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I wonder if even that is giving him too much credit. IMO it's more likely that people freaked out, so he changed his mind, then different people freaked out, so he changed it again.
He may well have informed some people in advance about what he was about to do, and they made a lot of money as a result. But, I don't actually believe that he's clever enough to have done this intentionally as a plan.
I don’t think him to be clever at all. He has handlers. They tell him what to do. Maybe the things you’ve described happened with the background “brilliant” (I don’t think they’re brilliant either) minds playing 4D chess, but trump is a [cheating] checkers man through and through.
It is market manipulation for sure though. They just don’t want to tank things too early so they’re riding the razors edge. I am sure there are dissenting opinions on how to do this wonton destruction and what sort of carcass is left behind. This shows up as chaos with his decisions. Again, as in my original post, I only say “his” as he is the mouthpiece for the cabal of evil idiots.
Sure, but they don't all speak with one voice. Some of them are trying to pull one direction, others pull in another direction. Sometimes he listens to one advisor, sometimes he listens to another. It probably depends on how good they are at manipulating him.
Again, you seem to think there's a plan here. It's much more likely that there's just chaos. One faction of advisors was listened to, and Trump liked them because he always liked tariffs. And a lot of the most effective advisors (i.e. the best at kissing ass) are the most deeply stupid. His main tariff adivsor, for example, was caught quoting an "expert" in his book that was just his own name with the letters re-arranged.
And I don't think there's a cabal. There are people trying to influence him, but they don't agree with each-other, and many of them don't know what they're doing. They're near him because they're good ass-kissers, not because they're really clever.