Bessent: Don't immediately retaliate. Let's see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation

This guy is living in a dreamworld. Every one of the countries Trump mentioned will retaliate and fast.

Bessent is choking on his words because he understands at some level that every word coming out of his mouth is bullshit. Trump cannot dictate terms to sovereign nations. This is an epic fuck up for the history books.

Do we really think other countries will not retaliate?? Maybe we should have thought this through. For every action, there is a reaction.

So, imposition of the tariffs is not an "escalation", but retaliation is? Damn. They'll say anything to trick the MAGATS. I wonder who teaches Stupid 101 at Yale and Penn?

Republicans are like the bully in school that keeps messing with you messing with you till you finally hit them back and then they say what’s wrong. You’re taking this too seriously. Or they take their ass off and just cry.

“I know I hit you, but don’t hit me back. That just escalates things.”

Uh huh.

So his advice for every single country (except good buddies Russia and North Korea) to just roll over like good dogs? Fuck you Bessent. Boycott US products everywhere.

Sure. Because other countries don’t have politics. Dolt.