U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened tariffs of up to 100% on computer chips imported from Taiwan, which produces about 90% of the world’s most advanced chips.

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    I wonder how much Winnie the Pooh paid him to do something so astronomically idiotic

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    USA strategy rn:

    become a global superpower by strongarming countries in asymmetric deals & trades that benefit the West

    proceed to tariff the fuck out of them when they found out private american manufacturing has relied heavily on imports to save costs & subsequently diminished its manufacturing power

    America will be its own greatest undoing

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      In the process of destroying the wallets of the American public

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    That’s incredibly stupid. I’m pretty sure doing that would hurt all his tech bros though so I’m thinking it won’t actually happen.

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    That would be suicide

    Although to be honest this is one if the least crazy things Trump has said.