Trump is threatening to jack up tariffs on China by an additional 50% unless Beijing abandons its retaliatory duties on U.S. imports.
Trump in a Truth Social post gave China until Tuesday to undo its 34% tariffs, imposed in response to the “reciprocal” duties unveiled at the White House last week.
Trump also wrote that he will cancel all planned talks with China if they do not comply with his demand.
The US has the terminal disease of hubris, not Trump. Trump is just insane. But the US elected him as their leader and the electorate as a whole can’t plead insanity here.
Trump is the symptom. Trump certainly has hubris in spades, he’s a reflection of the condition afflicting the US. Nonetheless, the US is probably going to cease to exist in the form it’s maintained in the last century.