"Well, yes.<p>I just like that they made up the numbers to get an exact negative 1.<p>Again, I am a financial columnist, and I have a patriotic appreciation for the US’s export industry of finance, and two of that industry’s most popular products are:<p>Sprinkling some Greek letters on your work to add visual interest, and<p>Making up parameters to solve for the result you want.<p>Even in this tariff announcement, you see the US leaning into its comparative advantage."<p>Matt Levine at his delicious best !