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Trump to remove whisky tariffs after King's visit
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Well for scotch and Irish whisky, (wait thought scotch either added or removed the last e but I doubled checked something else and lost a message already, maybe it was a UK vs NA thing I dunno anymore)
But apparently the scotch industry is the biggest buyer of Kentucky's bourbon barrels. What do you know, random sweeping tariffs impact tiny industries that are big for the red states.
Funny it took the King of Canada (well also Britain) to get Trump to change his mind.
Mean actual kings know diplomacy and statecraft, I bet King Charles did it at best over Hors d'oeuvres to leave important issues for a proper time. That was probably a footnote in something to bring up. But pour a tiny bit of honey in his ear and Trump will dance like one of those symbol dancing monkeys. I think Iran is figuring out how to phrase their demands correctly.
It'll be like the chimpokomon episode of South Park, oh your penis so big! Then Trump will be fine with whatever they offer.
The whisky industry is like multi billions worldwide, it's not a small industry. There's definitely some lobbying going on here lol.