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The offical Trump Tariff thread

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

  1. astros123

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    Musk overpaid for twitter cuz he was sued to buy it for that price. Elon didn't willingly overpay for twitter. He was forced to do so. Yalls braindead disinformation doesn't work on non MAGA cultists. The only cheap whores are MAGA who sellout to billionaires.
     
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  2. Ottomaton

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    So does Trump WANT to tank the economy?

    With a good Weimar Republic economy there would have been no Third Reich. Tank the economy. Bame it on sleepy Joe and DEI and take on the burden of president for life to save us from them? You know the faithful would just eat that up.

    Just a thought.

    My wife is convinced Trump says and does half the stupid **** he says or does knowingly to cause a distraction...
     
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    In the most generous of guesses, they're trying to set the table for a 1985 Plaza Accords-like agreement.

    FT is dubius about it, given their handling (bullying friends to the table + other douchebaggery) and the writer's perspective on circumstances.

    https://www.ft.com/content/1c767bed-a647-4ca1-87f9-2ade27a05891

    4 years is a short time for our trading partners. Donny would have to persuade any deal would last with the next president.

    I feel like reading up on people who are forced to live around others with bipolar disorder.
     
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    Congratulations cultists on destroying the stock market @Tomstro
     
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    hello again, barking chihuahua.


    Well, it’s a weekend
    That’s all algo bot trades.
    It won’t be the Terminator dude, it’s gonna be trade bots that crashes civilization.
    They may crash the stock market to save the bond market.

    Gonna get bumpy. I think Trump team obviously knows this and has a plan to try and deal with this debt situation. The everything is free crowd came real close to ****ing us and it seems to me as if it Was done deliberately

    Controlled demolition.
    It’s The US and Russia in the way.
    China already has their social credit score surveillance in place.
    They are building it in Europe where you go to jail longer for saying rape gangs are bad than if you rape someone.
     
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    Pre election: "hey guys you may hate Trump but atleast hes going make you rich! Hes going bring down prices and destroy inflation so who cares if hes unhinged! atleast you guys will get rich under trump"

    Post election: "hey guys trump may destroy the entire economy and make prices alot more but i promise you guys that he has a plan cuz he swore to us!!! foxnews swore to us he has a plan!!!"

    Sincerely speaking at what point do you realize that youre a brainwashed cultist? Is there any point where you realize that you've been brainwashed and theyre lying to you?
     
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    Lol at the Mexican president saying they have “no ties to the cartel”


    lol. No way do you hold any office in Mexico without cartel approval.

    How many candidates have been beheaded? What a joke.
     
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    Your wife is smart.

    We are not the Weimar Republic. We have been a sovereign country for 250 years sans the 5 years of civil war.
    In a 4th turning like we are in now, it's important to understand the power structure. Any party loyalist is looked down on. We are in a populist movement for the next couple years, and will likely go on for the decade. The boomers won't let go of power and the party loyalist continue to let them stay in power. Pelosi and McConnel are toxic to this country.
     
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    The 4th turning is a great read and yes we seem to be in the middle of it.
     
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    Crazy prophetic. We think this era of Hillary, Trump, Biden and Harris is highly toxic, but its so much worse in the rest of the world.
     
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    Low iq cultists





     
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    Oh nooo

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    I find it very shady that Trump has gone easy in China tariffs, yet slapped much larger tariffs on our Canadian allies, who have fought along with us in war, and recently helped to fight fires in California. Didn't he say he was going to slap 60% tariffs on China during his campaign speeches? Meanwhile China is the global superpower in manufacturing and military. Oh, and Elon just got cut off from his drug suppliers, so he won't be happy. Mexico, Canada, and China just cut off his supply if Ketamine.
    :p
     
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    That doesn't really answer the question of whether or not economic sanctions have worked.

    I would say we are closer to the end of the war than the beginning of the war.

    It's just simply not true in any sense that Ukraine at any point had an endless budget.

    Did the war change from more of an old school mechanized attack by Russia which then morphed into an old school artillery approach which then has been increasingly fought with drones? Sure.

    Russia still needs all the parts and labor to maintain a modern country despite becoming closer to China, North Korea, and Iran. Will the sanctions prevent all of the superior western O&G equipment from reaching Russia? Of course not, but it will certainly make it harder for Russia to maintain and expand its a major source of income.

    I have no idea why you believe "your side" or the people you look up to *cough Elon cough* are any different.
     
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    Your wife is half right.
     
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