After a lot of big talk on trade, the Trump administration needed a big win. It appears to have just gotten one.

At a news conference on the trade deal, a reporter asked Mr. Trump whether he had rushed the agreement forward in an attempt to knock the Epstein story line out of the news. “You’ve got to be kidding,” a frustrated Mr. Trump responded. “That had nothing to do with it.”

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    2 days ago

    So basically U.S. companies will pay ~100-115 billion a year to U.S. government to buy their products instead of ~30 billion in 2024.

    So we should see about ~$70-85 billion dollars in inflation spread across products bought from the EU. If the numbers I found are right.

    …what a win. We taxed our companies, so they could pass the costs to us, yay.