>Peter Navarro responds to Vietnam’s offer to remove all tariffs: “This is not a negotiation. This is a national emergency based on a trade deficit that’s gotten out of control because of cheating,”
>“Don’t say you want to lower the tariffs and be done with it. It’s the non-tariff cheating. Stop manipulating your currencies. Stop dumping stuff in.”
us: we need reciprocal tariffs because other countries have tariffs that are too high and it's not fair
vn: ok we'll lower tariffs
us: this is not a negotation.
us: what we want is for you to stop cheating.
vn: how do we do that?
us: THIS IS NOT A NEGOTIATION
us: STOP FUCKING CHEATING
vn: just tell me what you want me to do
us: it's not a negotiation so I can't tell you what I want you to do.

the 4chan prediction is the correct and is the only thing that explains how insane this quote is. The US can't honestly say what it wants because what it wants is a scam against borrowers.