cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28194139

Donald Trump and White House officials walked back a Friday announcement that there would be tariff exemptions on imported electronics.

In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump directly denied the tariff exemption announcement.

“This is really mind-boggling. If this was serious industrial policy, the main thing you want is certainty: ‘Here’s the tariff, it will be in place for the indefinite future, and you should plan accordingly,’” Dean Baker, an economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank, said, according to The Washington Post. “Here, it’s basically: ‘Come back next week and see what we’ve got.’ That’s no way to run an economy.”

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      2 months ago

      He’s already been impeached twice. A conviction from this Senate will never happen. They’d need every Democrat, the two independents, and would need to get 20 Republican senators to vote to convict. One or two I can see happening, but 20? Never.

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      The GOP will never vote to impeach him. They’re cowards who are terrified of MAGAts.