How’s this for irony: after President Trump hit China with $200 billion worth of tariffs this week and China retaliated with tariffs apparently aimed at industries in states where Trump is popular, Trump tweeted, ““There will be great and fast economic retaliation against China if our farmers, ranchers and/or industrial workers are targeted!”But American farmers, ranchers and industrial workers already feel targeted – by Trump, not China. You could count the industries that approve of Trump’s trade war with China on one hand, even if you were a two-toed sloth. Most farmers and ranchers, whom Trump defended by tweet, vehemently oppose his trade war. Ross and Trump think China now has no choice but to negotiate with the U.S. This is not to say that they won’t suffer any losses from the trade war.

Source: Forbes September 21, 2018 16:30 UTC