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America is living in tariff limbo

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70% Informative

Donald Trump ’s plan to levy steep tariffs on just about every country on Earth has triggered Americans all across the political spectrum.

The sweeping, nonsensical tariffs imposed on the world by Donald Trump may finally be what breaks through to the public in a presidency subsumed by chaos.

The threat of tariffs — by now a MAGA buzzword and solution for all of the perceived wrongs against the US — is urgent and ambient.

Some of the most transparent businesses have been the ones with the most to lose but the least power to change the hand they were dealt.

Small operations like Dame likely have little chance of getting a meeting with the President to grovel for tariff exceptions.

The Trump administration wields tariffs like a weapon, shaking down anyone who might have something of value to them and their political agenda.

VR Score

64

Informative language

57

Neutral language

38

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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