Apolitical perspective on Trump's tarriff war. The goal is to devalue USD way out of Triffin dilemma

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Apolitical perspective on Trump's tarriff war. The goal is to devalue USD way out of Triffin dilemma

Author: Eli (9555 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 12:14 pm on Apr 9, 2025

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The trade of last 30+ years made dollar very overvalued. Strong dollar befinets import, discourages making something competitive at home and export.

Trade deficits is just a visible tip of the iceberg. The root is the currency as well as other policies in persistent export surplus countries that subsidize exports. That's why China's 104% tarriff is not biggest retaliation. The bigger retaliation is its RMB against USD dropped to 7.4 from 7.1.

Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma

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Apolitical perspective on Trump's tarriff war. The goal is to devalue USD way out of Triffin dilemma [LINK] - Eli - 12:14pm 4/9/25 (11) [View All]
- Agree. I think this was a test balloon on multiple fronts. Although, this might be a bridge too far. - LanceManion - 2:12pm 4/9/25
  - A bridge too far? Yah think? He’s a delusional freak. [NT] - Frank L - 2:20pm 4/9/25
    - No, I don't think so. But I don't think he can get done what he's trying to do in the time he has. [NT] - LanceManion - 2:24pm 4/9/25
- The real goal. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 12:48pm 4/9/25
  - He's trying to break China. That's the objective. [NT] - LanceManion - 2:16pm 4/9/25
    - Good luck. They can bear pain pretty well. You think our consumer society that created that cheap - Frank L - 2:19pm 4/9/25
      - Put aside your hatred of Trump. What did we learn in the last 6 days? [NT] - LanceManion - 2:25pm 4/9/25
        That we are led by a scattered brain maniac with no real plans. Just tosses out shit and sees what - Frank L - 2:29pm 4/9/25
        That's "somewhat" better than if he has a plan to destroy the country. So I'm "somewhat" relieved. [NT] - Curly1918 - 3:02pm 4/9/25
        
        Well at least you have your son to guide you [NT] - LanceManion - 2:33pm 4/9/25
        He’s pretty good. He handles institutional investors in his real job, but does some side hustle in - Frank L - 3:27pm 4/9/25