Trump Threatens Additional 50% China Tariff Over Retaliation

There is a Bloomberg opinion piece (https://archive.ph/JKT85) that ~~stated~~ argues that China is so-called trade wars proof. TLDR: almost no day-to-day goods are imported from the US. The imports from the US are mainly things like cars, phones, etc. That is, tariffs will have a very small effect on the lower and middle classes in China. Compare this to the situation in the US: China is the main source for cheap items at Walmart, Amazon, etc. Tariffs can absolutely devestate the lower classes in the US.
So, it seems that China can easily win the attrition war against the US.
- A loss in sales of Chinese goods in America will hurt China.
  ”Trade war resistant” is probably closer to reality. It’s a major disruption that’s going to hurt their economy, but they can probably adjust. China can always sell their goods to some other country.
  In grand scheme, I suppose America is more dependent on China than China is on America. It’s going to be difficult for America to replace Chinese goods.
  
  That is why many people i know outside china are buying more china products now to counter that.
  Americans will still buy, actually. the people who will be affected are those Americans who buy from china cheaply and rebrand and re sell them with a huge markup. it limits their ability to mark up much.
  
  They can, just everything people buy will cost 10x as much.
- China has been building their economy over the past 20 years so that 60-80% of the GDP is domestic. A trade war with the US will not hurt them at all.
  
  Nope, won't even faze 'em. 🙄
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_China
- Doesn’t matter for the Orangutan at the white house, we would rather trash the country than to admit he is wrong.
  
  In his skull, he can't be wrong, nothing to admit. That's a core narcissistic (NPD) trait. Funny seeing people accuse Trump of lying. Everything that comes out his mouth is the truth, it cannot be any other way. Presented with falsification, his brain simply backtracks and overwrites whatever needs pushed out.
  My mother was the only other human I've ever met like that. Others I've known could have niggling doubts, knew they might be wrong, or at least off.
- that sounds reasonable.

China should just retaliate tit for tat. Let's just get this over with and get the full experience of what Trump has planned for this country.
- SpeedRun Recession Any%
  
  The sooner your economy crashes, the sooner the people revolt. Just telling them how bad things are getting/going to get doesn't seem to be enough.
  
  Nope. Depression.
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Lmao, do it pussy.
China doesn't give a fuck, but your citizens certainly do.
- No, only the ones without red hats care... The red hats keep saying "it's just temporary".
  It's full on Idiocracy over here right now.

That’s 104%, across the board, if they don’t completely capitulate by tomorrow. Instituted and affirmed by Republicans.
What a timeline we're in. Imagine if you told this to someone in 2000, watching them try to imagine how the world possibly could have gotten there. You just tell them "Yeah, you know the internet? And this guy named Mark Zuckerberg in school? You should really do something about that…"