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'Take a deep breath': Treasury Secretary urges countries not to retaliate against tariffs (abc3340.com)

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate. Let's see where this goes, because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation," Bessent said in an interview with CNN's Kaitlin Collins.

By asking everyone not to retaliate you acknowledge it’s an attack.

Seriously, every trump admin person is the stupidest fucker available.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Hey, don't make this awkward" says man standing behind chimpanzee pointing a gun at you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

A tactic used by bullies (and imperialists) everywhere.