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The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s tariffs: a spectacle of struggle and control | Editorial
73% Informative
Donald Trump is an accidental Foucauldian using tariffs as tools of loyalty and dominance.
Tariffs will probably be lifted if nations accede to Mr Trump ’s wishes and, in doing so, reward politically useful constituencies, big tech allies or his wealthy donors.
The danger is that whenever there's a grievance, Mr Trump threatens tariffs then offers to lift them if you do what he wants.
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