[rubin55]

100% with you, but I don't think the presidential whims were the instigator for all this madness. That could be a Howard Lutnick:

The Man Behind Trump’s Tariffs Strategy: https://archive.is/llGGR

Update: fixed link

[hypeatei]

Lutnick's sons are betting against tariffs at his former firm, so yes it's a corruption play. Tariff everything, then have your family buy up tariff rebates in the chaos because you know they'll get reversed by the courts.

https://www.wired.com/story/senators-probe-cantor-fitzgerald...

[fatbird]

Peter Navarro is also a driving force behind the tariffs.

[alwayseasy]

True on Lutnick but he is playing into Trump's deeply held belief (despite every data point saying the opposite) that Americans want manufacturing jobs.

[mexicocitinluez]

That's a good point.

The ones that hit the news (that seem to be motivated by Trump's personal grievances) are probably a small drop in the bucket.