Why No Tariff Deals So Far with Ass Kisser Nations?

I thought there were 70 countries lined up to kiss Trump's ass and do tariff deals

According to the Treasury Secretary there will be bilateral trade agreements in the next 90 days, then they will work out the specifics later on. Per Bloomberg news!

In reply to StumpCam

In my book, if those guys are talking they are lying. The United States has massive trade surpluses with the vast majority of countries on the tariff list. So what will a bilateral tariff deal accomplish? An increase in the United States trade surplus with those countries?

In reply to StumpCam

Sounds like the chicken and egg story. My understanding is once agreements are signed it's a done deal with all the specifics included. But i have been wrong before ....

In reply to Walco

Talk is cheap! For someone like me who is approaching retirement, my hope is for things to work out for the better, so help me god!
My portfolio has given back all the gains of the past 2 years!

In reply to StumpCam

All this time ah thought yuh not in the casino business

In reply to ray

It’s only a typical 60/40 portfolio, yet it went south!
Before Trump, I took more risk, but once he was elected I took a more conservative approach!

In reply to StumpCam & ray

You guys are glutton for punishment.

In reply to SnoopDog

Greater the risk, greater the reward or so I was told!

In reply to StumpCam



Famous last words Bro.

In reply to StumpCam

Congress will eventually rein in Trump, but unfortunately it will not be until after he has done irreparable harm to the US economy.

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Foreign Countries dont have too

To kiss his ass, American law firms are swarming up the road to the White House.

Because its just rumors of deals and lies being floated to Congress and his base to make them think that whatever the heck he is doing is working, to stave off a next revolt and to make other countries think that other countries are getting in on the game early so that they can rush in and make a so call deal. But what Trump don't realize that the countries that matter already gang up on the US to make that orange idiot stew in his s... . No 75 countries lining up to do any deals with the orange idiot. Yeah maybe Taiwan and El Salvador to get more kidnapped immigrants but the vast majority of who matters are not lining up and begging like Trump making it out to be. Even Canada dumping US T-bills so as Trump make deals with himself to zero out his own Tariffs, all that is left is spin and concocted wins without evidence.

In reply to carl0002



Carney convinced the EU and Japan to do the same.

In reply to carl0002

It's interesting that Trump mentioned the bond market as a motivating factor for phase 1 of his capitulation/pause the other day. The bond market will trigger phase 2 of his capitulation in 90 days also. Or maybe sooner.

Which country will volunteer to be the first on the list of ass kissers? 70 countries are lined up, so we should expect an announcement any day now ...

In reply to Walco

Many of those countries are now saying "Never interrupt your enemy when he is fuhking up."

In reply to Walco

Check This Out...

Vintage DJT

In reply to Walco

Bond market selloff is the signal that things are about to get real as its the first in a chain reaction impacting every single economic indicator and the stability of the US dollar. So of course it would get his attention. PHASE II is Trump making delas with himself to Zero out his own Tariffs as Canada and as SnoopDog says EU and Japan wave those T-Bills in his face. And note, China hasn't entered the Bonds debacle - yet...but toying with the orange idiot as we speak.

In reply to carl0002

Experts are predicting that the Chinese will resort to currency manipulation before selling T-Bills. I suppose that would be the nuclear option. But this trade war is puzzling. The ignoramus in chief is focussing on a goods trade deficit while ignoring the fact that the United States has a huge services trade surplus with almost every country in the world.

In reply to XFactor

And that's an excellent strategy. But I assumed that the 70 countries are lining up to kiss my ass narrative was a lie from the beginning.

In reply to Elsie

The art of the deal

In reply to ray



For an idiot that bankrupted 6 entities, he is showing lawyers and legal firms "the art of the deal". Pro bono representation.

They were the first to kiss his arse by showing how corrupt they are. The US Supreme Court heads the list....

In reply to Walco

Well yes that would make sense as China has significant exposure in the US bond market but you can only mess around with your own currency for so long and China already artificially keeps its currency low to boots its exports. There maybe not much room for sustained currency manipulation as China would have to keep devaluing its own currency.

According to the VP, a tariff deal with the UK will be announced soon. This one will be interesting because the US has a trade surplus with the UK. In other words, the US has been ripping off the UK for years