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I have to wonder if all those west Texas ranchers that helped install this Turd Reich will ever even draw the connection that their vote is what destroyed their business or if it’s just another thing Hunter Biden did to them.
The narcissist in cheif will just blame the Chinese, and they'll agree because it's less painful than facing that they did it to themselves.
It takes a lot of daily reinforcement to deprogram/unbrainwash people, so I don't think it'll happen fast unfortunately.
Not just the Chinese. But Obama. And a side of DEI and woke.
Never underestimate the stupidity and mental gymnastics of conservatives
Make Australia Get Ahead?
The US is just going to isolate itself by doing a trade war by itself. The only way this was going to really hurt China was if the US somehow got the EU, Canada and Australia to put the same tariffs on China. Instead the US is just pushing everyone into China's arms and making things more expensive on their end.
When everyone is looking for new trading partners, the only person missing out is the person declining to trade.
Even then China could just say "ok we no send microchip and cell phone" and everyone folds
Rabobank global strategist Michael Every said ongoing commentary about Trump's tariffs was missing the bigger picture.
"We're now in an era of economic statecraft where it's about national security and national interests, rather than inflation or a balanced budget. These are irrelevant points now"
This tracks with the brainwashed ignorance of the average mainstream neolib "strategist" or "analyst". They refuse to acknowledge, either through stupidity or greed, that conservatisms goal all along is to bring back feudalism, exploit the masses for personal gain, and that the fascism of MAGA is just a means to achieving this.
Nothing that Trump or his fellow fascists have done since pre-Reagan has anything to do with "national security" or interest, and everything to do with their own personal greed. They are not doing "statecraft" or 4D chess. They're committing fraud on a global scale, and crimes against humanity both domestically and abroad.
Also this is actually terrible for Australians; it's great for the Australian "economy" (the wealthy) but means more expensive beef (inflation) for consumers, which means 99% of Australians will be worse off.
Sorry US, but you want to dickheads means we will find others to trade with. This is good and something Inhad feared for our farmers during this tarriffs BS. I hope more markets open up as the rest of the world continues to pull away from the US.
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2025
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