📊 Trump the flip-flopper: Threatened tariffs on China ‘not sustainable’

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After bragging about tariffs of up to 145% on China, Trump pivots on a dime and tells Fox Business they’re “not sustainable,” yet somehow also “could stand.”

👉 His message was clear: “But that’s what the number is; it’s probably not, you know; it could stand, but they forced me to do that.”

He also performed his favorite two-step: after threatening China, he pretended everything’s fine and was “optimistic” about meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit later this month.

Not surprisingly, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—set to meet Chinese VP He Lifeng in Malaysia to prep the presidential meetup—was also oozing optimism: “I think that things have de-escalated.

➡️ Quick reminder: it was the US that tightened the screws on Chinese tech giants using American tech—a move China labeled “extremely malicious” in September, vowing to take “necessary measures” to protect its companies.

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