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The offical Trump Tariff thread

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

  1. Os Trigonum

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    #2362 ROXRAN, Jun 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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    So long, Canada. Nice knowing you.
     
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    time to manipulate the stock market again I guess
     
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    This is what a winning negotiation strategy looks like!!!
     
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    How is everyone not tired of his bs

    Kinda like how you passed along every Hunter Biden conspiracy for 4 years only to suddenly disappear when it comes to Trump corruption. Weird how that works huh
     
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    did you see where Hunter owes his lawyers $50k for legal services? true story
     
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    And?

    Paying your lawyers (and this is really gonna blow your mind: everyone who you contract for work!) for services rendered is a pretty standard practice and procedure amongst the normal people, I can't really speak for how you people do business out there in your wackass Trump World.
     
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    Thank goodness the Vietnamese will finally be able to import SUVs from the United States completely tariff free. I know the average Vietnamese household only makes about $2,500 per year, but I'm sure that won't stop them from importing vehicles that tend to cost 20 times their annual income.
     
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    And................there even going to open up their entire market to us!!!! :rolleyes:
     
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    @Deckard told me that Mrs. Garrett could give some mean road head.
     
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    Really? He should sell one of his watercolors, that will more than make up for it.
     
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    The U.S. dollar has fallen at the fastest clip since 1973.


    Since Trump winning the election in Nov 2024, the dollar has declined more than 10% compared with a basket of currencies from the U.S.’ major trading partners — something it has not done since 1973. Today, it sits at a three-year low.

    The simplest explanation for the decline is that global investors now expect the U.S. economy to no longer outperform the rest of the world as a result of Trump’s tariffs and worsening fiscal issues, such as increasing budget deficits.. Even with U.S. stocks returning to record highs, the return on other countries’ equities has been even stronger. Meanwhile the return on lending to the U.S. is expected to decline as growth here slows.

    Many, including members of Trump’s own Cabinet, assumed his tariffs strategy would strengthen the value of the dollar relative to foreign currencies. The thinking behind it was that as American consumers began to purchase fewer foreign goods, those other countries’ currencies would weaken relative to the dollar.

    Instead, the opposite has occurred. U.S. growth prospects have weakened — in part because of Trump’s tariffs. That has made U.S. debt relatively less attractive for foreign investors, especially compared with the returns on lending to other countries, like Germany and Japan, that are now expected to experience higher growth.



    a bigger concern is inflation, and lost purchasing power for U.S. consumers and businesses, who still remain heavily reliant on imports. Until America is able to sustainably produce more goods on its own at higher volumes, purchasing power will decline as it becomes relatively more expensive to import goods from abroad.
     
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    the latest eg of Trump TACO


    US lifts curbs on China exports
    , as they relate to chip designs



    6 more days until the 90-day pause ends, still no trade deal with China


     
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    The economic policy from the White House is schizophrenic. For that matter, so is the foreign policy.
     
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    Wait, there's an actual policy?
     
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