More like “Destroy all of our economic and military alliances and threaten to invade our allies”. These are the actions of a dictator.I guess what you say makes sense. Except for that first part - it was a bit hurtful what was said previously. USA did help the world get back on its feet. Never in history has a country treated the spoils of war like how USA did after WW2 - this demonstrated the goodness of America. With the atomic bomb demonstrated, USA could have taken over the entire world, but they didn't do that. It's worth remembering that past I think.
If safety and health regulations are at a higher standard in EU, I guess I can almost agree about the rationale for restricting imports - at least we can see the logic of it. Not good for business maybe. I think Trump won't like it.
To the topic of Apple though - I DO feel that the EU has so many regulations to draw from that it grabbed Billions of dollars from Apple by putting it under the magnifying glass a bit too harshly.
I believe I am starting to understand the Tariff plan.
Cause Tariff chaos. Tariff even the penguins in Antarctica to prevent any Tariff loopholes. Tear down the existing trade system. Get the Fed to drop interest rates. Refinance the national US debt a bit. Negotiate easily with the world to establish lower tariffs, perhaps getting closer to free trade, but with some catches so that USA has the edge and can have a chance to pay off it's unrecoverable position with the $37 Trillion debt. If they don't do that I guess it could get a LOT worse. Nobody likes this, but It's a big reset. The whole planet has to pitch in to pay the US national debt! Wow.