Kim Perales<p>"RU doesn’t get hit with Trump <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> bc WH says US doesn’t trade with RU (bc of the war).</p><p>US-RU trade is presently ~$3B/yr.</p><p>Which doesn’t sound like much until you realize: US also just hit Lesotho with 50% tariffs…& their entire GDP is just >$2B."<br>-I Bremmer</p><p>Some journalists understand that Trump is aligned with Putin, but they fail to connect the dots. Trump is sabotaging the US to draw closer to RU for trade... & to DESTROY THE FED GOVT for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/economy/russia-us-tariffs-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/economy/russia-us-tariffs-trump.html</span></a></p>