The US is placing 30% tariffs on Algerian products.

1- We have been charging you more than 60%
2- Most of our exports to the US are oil related and iron and are exempt from tarrifs
3-Only your imports companies will have to keep up with the rise by skyrocketing prices. And this move will side Algeria with the Chinese market, Russian and Europe. But since it has little to no influence, Algeria won't care about the tarrifs enough to feel the urge to redirect its energy exports.

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Gibbon · 70-79, M

All these tarrif games he is playing are right out of his tool box. Watch over time as things change around. This is his art of the deal in practice. He's not the stupid man the left loves to paint him. He proved in his 1st administration he is anti war and while he will strike in retaliation he always wants to contain escalation. Watch over time and don't listen to his words, except perhaps for Iran, pay attention to the results of what he actually does in the long run. Rattling cages is how he works. If he were a hunter in the northern states he would look to be rattling the squirrels while he secretly has his sights on the moose.

Miram · 31-35, F

@Gibbon The only person he cares for is himself. I don't need to watch and wait to confirm that conclusion. Not that I think Democrats are better. But let's not pretend like he is some benevolent god.

Gibbon · 70-79, M

@Miram I wasn't implying that. I'm just saying he works different than the politicians and isn't predictable based on what he says. Of course his ego leads him. I have met the man in person in Atlantic City years and he gave my mother comps for free 3 day stays once a month at Trump Plaza just for having a polite conversation in the casino restaurant. Like to hear it or not he does care about things other than himself now and then. He certainly cares about the US. He had no need to run for president except life many of us he was pissed by what was happening to the country.