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Why do you say that? The strong impression I have is that Vance is agreeing with Trump because he has to in order to maintain any influence (and not get Pence'd), is there any indication he actually wants these Tariffs in the same way that Trump does?

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Part of what’s going on is that there’s an aura of incompetence and chaos that has everyone confused. Vance is part of that, and he’s on top of it very young so he can’t even claim to have the experience to handle the current crisis, nor would he ever have been elected to do so as POTUS. So to the extent markets are reacting to that aura, Vance does nothing to assuage it.

Honestly the team with the experience, knowledge, and relationships to right this ship was just kicked out of the White House.

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