Instead of screaming and yelling at President Trump's tariff schedule, as the European Union and China are doing, smart nations have taken the side door to cut deals with President Trump and get their nations off the tariffs list entirely.

It's as if they are sorting themselves out, smart ones from dumb ones.

Start with Argentina, which got the deal done immediately:

We know President Javier Milei, who is a libertarian economist on the side, hated tariffs with a purple passion anyway. Whatever was there on the Argentinian side was the doing of his socialist predecessors. Getting rid of these tariffs was easy as empanada pie for him and he presides over a growing economy in need of good markets.

Now it's Argentinian steaks for all of us! Celebrate!

Then comes Cambodia, which has a manufacturing base heavily dependent on U.S. buyers.

They slashed their own tariffs by two thirds so as to have something nice to bring to the table when they get facetime with President Trump. Look how courteous and cordial their letter is:

Why pay high tariffs when all you have to do is lower your own and the much of the problem is solved? They know Trump will play fair with them.

With Israel, it's the same -- they are getting ready to deal and bringing something to the table:

There's also this list -- all good countries:

More here -- not sure about the EU, having read their statements, but anything is possible:

This list is probably the most reliable, given the source:

They want to fix this for themselves and for the U.S. And as hedge fund biggie Bill Ackman noted earlier, the best deals are going to be the first ones, and they know this. Now they are standing up and being counted.

If deals are reached, trade should be tariff-free and we Americans should be in for some abundant and pleasant times -- the good nations going for real free trade, and all sides benefiting.

It may be what President Trump wanted all along, to find out which allies are real allies -- and ties with these countries, all worth strengthening, will be strengthened on an even playing field. If all goes well it could be the exact opposite of what the doomsaysers have been predicting.

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