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'Take a deep breath': Treasury Secretary urges countries not to retaliate against tariffs (abc3340.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate. Let's see where this goes, because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation," Bessent said in an interview with CNN's Kaitlin Collins.

By asking everyone not to retaliate you acknowledge it’s an attack.

Seriously, every trump admin person is the stupidest fucker available.

[–] mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Hey, don't make this awkward" says man standing behind chimpanzee pointing a gun at you.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

A tactic used by bullies (and imperialists) everywhere.