Reverse engineering of the formula used to generate the "reciprocal tariffs"

Funny that this is the exact calculation that ChatGPT suggests. Seems like another genius Musk idea. Madagascar definitely deserves 47% tariffs on US imports.

https://xcancel.com/krishnanrohit/status/1907587352157106292

I’m not sure when this was posted, but it didn’t need reverse engineering: https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations

Can anyone tell me why this is a bad idea? The effective pair wise tariff rate of these countries is still larger than the US and simply brings it more in line. Why is this a bad thing?

I thought I had burned away all my empathy for seppostanis but somehow I am still able to feel third hand embarrassment at this moment.

This is actually monumentally dumb.