Subject: Re: Tariff exemptions
Another possible explanation is that some of the old-school Republicans noted to the white house that there is a pain factor concern: other than a house or a car, an iPhone habit is probably the largest capital purchase for a lot of people. Make that unaffordable, and people will really squeal, perhaps even at the ballot box.

I've got this image of Trump's brain as a ball in a pinball machine. He launches a really bad idea, and then he bounces around "bing bong bing bing" as various advisors explain the terrible consequences to him. Finally he lands back where he started, while flashing lights and sounds proclaim his success on a flashing scoreboard.

Elan