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Let's see how it goes.

So far, he announced a lot of tarifs, and most were cancelled or exempted the same day they were supposed to go live.

Trump is reportedly 'selling' dinners at Mar-a-Lago for indutry leaders, with a ticket of 5 millons $, so they can argue about the exemptions for their respective industries. Definitely feels like 'you need protection and only we can provide it. We can also show you why you need protection' kind of move.

It's all a bit surreal. As a Brit we did our own bit of shooting ourselves in the foot by mucking up our trade with Brexit. Life goes on but it caused a lot of expense and hassle and reduced economic growth to near zero.