Trump​ ❤️ Tariffs

[Andy1]

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

When Republicans were decent and smart (and I was counted among them)

 

 

[Big Blitz]

16 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

When Republicans were decent and smart (and I was counted among them)

 

 

 

“…with free people around the world.”  

Has China (not who he was talking about) been a good actor in this relationship?

 

And Reagan would be appalled at what’s happened to the formerly free countries he was referring to in that address.   
 

And would by no means find our current imbalances and our own financial house anywhere near acceptable or sustainable.  

[Joe Ferguson forever]

2 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

And Reagan would be appalled at what’s happened to the formerly free countries he was referring to in that address.   

nope.  Canada would still be good friends.  He knew that good friendships and good neighbors are invaluable.  agreed he wouldn't be happy with the deficit.  No one is.  But you are no Reagan R.  You're a trump cultist.  A follower of a manipulative demagogue that he warned about.  He's not going to help you.  It's every man for himself.  Sink or swim.  Not my preference but I'll play to win.  You?

[Mikie2times]

4 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

not following.  stopped the tariffs?  Returned to average market returns?  t 75k salary?

Estimated market losses divided by a 75k salary 

[B-Man]

 

 

French Business Leaders Reject President Macron’s Demand to Divest from USA

April 6, 2025 

 

According to French media, quoting multiple corporate leaders and company directors throughout France , the leadership of France’s biggest companies told Macron to ‘get stuffed’ following the French president’s demand to divest their interests from America.

 

President Macron ordered 50 of the largest companies with positions in the USA to attend an emergency economic meeting at Elysée Palace. As reported by French media, “Some of us fell out of our chairs,” confided one of the 50 or so French business leaders invited.”

 

“We are not in an administered economy,” thunders the leader of an employers’ movement. And the CEO of a CAC 40 giant bluntly asserts: “I don’t give a damn about what Macron says. We have operations in the United States. There is no question of abandoning them just like that. We must respect our commitments to our employees, our customers and our shareholders. 

 

The American consumer market is the most valuable consumer market in the world.  We do not have the largest population; however, we do have the largest population with the ability to purchase things.  It is the ability to buy stuff that makes access to the U.S. market the golden ticket for foreign company sales and profit.

 

 

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/04/06/french-business-leaders-reject-president-macrons-demand-to-divest-from-usa/

 

https://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/ce-que-dit-macron-je-n-en-ai-rien-a-cirer-ces-grands-patrons-francais-ulceres-par-l-appel-a-cesser-d-investir-aux-etats-unis-20250404

 

 

 

[Trump_is_Mentally_fit]

7 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

French Business Leaders Reject President Macron’s Demand to Divest from USA

April 6, 2025 

 

 

The American consumer market is the most valuable consumer market in the world.   

 

 

 

Still? You sure about that? I mean before Trump, yes it was. 

 

Now? With massive taxes? 

[dgrochester55]

I don't like a lot about these changes either, but some of you all have been creating threads and panic posts for ten days straight at all hours.  Are you all even sleeping at any point? Not healthy. Even if you are 100% against the tariffs, that is no way to live life.

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by dgrochester55

[Pokebball]

12 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

As I said, empathy level = 0 a this point.  they believe they know better despite repeated losses in nearly every aspect of life...

most significant increase under Joe

 

appreciate you sudden empathy

[dgrochester55]

9 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

most significant increase under Joe

 

appreciate you sudden empathy

 

It's funny because these are the same people that dismissed inflation and cost issues for three years telling us that it was a conspiracy theory and that the  complainers were all losers who needed to learn how to manage their money better and get a real job.

 

People on the right shouldn't fall into the same pattern. A large dip in retirement and savings balances is a fully valid concern and deserves empathy, especially when we are all seeing it. Some of us have faith that it will recover fast, others don't but lets not fall into the same trap as they did under Biden.

Edited 15 hours ago by dgrochester55

[The Frankish Reich]

3 minutes ago, dgrochester55 said:

 

It's funny because these are the same people that dismissed inflation and cost issues for three years telling us that it was a conspiracy theory and that the  complainers were all losers who needed to learn how to manage their money better and get a real job.

 

People on the right shouldn't fall into the same trap. A large dip in retirement and savings balances is a fully valid concern and deserves empathy. Some of us have faith that it will recover fast, others don't but lets not fall into the same trap as they did under Biden.

