[reactordev]

It’s so ironic. Just a couple weeks ago he was touting how he’s getting drug prices down. Except the tariffs kicked in, and now we’re going to be paying 50% more for those generics. If this were a chess move, we just lost our rooks.

[Incipient]

To continue the analogy, if the US lost a rook, everyone would take notice "damn that was a big blow".

I think it's more like losing a pawn. Except now others have taken 3 unanswered pawns and everyone said "eh we've still got our queen" but now the queens are looking shaky and you're staring down a 3 pawn short endgame and no one believes you can turn it around.

[reactordev]

Praying your opponent makes a mistake great analogy.

[lenkite]

Actually iPhone, Pharma and RING BELLS Processed Petroleum Products exported by India are currently exempt from US import tariffs.

US wants to punish India for importing Russian oil - except when US themselves are consumers of that processed Russian oil.

[herbst]

He claimed to bring prices down while (not after or before) increasing prices for meds from Switzerland for his people. With very little consequences on the Swiss market.

He lied, obviously.