"From the beginning, I’ve believed the executive branch's real goal was to push down the yield on the 10-year Treasury. Why?"
None of leaked conversations or prior discussions indicate anything like this. Peter Navarro has no even slightly nuanced agenda. He's been on record for years about this. I think their position was much more that they'd drive foreign tariffs down and would be able to make other demands against other countries, and they underestimated the tolerance even their base would have.
None of leaked conversations or prior discussions indicate anything like this. Peter Navarro has no even slightly nuanced agenda. He's been on record for years about this. I think their position was much more that they'd drive foreign tariffs down and would be able to make other demands against other countries, and they underestimated the tolerance even their base would have.