Andrew Ross Sorkin
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And look, look at what's going on with the universities in America.
Look what's going on with the law firms going on in America.
Look what's happening with the companies in
It's all – there's leverage, leverage over somebody else, power over them so that when you need to ask for something, the answer is yes.
That is basically what I think is going on here.
Well, that's – yes.
I would also say they can become –
And I'm not arguing that this is a good strategy.
And I don't think anyone thinks you are.
Just to be clear.
This whole thing becomes a chess piece.
They're all chess pieces on a board.
And I think he thinks to himself, I now have a chess piece over X. They are paying this tariff now.
I'm collecting money from them one way.
At some point, if I need them in some other way, maybe I can lower the tariff.
By the way, maybe I can raise the tariff on them.
Right.
And the whole thing is just a sort of grand leverage negotiation.
I mean, I guess it's history.
You can't really spoil history.