Buddy Hix

Another embarrassing self-own. The author, Bell, who is the President of the Steel Manufacturers Association, isn’t too bright of a guy (infer what you will about those celebrating his thoughts). Bell cites OECD projections regarding global oversupply of steel, which makes sense because the OECD is a smart and reputable organization. The funny part is that the OECD also projects Trump’s tariffs will hurt the US. ”In the case of a generalised trade shock, not only will U.S. households pay a high direct price, but the likely economic slowdown will cost the United States more than the extra income the tariffs are supposed to generate, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated in its interim outlook.” Like, if your goal is to write an opinion piece about how great the tariffs are for your industry, you should probably refrain from citing a renowned organization that projects the tariffs to be horrible for the country overall. The same would apply for posting the opinion piece as “real news” in your attempt to justify how great the tariffs are. Just comical stuff…. https://www.reuters.com/markets/trump-trade-war-sap-canadian-mexican-us-growth-oecd-says-2025-03-17/

I think the boycott of the US will last well past the fall.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695 Border towns/cities will feel a lot of financial pain from Canadians boycotting the US. My family travelled to Buffalo at least twice a month but haven’t been over the border since the tariffs and won’t go back. It appears there are many like-minded Canucks.

I know the Ministry of Truth is hard at work rewriting history, but more than half the troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy were from the Commonwealth. She is such a despicable troll.

OECD report predicting Trump’s tariffs will slow economic growth in North America and cause inflation to rise. https://financialpost.com/news/economy/canada-growth-rate-undershoot-worlds-oecd I wonder how long the MAGA lemmings can hold the “this is great for ‘Merica” line.

It may surprise you, but some people in this world still have principles. I am one of them…it seems Hoetch is too.

Watching the Ogunjobi presser and he’s obviously a liar. You can’t remember the exact timeline of when you got notified about popping and agreeing to a $10 million dollar deal? BS Already can’t stand this guy.

Tariffs are a bandaid solution for restoring US manufacturing, one that will most likely fail because the plan is half-baked. First off, you think American youth are interested in working 50-60 hour weeks in physically demanding jobs? And driving up the cost of goods won’t pair well with the new jobs…work harder for less, sounds great. And in the 1970’s CEO pay was 30 times the average worker, it’s now 325 times the compensation the average worker gets. So all of a sudden CEOs are going to stop cutting costs and lining their pockets? CEOs are going to fund innovation, instead of their 4th home? Sure… Capitalism and greed, two American staples, killed the middle class, and no amount of tariffs will bring decent wages back.

I’m sure it is going on, but at the other guys doing it aren’t dumb enough to hurt their teams…and Beane signing guys who were just caught? WTF? They are gonna suck when clean.

Is 100% of the NFL getting suspended for PEDs? News to me.

Oh, and Beane saying they both need to figure out their supplements, like these were accidents?! Tough look for a guy who should be gone anyways.

Why would you sign two guys based on their performances while juiced up? What a disaster Beane is… The guys off the sauce will probably suck, lol.

I can’t speak to what questions were asked during the inflation crisis, but I’m sure you know exactly what was and wasn’t asked, lol. But to “what about Biden” this moment is ridiculous. The inflation crisis was caused by supply chain issues, that’s been established and accepted by people who deal in reality. This tariff crisis is completely Trump-inflicted, so the questions I posed should 100% be asked and answered. The fact that you, a Trump cultist, think it’s acceptable for Trump to cause a financial disaster, with unsound economic reasoning, and not provide a detailed plan or exit strategy is sad. Give yourself a round of applause, you are such a great lemming.

A masterclass, lol? A series of follow-up questions from an actual journalist would be, “how long will this plan take?, how much fiscal pain will the average American have to deal with?, will there be financial support for those suffering financially?, which economists support this plan, which don’t?, have the impacts on relationships with longstanding allies been considered?” But sure, a masterclass economic mind at work.

The newspaper explicitly mentions lack of readership, lol, and other long term issues. The reason we’re discussing this is that the paper also mentions that increasing costs due to tariffs as being a cause of their closure. But we’ve got ***** gaslighting clickbait outlets like Twitchy saying the paper didn’t mention tariffs at all…and an ignorant target audience who lap up the misinformation because they can’t rub two brain cells together. The gaslighters would be better served to point out that Schumer’s tweet was oversimplifying the issue and insinuating that tariffs were the main cause of their closure, which is obviously untrue. But that approach would require honesty and admission that tariffs are hurting Americans, which is not acceptable…they only want decisive wins…no losses, truth be damned.