'I hereby order': Trump mocked for highly formal, meaningless decree

Trump’s demand that US companies boycott China, which he doesn’t have the power to enforce, inspired responses on Twitter

Leaning further into a burgeoning economic war with China of his own design, Donald Trump on Friday levied a series of bizarre demands of American companies who do business in the country.

They included an order for American firms to cease production in China.

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