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[Pyro as Bill]

the-pi-guy said:

Pyro as Bill said:

Just to be clear and consistent and not be hypocritical, we all oppose retaliatory tariffs, right?

The person who punches back in self defense does not have the same level of blame as the one who started the fist fight. 

That's a meaningful difference, and not hypocritical. 

So you'd damage your own economy just to damage your opposition, just like Trump?

I don't think the tariffs have anything to do with any trade deficit. They're designed to damage the economic capacity of anyone China could quickly and easily control. Like sanctioning Belarus only it's proactive instead of reactive.