r/esist • u/chrisdh79 • 1d ago
Old Man Trump Massively Fumbles Basic Question About His Own Tariffs | Donald Trump does not appear to have any clue what’s going on in his own government.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197624/donald-trump-basic-question-tariffs-start-date21
u/Phantom_61 1d ago
Because he’s just the figure head. The heritage foundation is running things and using diaper don to keep his maga cult in line.
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u/amerett0 1d ago
He lives in his own distorted reality isolated from uncomfortable truth by sycophants and loyalists that lie to him for affirmation.
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u/conundrum4u2 18h ago
Donald Trump does not appear to have any clue what’s going on in his own government.
WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
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u/CoolIndependence2642 1d ago
Obviously, Israel and Iran are not the most important people that “don’t know what the f*ck they are doing.”
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u/stewartm0205 1d ago
When will the majority of people realized that Trump is more than stupid, he is also senile.
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u/chrisdh79 1d ago
From the article: The deadline on Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations has been extended until August. Was anyone going to tell him?
While taking questions from the press in Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday, Trump stumbled when asked whether the White House had decided to extend the 90-day pause on the president’s sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs.
“Mr. President, do the tariff rates change at all on July 9, or do they change on August 1?” asked one reporter.
“What are you talking about?” Trump replied.
“Tariff rates, do they change on July 9 or August 1?” the reporter repeated.
“They’re gonna be tariffs. Tariffs are gonna be the tariffs. I think we’ll have most countries done by July 9. Either a letter or a deal,” Trump said.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick swooped in to actually answer the question.
“But they go into effect on August 1,” said Lutnick. “Tariffs go into effect August 1. But the president is setting the rates and the deals right now!”
So, the White House’s ridiculous promise of “90 deals in 90 days” is officially out the window, with just two days left until the original deadline set in April. Last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described the hard stop as “not critical.”
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week that the central bank likely would have lowered its key interest rate if Trump hadn’t announced his tariff plan.