> Howard Lutnick on America's Key Leverage in Tariff Discussions:
> "We are the world's customer. The customer is always right."

Per this analogy, the strategy is basically: channel your inner Karen and demand to speak to the manager of global trade

Howard Lutnick on America's Key Leverage in Tariff Discussions:

"We are the world's customer. The customer is always right."

@howardlutnick on All-In:

"When we say we're going to charge a tariff, and other countries who lean on us, who rely on us, who can't live without the https://t.co/GGz8eRV1Nj

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> Howard Lutnick on America's Key Leverage in Tariff Discussions:
> "We are the world's customer. The customer is always right."

Per this analogy, the strategy is basically: channel your inner Karen and demand to speak to the manager of global trade

https://x.com/theallinpod/status/1910001338722681003

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In this analogy, Karen also runs the police force. And they have drones, aircraft carriers and nuclear weapons.

*some of the drones, and is fighting with the drone store about prices

And getting rekt by the punks buying dollar store drones 

This mixed metaphor is getting confusing now

Errr, I don’t the the US is getting rekt here

What are your preferred semantics for describing the asymmetric cost of outdated warfare?

What are your preferred semantics for describing the asymmetric cost of outdated warfare?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/navy-kilby-houthi-missiles-red-sea-costs

It's a proxy war with Iran. It can end quickly if we actually want it to.

You think it’s a “pick your battles” situation?

It's a "the way to end it is a significant escalation in a long-running proxy war with a medium-sized military power and the last three administrations have been hesitant to start another war in the Middle East for differing reasons"

So how do you stop the punks conducting a war machine arb on you, if you can’t escalate?

I think they may end up escalating unfortunately.

Also, the punks are attacking your annoying neighbors cars as they drive to the gas station. Doesn't actually affect you (esp. since your neighbors keep pretending they are self-sufficient).

It's factual? The US doesn't have any meaningful commerce through the Suez Canal.

Europe needs it for both imports from Asia and Middle East.

They have no ability to protect their shipping. Thus why so many ships are adding a few weeks to the journey going around Africa.

I think that’s a pragmatic way of looking at the current situation, and a better play than ignoring change 

My initial point re getting “rekt” was that this strategy pivot needs to be commensurate with becoming bleeding edge in war technology again

> The trade *we* made was that we’ll subsidize the routes with our monopoly on blue water navy if you use our asset to price all your goods 

Trade / bargain was made 80 years ago. The deal no longer benefits us the same way. Time to renegotiate or end.

We're going to find out who actually has leverage. 

Energy, food, demographics and human capital are destiny here.

It’s weird to keep highlighting one part of the bargain but not the other 

The trade *we* made was that we’ll subsidize the routes with our monopoly on blue water navy if you use our asset to price all your goods 

It’s fine to change the deal, but now there’s a real cost to bear