On the matter of the impending reciprocal tariff regime scheduled to be announced on April 2nd, there is only one thing left to say: Namely, that Donald Trump and his so-called economic advisors are out of their ever-loving minds!
Indeed, the concept that has emerged from internal deliberations has now been leaked, and it’s a doozy. Apparently, each of the planet’s 228 countries and territories which sell merchandise exports to the US will be given a single “number” which encapsulates the “sum of all economic sins” embedded in the policies and operations of their entire home economy.
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