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The offical Trump Tariff thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by astros123, Feb 1, 2025.

  1. adoo

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  2. Buck Turgidson

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    Just checking in...are we "winning" yet?
     
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  3. Agent94

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    Taco Man - song by the village people, lyrics by copilot

    Taco, taco man!
    He says he’ll do it, but he never can!
    Taco, taco man!
    Always runs away, that's his master plan!

    Wants to be the hero, tough and bold,
    But when things get spicy, he just won’t hold!
    Promises big, talks real loud,
    Then sneaks away into the crowd!

    Taco, taco man!
    He says he’ll do it, but he never can!
    Taco, taco man!
    Always runs away, that's his master plan!

    He says “tariffs high!” then “tariffs low!”
    Nobody knows which way he'll go!
    One day strong, the next day weak,
    Changes his mind every time he speaks!

    Taco, taco man!
    He says he’ll do it, but he never can!
    Taco, taco man!
    Always runs away, that's his master plan!
     
  4. astros123

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    Jerome Powell, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, surprisingly does not understand how tariffs work. amirite?


     
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  7. Rocket River

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    Still needs to be talked about more
    The problem is Trump is a 24 hr news cycle all by himself
    Easy to feel like people are focusing on just him . . .. mainly because does so much bullshit
    It's the equivalent of playing basketball against someone who fouls every play and they say . . .they can't call a foul every play
    of course
    When you elbow them in the face . . .it's retaliation and everyone wants to call YOU THE DIRTY PLAYER

    Rocket River
     
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    Nail on the head, thats what Bannon told him in trump 1.0................create so much chaos that you cant focus on things like prices at HEB, I have noticed prices going up at HEB, hell at my company we send tariff notices out weekly on what product will cost, we dont EAT any of the tariff nor should we, we just a new round of increases at 9%..............This is ALL because of the tariffs and is self-inflicted and I dont buy the narrative that we should be OK with this as it will get jobs back here, will some come back sure, but not the things we use daily like our phones or for food we can't produce here. And what we can produce here we are kicking those folks out, I have been in more processing plants then I care to count and the folks on the floor are brown and black, and the Managers are White and I can tell you working in a beef slaughterhouse is one of the most disgusting jobs you will ever see UNTIL you go to a Chicken processing plant and that will make you never want chicken again

    Where is the outrage from last year about the cost of living?? Everyone is so focused on EVERTHING else this admin is doing it gets lost in the shuffle and that's the playbook.
     
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    There are still too many unknowns to determine the effects of tariffs, long-term or short-term, and how they will affect inflation. You can't blame Powell for saying he expects policymakers to stay on hold until they have a better handle on the impact tariffs will have on prices. Trump is so down unpredictable you just don't know what he will do with tariffs, or what impact they will have right now.

    Dates to watch...

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  10. Kemahkeith

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    Trump will tariff the phone maker's hard core.
    Got to clear the market for those Trump phones coming to a Wal Mart near you.
     
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    You know that's right. Is he going to produce MAGA dolls for boys and girls (white only) as well, before he slaps tariffs on American toy companies?
     
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    Not gonna lie.
    I would totally buy a MAGA doll.
    I would place it ever so gently in-between the pillows of our bed. So, when my wife rolls over to cuddle, she gets to look at that beauty, shortly after I will make my walk of shame to a guest bedroom downstairs chortling the entire time.

    Although I suspect they would be made in Gi-Nah.

    Edit: It would become my dogs new chew toy after the bed episode.
    My wife would love that.
     
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    Bro that looks like Mrs Garret from the facts of life.
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  15. juicystream

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    It's George's mom, Estelle.
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    She was the funniest imo.

    "So, you're in love with our son George? May I ask why?"
     
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