[diegocg]

The Trump team is not stupid and understands that the Vat tax is not discriminatory. The problem is in their logic and propaganda - "USA has a trade deficit because everyone is taking advantage of us".

Then they look here at the EU and it turns that it has very low tariffs for the US, and the trade still has a large deficit. That goes against everything they say, so what excuse are they going to use against Europe?

They are not going to admit that their logic doesn't follow problem is elsewhere. And they know perfectly well that because the Vat tax is not a tariff, and because EU governments depend on the revenue they get from it, it is impossible for them to get rid of it. They really want these tariffs just because that's what they believe, that tariffs are 100% good, the reasoning doesn't matter

[maxerickson]

I curious why you point to them doing stupid things for stupid reasons and but still seem certain they aren't stupid.

"USA has a trade deficit because everyone is taking advantage of us" is stupid!