alt Hacker NewsI didn't say this is sophisticated.
I said they expect the outcomes people are complaining about. They've workshopped this, and are aware how this is playing out. I would be very surprised if there is a significant leak of "we didn't expect this" anytime soon.
Trump believes in tariffs, I don't.
Apparently much of the rest of the world believes in them as well: almost every country has tariffs and had them long before Trump.