Who's going to bother to invest in American manufacturing when the tariff "strategy" changes daily?<p>How many times will the tariffs shift between Lutnick's comments here and 1 month from now?<p>Uncertainty does not encourage investment. So, we probably shouldn't believe them when they say that's why they're doing this.
> When asked to clarify whether tariffs on iPhones might “come back on in a month or so”, Lutnick replied: “Correct. That’s right . . . We need our medicines and we need semiconductors and our electronics to be built in America.”<p>They need their medecine.
So much incertitude….
It's profoundly depressing that this is all so badly thought out.<p>Like, how is anyone supposed to plan for anything with this kind of governance?
- Jan 20 – Inauguration & Tariff Promises<p>- Feb 1 – Tariffs Imposed on Canada, Mexico, and China<p>- Feb 3 – Temporary Pause on Tariffs<p>- Mar 4 – Tariffs Reinstated<p>- Apr 2 – "Liberation Day" Tariff Announcement<p>- Apr 9 – Tariff Reversal<p>- Apr 12 – Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions<p>Using a moving average algorithm, adding a phi factor of 0.89 for corruption, and a beta factor of 0.67 for chaos, we predict the next tariff policy change to occur around April 26 (+/- 2 days margin error)
Creating the most abject chaos imaginable, grabbing all the floatation devices while those around you tread turbulent waters, is by most definitions, diabolical.