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BUFFOON Doesn't Begin to Cover It - Trump's Tariff Letters Read Like a Cheap Mafia Salesman [1]
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Date: 2025-07-07
Ok, Trump’s latest attempt at showing how manly he can be with tariffs is getting a well-deserved ribbing over how long before he TACOs again. But there is another part of the ongoing train wreck that is Trump that I want to touch on here: the sheer idiocy and incompetence of the letters he sent to Japan and South Korea. They sound like they were written by a cheap Mafioso’s sales manager.
Here are some choice phrases from the Korea letter (apparently, only images are online right now, so I have to transcribe rather than cut-and-paste):
It is a Great Honor for me to send you this letter in that it demonstrates the strength and commitment of our Trading Relationship, and the fact that the United States of America has agreed to continue working with Korea, despite having a significant Trade Deficit with your great Country. Nevertheless, we have decided to move forward with you, but only with more balanced, and fair, TRADE.
Yes, the caps are in the original. Trump really seems to like this “Great Honor” opening line; he’s been using it a lot lately. And his “great honor” is in how magnanimous he can be, right? But not too magnanimous, however:
Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge Korea a Tariff of only 25% on any and all Korean products sent into the United States, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.
Korea. Not South Korea. Maybe he’s also going to hit Kim Jung-Un with tariffs on his nuclear bombs or personal anti-aircraft guns?
And then he threatens that if South Korea tries to retaliate with new tariffs,
whatever number you choose to raise them by, will be added to the 25% that we charge.
In the best spirit of a merchandise and real estate grifter, he concludes:
We look forward to working with you as your Trading Partner for many years to come. . . . You will never be disappointed with The United States of America.
And, much as I find it hard to believe, he really did close with:
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Maybe he keeps using that line because, as it says in Death of a Salesman, “attention must be paid.”
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