The difference here is that Biden stumbled and bumbled his way into runaway inflation. It appears that he actually didn't see (thanks to his economic/political team, mostly the political part) the inflation risk of pushing even more federal deficit spending.

Trump is actively trying to disrupt the global economy, and is counseling patience through upcoming hard times. He deliberately is making this downturn happen.

[Pokebball]

4 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

The difference here is that Biden stumbled and bumbled his way into runaway inflation. It appears that he actually didn't see (thanks to his economic/political team, mostly the political part) the inflation risk of pushing even more federal deficit spending.

Trump is actively trying to disrupt the global economy, and is counseling patience through upcoming hard times. He deliberately is making this downturn happen.

I agree with this too. I hope he and his economic team of experts are right!

[The Frankish Reich]

Just now, Pokebball said:

I agree with this too. I hope he and his economic team of experts are right!

I think this is all Trump. Bessent, given his background, cannot be a true believer. Neither is Hassett. These are smart guys.

Unfortunately Trump seems to trust Lutnick most, and he's smart but a total self-interested greedy jackass.

[B-Man]

 

 

The Penguins Will Be Alright—Turns Out There's Good Reason We're Putting Tariffs on Unoccupied Islands

By Bob Hoge

 

FTA:

 

One of the main points they’ve been using to mock the president is that the administration is enacting tariffs on remote islands that have no residents. Leftists were quick to pounce

 

I admit it, when I first saw that news, I was a bit perplexed myself. It turns out that they’re not a boneheaded error, however, and according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, there’s a reason for them. Appearing on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan Sunday, he explained that they purposefully included those areas to close loopholes.

 

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/04/06/the-penguins-will-be-okturns-out-theres-good-reason-were-putting-tariffs-on-unoccupied-islands-n2187565

[Pokebball]

14 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I think this is all Trump. Bessent, given his background, cannot be a true believer. Neither is Hassett. These are smart guys.

Unfortunately Trump seems to trust Lutnick most, and he's smart but a total self-interested greedy jackass.

I've been pretty impressed with Bessent. I think he's part of this decision

[The Frankish Reich]

7 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

The Penguins Will Be Alright—Turns Out There's Good Reason We're Putting Tariffs on Unoccupied Islands

By Bob Hoge

 

FTA:

 

One of the main points they’ve been using to mock the president is that the administration is enacting tariffs on remote islands that have no residents. Leftists were quick to pounce

 

I admit it, when I first saw that news, I was a bit perplexed myself. It turns out that they’re not a boneheaded error, however, and according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, there’s a reason for them. Appearing on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan Sunday, he explained that they purposefully included those areas to close loopholes.

 

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/04/06/the-penguins-will-be-okturns-out-theres-good-reason-were-putting-tariffs-on-unoccupied-islands-n2187565

Not plausible with respect to the penguin islands, since there is no way to trans-ship items there to make them ostensibly "products of McDonald Island."

That's why I'm going with the simplest explanation: they used an AI to populate the name of every "country" in the world, probably based on domain name assignments. It just makes more sense than some real human adding the penguin islands to the list.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

37 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

most significant increase under Joe

 

appreciate you sudden empathy

I have no debt. Every man for himself. 

21 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

I think this is all Trump. Bessent, given his background, cannot be a true believer. Neither is Hassett. These are smart guys.

Unfortunately Trump seems to trust Lutnick most, and he's smart but a total self-interested greedy jackass.

Lutnick strikes me as sleazy

[The Frankish Reich]

 

Dave Chappelle is not quite ready to start working in a Vietnam-style Nike sweatshop.

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, B-Man said:

 

 

The Penguins Will Be Alright—Turns Out There's Good Reason We're Putting Tariffs on Unoccupied Islands

By Bob Hoge

 

FTA:

 

One of the main points they’ve been using to mock the president is that the administration is enacting tariffs on remote islands that have no residents. Leftists were quick to pounce

 

I admit it, when I first saw that news, I was a bit perplexed myself. It turns out that they’re not a boneheaded error, however, and according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, there’s a reason for them. Appearing on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan Sunday, he explained that they purposefully included those areas to close loopholes.

 

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/04/06/the-penguins-will-be-okturns-out-theres-good-reason-were-putting-tariffs-on-unoccupied-islands-n2187565

That's the best they could come up with after three days?

[Roundybout]

 

 

For those who still believe the MAGA ideology is about returning power to Congress and the states, I ask for your take on Trump refusing to give up tariff power.