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Trump threatens 100% tariff on countries that don't stick with the dollar (www.ft.com)
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Donald Trump is escalating his threats to increase tariffs on imports if he wins a second term in the White House, reviving fears of renewed trade wars that hit the global economy during his presidency.

On Saturday, Trump went further, promising tariffs of 100 per cent on imports from countries that were moving away from using the dollar — a threat that could engulf many developing economies too.

“I’ll say, ‘you leave the dollar, you’re not doing business with the United States. Because we’re going to put a 100 per cent tariff on your goods,’” he said at a rally in Wisconsin.

“If we lost the dollar as the world currency, I think that would be the equivalent of losing a war,” he told the Economic Club of New York on Thursday.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Critical support to trump trying to undermine american hegemony lmao

[–] Pollux@leminal.space 14 points 2 months ago

Bruh if he actually does this shit (he likely won't; this is just rhetoric for votes) he would genuinely be the harm reduction candidate.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

So his plan is to get the rest of the world off of the dollar asap.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

His only tool seems to be tariffs. It is his "hammer" and everything looks like a nail to him. He doesn't care how trade wars hit the poor and middle class the hardest and jack up the cost of living. It is bad enough that they are jacking up the cost of chinese ev cars while at the same time saying we need to go to ev cars by 2035.

[–] Hextubewontallowme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Shit flex but okay, Donald Dump