This is significant:
So, a return to the status quo ante.
This isn’t a win. This is Trump stumbling back to the starting line after doing damage to the economy as everyone anticipated his tariffs. These are costs borne by taxpayers in the US.
Trump blinked.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) October 11, 2019
Trump decides to hold off on more tariffs as the US economy slides in to a recession, and he’s going to claim it’s a win? Really? This is a status quo ante situation - he’s returning to the point before he started down the idiotic trade war path.
It has still cost American consumers dearly and sent manufacturing into a recession. Stopping even more damage from happening is just dumb fucking luck at this point.
It’s not a sign of strength but weakness, and perhaps a recognition that the damage he’s doing has consequences. Naw, who am I kidding. He has zero awareness of the damage he is doing.