Been browsing the conservative subreddit this morning just to see what they all are thinking. There is a surprising number of "This is a terrible idea" comments but its also funny seeing a whole bunch of republicans who now suddenly like higher taxes, inflation and stock crashes.
Bro just crashed the market with a printed out excel sheet.
I don't think these are reciprocal. I think these are unilateral, and when countries respond, their tariffs will be reciprocal. The distinction is very important. This is a problem created by Trump, not by other countries. You don't get to choose false language to describe it that shifts the blame.
Putin's bitch trying to further destabilize the world for daddy.
Tarrifs are a Trump Tax on ordinary Americans so they can give tax breaks to billionaires.
I don't know what the actual reasoning is but the 49/46% on Cambodia and Vietnam sounds an awful lot like how we still embargo Cuba like decades after failing to overthrow Castro.
The guy is really playing economic Russian roulette. This can consequently go terrible wrong for the US.
Like playing ruzzian roulette with a full clip.
I swear that if we could just all ignore him unless he does nice things, we'll make him stop. The tariffs are not his plan. That's someone else pulling the strings. He just likes the attention. Giving a malignant narcissist any kind of supply is just going to make him worse. His fans already treat him like the messiah.
Gray rock the shit out of him. Remove his name from the internet, hack Fox news - take it all down, and only give it back when he behaves like a good boy.
this would have worked in 2016, I doubt it would now. the oligarchs who put the administration in power want their pound of flesh, and they will get it regardless of whose name is in the daily headlines.
hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been fired, research and education slashed, unprecedented damage done to institutions, and civil rights violations not seen in peacetime in generations. no, I'm afraid ignoring Trump isn't going to solve anything.
the oligarchs must be stopped. one way or another.
Trump clearly has some feelings about Vietnam. He used his “bone spurs” excuse to avoid being sent over there back in the day. Lmao
What a pussy
And crashed the market more!
"The corporations own the government" made sense for a while, but Trump has done enough to hurt said corporations lately that I'm actually starting to question that idea (it's definitely true for the majority of Democrats though). The only real reason I can think of where it would make sense to do stuff like this is to cause a crisis making it easier to abuse power later on.
The corporations thought they own the government. They bought Trump into the White House. They should have known that he is mad.
Surprised I don't see Brasil (sp?) on there not surprised I don't see Hungary Turkiye Russia or Israel on there.
And our swiss right-wing populists thought Trump was better for the economy. 31% down their stupid throats
Russian asset undermining American interests and alliances. Can't imagine why.
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