The internet mocks Donald Trump's new superhero alter-ego 'Tariff Man'
Donald Trump's, uh, unique use of capitalization in his tweets has again become a gift for Twitter users.
A day after "Scott Free" became something of a meme, Trump's Tuesday morning declaration of "I am Tariff Man" during a series of tweets about negotiations with China has taken on a life of its own across the internet.
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Thus, a new superhero has been born and lumbers into international diplomacy like a bull in a china shop.
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But every superhero has a weakness and Tariff Man's kryptonite seems to be realizing exactly how tariffs work: often the cost of higher tariffs are actually passed on to the consumer, not the suppliers.
It's something for Tariff Man to mull once he returns to his blood tree-decorated fortress of solitude.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
