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"I’m asking a specific question: what was actually accomplished here? We’re in the exact same place we were 90 days ago. No structural reforms. No resolution. Just tariffs that were hiked, tanked markets, and then were walked back during joint talks both sides agreed to in Geneva. ...
"Nobody wanted the tariffs. They hurt consumers and businesses. Reducing them helps—but that’s not a victory. That’s just undoing damage we caused ourselves.
"I understand this wasn’t a unilateral move. The U.S. and China both sent delegations to Geneva and mutually agreed to lower tariffs for 90 days to de-escalate the trade war.
"And wasn’t the whole point of this to force companies to stop buying from China and make everything in America? So how exactly is that going to happen now? Seriously—I’m asking. Help me understand what was accomplished.
"There’s no evidence China begged us for relief—this was a joint decision to pause and keep talking. To me, it just looks like a temper tantrum that backfired. No strategy. No plan. Just retreat, then spin it as a win.
"Dialogue and negotiation were already happening before Trump’s 145% tariff stunt wrecked the markets. There’s no 'position of strength' here, he lit the fire, panicked when it backfired, then called the act of putting it out a victory. He doesn’t have more strength now…
"And no one’s demanding a full framework in 2 days, we are just calling out the fact that nothing was achieved except reversing his own mess. That’s not strategy. That’s spin. ...
"A 'Win'? China didn’t “drop” export controls—they paused them for 90 days as part of a mutual de-escalation agreement. That’s not a concession, it’s a temporary reset so both sides can keep negotiating. Nothing structural changed.
"A 'Win'? Our tariffs on China were 12% Trump jacked them up to 145%, tanked the markets, then walked them back to 30%. That’s not a win—it’s called cleaning up your own mess and calling it progress.
"A 'Win'? China’s tariffs dropped to 10%? Sure—after we started a trade war that forced them to hike them in the first place. Most of their original tariffs ranged from 5–15% and averaged 7.2% on key sectors. You’re bragging about partially undoing damage Trump caused. This wasn’t strategy. It was a tantrum, a retreat, and now you’re dressing it up like 3D chess, dipshit."
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