Australia’s chances of escaping America’s global steel and aluminium tariffs appear all but extinguished, with the US president reconfirming his commitment to a comprehensive tariff regime he argues will be “the greatest thing we’ve ever done as a country”.

“We’re going to take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs, and we’re going to become so rich, you’re not going to know where to spend all that money,” Donald Trump told reporters on board Air Force One flying from Florida to Washington DC.

“We’re basically going to take back the money – a lot of the money that we’ve given away over many decades.”

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    I can’t wait for Trump to come up with the brilliant, never before thought of “just print more money.”

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      "“We found the gold that was in Fort Knox! It was just sitting there. We could just use that. America will be so rich with all this gold Sleepy Joe and his people wanted to keep from all of us. We’re gonna take this gold. It’ll be the best thing. Lotsa lotsa gold. It’s a lotta gold. Gold…yeah.”

      Said President Musk’s little orange pet on Monday."

      /s

      Unless this already happened in our reality…man I wouldn’t even be surprised anymore…