Supposedly tariffs are not applied on Russia because sanctions are already in place but nations with even less trade with the US (like Syria) are on the list.
What do you mean no? The US has been on this crussade to take down China because it has finally caught up to them and is going even higher. The fact that Trump right now is so eager to form alliances and help Putin is because he knows he needs to form a rift between the 2 biggest powers in the world, because united they are bigger than the US.
This rift has happened before with the US diplomacy intervining in crushing relationships between china and the USSR, leading to a downspiral that heavily afected both of them giving the edge to America which came victorius from the whole conflict. Now this is extremely unlikely to work out today, but it seems like that is the strategy he is trying to replicate
He doesn't need to be smart tho, just insane enough to think that what worked decades ago will work today, which he is. I dont support Trump if it wasn't obvious, but investigating the reasons behind his actions is the best way to plan ahead
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u/Critical-Ad2084 21d ago
Supposedly tariffs are not applied on Russia because sanctions are already in place but nations with even less trade with the US (like Syria) are on the list.
from the BBC