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What is your explanation for Trump putting tariffs on every country in the world except Russia?

Russia is already under sanctions and has no significant trade with the U.S. — same as North Korea:

The US imported 3.5 billion dollars of goods from Russia in 2024, and exported 500 million dollars of goods.

So under your logic, Trump is also controlled by Cuba? How does that work exactly?

It's not true that he excluded only Russia. North Korea and Cuba also are not in the list, clearly countries that are under heavy US sanctions.