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Trump’s reversal also underscored doubts about the economic rationale for his tariff war, which has been widely derided by economists and trade experts.

They even derided a report on Tuesday that said the president was considering a 90-day pause – news that triggered a brief stock market surge.

"Some people may feel uncomfortable about this – the idea the state should intervene directly to shape the market has often been derided," he said.

What’s worse is that “Death of a Unicorn” hit theaters close to the same time the far superior satire “Common Side Effects” finished its first season, deriding the same topic.

Prosecutors, for their part, derided Sanders in court and to the press as a desperate hack willing to lie to defend Scott Dekraai, a client accused of massacring eight people at a Seal Beach salon.