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On Thursday, President Trump appeared on the new WABC New York City morning show,. It was two men with strong New York accents fawning over another man and talking nonsense about the non-problem of a trade deficit.During the interview, Trump mentioned that U.S. cars exported into the European Union face much higher tariffs than BMW and Mercedes Benz cars that are being imported into the U.S.Is Trump going to slap tariffs on BMW and Mercedes Benz cars that are imported into U.S.? He wasn't clear on the point but I wouldn't rule it out. Of course, such a tariff would only hurt U.S. auto buyers that are considering buying such cars.Fighting tariffs with tariffs is like bombing your own homefront after your soldiers are attacked overseas.