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Very much declaring victory while admitting defeat, here. Did anyone ever suggest it would be zero, Donald? Was it zero before?

This was just.. what? A fit?

I think he genuinely thought China would immediately cave and he could score an easy deal off of them.

It's the Art of the deal in full display.

Or in plain English, he's weak and incompetent and he folded.

As predicted.

>Trump will cave within 1-2 weeks is my prediction. He will declare losing as winning and that will be it. Tariffs will return to more manageable levels.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43656307

I wonder if China will drop its restrictions, such as on the export of rare metals, even if he would lower the tarrifs to zero.

Looking forward to the next chapters. Let's see if Trump dropping some of the tarrifs will make China drop some too.

let's see who bend the knee first

Trump says China tariffs will drop 'substantially – but it won't be zero'