have to keep track of it on a daily basis, because the actual tariffs change on about a daily basis also. What happens is, Trump announces something, and then the media gets a hold of it, misunderstands what and/or how the tariffs apply, and to whom. In the meantime, the affected country will freak out and immediately pick up the phone and call Trump (directly)...and Trump will even talk to some of them. The product of the call will result in some change to 'one or two' items affected by the tariffs (but not the whole thing). Then, he'll make another announcement, and the media will screw that up too, and the whole cycle repeats itself again and again!
So yeah, don't feel bad if you can't recite verbatim from memory what the tariff is on a specific country...because it probably changed five times since the last anyone heard in the first place (which was wrong anyway because of the stupid media).
The media, for its part, continually tries to condense the tariff discussion down into a single sound byte or sentence which they can sensationalize in a headline story (which you can't condense that simply) because readers can only pay attention for a maximum of 15 seconds or (256) characters, or which ever happens first.
It's this vicious circle of the idiots leading the blind, deaf, mute motards of the general population. The whole cycle is a freaking joke!!
So yeah, don't feel bad if you can't recite verbatim from memory what the tariff is on a specific country...because it probably changed five times since the last anyone heard in the first place (which was wrong anyway because of the stupid media).
The media, for its part, continually tries to condense the tariff discussion down into a single sound byte or sentence which they can sensationalize in a headline story (which you can't condense that simply) because readers can only pay attention for a maximum of 15 seconds or (256) characters, or which ever happens first.
It's this vicious circle of the idiots leading the blind, deaf, mute motards of the general population. The whole cycle is a freaking joke!!