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The offical Trump Tariff thread

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

  1. mtbrays

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    I never thought I'd see the day where Christiane Amanpour would do the "YouTube face" but here we are.
     
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    How are companies forecasting for the rest of the year when they have no idea what costs will be?
     
  3. deb4rockets

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    Trump's tariff policy maker revealed....

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  4. Amiga

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    The yo-yo-ing of tariffs is chaotic and unsettling for all sides. In the bigger picture, those are just trees. The forest is what has been stated - the goal to replace IRS revenue with tariff revenue - and the math simply doesn't work.
     
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  8. AleksandarN

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    Again context is needed. Apparently the US has a surplus in dairy trade with Canada.also those tariffs only kick in if it goes over a certain quota. These are called anti dumping measures. Almost every trade agreements have them

     
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    I need a box score like in baseball games to figure out what is what on tariffs.

    Following his on again off again actions is like a spring training game where 20 guys play a game.

    Stock brokers are going to need extra Adderall.
     
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    Don't Mess With Canada
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    That is just asinine.....what an idiot. Cut trees on designated Federal Land? His fake pride gets in a tizzy when Canada stands up to him, I am rotting for Canada, to charge them and Mexico tariffs is just not common sense....................I have to laugh when people say he is such a great businessperson :D
     
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    Kemah, your much closer to Canada then most of us, what are they saying? Canada always seemed to me as an extension of the USA, not in a we own them kind of way, but were so similar and we have always had each other's back, these tariffs do nothing but piss everyone off, IMO its not how you treat your friends who you share a border with.
     
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    Youre confusing the hamas protestors for far left. The far left encompasses all the ideology pushed by institutions and the media. Colleges, schools, professors, whatever trash they market as culture... they're the ones who have made being center "far right". They aren't so much for outright anarchy as they are deconstruction of Western society under false pretenses. The ceo of npr outright said they mold the truth they seem fit instead of allowing citizens to make their own decisions with unbiased news. That is the big difference between them and the maga crowd - they have tons of wealth and influence from previous generations who didn't follow their bs. None built it themselves but latched onto it through distribution networks. MAGA are basically middle class citizens hit hard by globalization and have 0 institutional power other than the NRA and golf clubs.
     
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    I'm 3.5 hours from Montreal.
    Sadly I mostly encounter folks from Canada on what we call the Northway. Or I-87.

    I can say Canadians are the nicest people on Earth until they get behind a steering wheel.
    AGGRESSIVE would be the word I would use for them in that vein.

    My wife and I have been to Old Quebec city many times the walled Part. Hotel Frontinac
    It's like Paris without a tower or B.O.

    When you leave the country you get your province tax back. Which is good and bad because the exchange areas are usually a front so people feel like buying large bottles of syrup, booze, and stuffed Pikachu toys.

    As far as how they feel about what's going down I suspect them booing at the 4 nations cup to our anthem is a clear sign of their angst with our government.
    But hockey fans are wired different.

    PS. I speak enough French. Thank you Madame Williams, to make them even more nice if possible.
    They dig the effort.

    Little us not forget The old school Quebecois think they are their own country. Kind of like old school Texans.

    Now when I was in Ireland last summer the folks in County Kerry my wife's family thought that Trump was Feckin Bat Shite Crazy
     
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    You don't really think Trump cares about forests do you? Do you think that guy has ever hiked a day in his life, or ever took his sons fishing or camping when they were young? Land to him isn't worth protecting if he can make money off of it somehow, whether it's drilling for oil, or to put in Trump hotels, country clubs, and golf resorts.
     
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    This idiocy again? The tarrif on dairy is an over qouta tariff. It rarely if ever goes into effect.
     
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    Not only this the US has same anti dumping tariffs aswell. I mean how stupid is Trump. He is one that negotiated the greatest trade deal in history in 2020. What a ****ing idiot. So are the idiots that take his word for it.

     
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    I'm confused as to why none of our successful libertarian posters responded to this question. It's a simple question if you ever worked higher than an entry-level role with a publicly traded or VC-backed company.
     
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    The dumbest administration in recent history
     

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