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The 14 losers in the first round of play-off qualifying were eliminated.

But the winners and losers have, in many cases, been chosen already.

“I would just say me being a sore loser is probably something that’s not my best attribute,” Foster said, “but, you know, I’m a competitor so it comes with that.”

“I’m not sure Trump is ready to go to those lengths, if it makes him look like a loser.”

It’s hard to say Trump will abandon tariffs due to their obvious and negative economic cost when they enable him, personally, to pick winners and losers in the U.S. economy.