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‘Utter buffoon’: ‘Senile’ Trump mocked over letters he had ‘no legal authority’ to send

On Monday, President Donald Trump sent official letters to the governments of multiple countries announcing new tariffs specifically for their nations’ exports to the United States. Trump posted images of the letters to his Truth Social account, which were addressed to the heads of state for Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa and South Korea. The letters announced that the U.S. would be imposing tariffs ranging from 25% to 40%, and were framed as a take-it-or-leave-it offer complete with Trump’s signature trait of odd capitalization and exaggeration. U.S. News & World…