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Trump's Chinese Tariff Retreat: Trump Cuckolded By His Hotwife, China

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Donald Turdbucket Trump's administration has agreed to a major rollback of tariffs with China, cutting US tariffs from 145% to 30% for a 90-day period. Despite the White House's attempts to frame this as a strategic victory, this analysis demonstrates it's actually a significant retreat that exposes fundamental weaknesses in Trump's negotiating position and economic strategy. This rollback represents not strength but capitulation, undermining his own stated policy objectives and revealing the unsustainable nature of his approach to trade warfare.

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speak to the press after the second day of a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, May 11, 2025.

The Retreat Behind the Rhetoric

From "Trade Wars Are Easy to Win" to Rushed Compromise

In April, Donaldo Shitsburger escalated the trade conflict with China by imposing massive 145% tariffs, claiming this extreme approach would force China to capitulate to American demands. The rhetoric was absolute: zero trade with China would put America in a "stronger position" because the US would no longer be "losing money" to the Chinese.

Just weeks later, this position completely collapsed. The administration has now agreed to slash those tariffs by 115 percentage points down to 30% - a dramatic reversal from the hardline stance. Treasury Secretary Bessent's characterization of this as merely a "pause" cannot disguise what is obviously a major retreat from Trump's initial position.

The Actual Numbers Tell the Story

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