Economy Donald trump to impose Tariffs feb.1st.

Firstly, even if you believe that we aren’t getting anything out of these partnerships, tariffs are a really bad and stupid way to try and achieve that.

But more importantly, this belief is wrong. We get a very good return on our foreign aid: in the past decade, about 2/3 of our growth in exports was to USAID partners. This strong growth in exports was critical to getting us out of the last recession. As countries grow in wealth, they buy more of our stuff. As their countries become more secure, we have more diversified areas for factories or ports for shipping, thus bolstering our supply chains.


Regarding military security for things like NATO, I think Poland said it quite well when they pointed out that NATO only invoked Article 5 one time ever, and it was on our behalf, the day after 9/11. Countries like Poland sent troops to Afghanistan, and those troops remained for two decades. Other countries did similar things for us. This idea Trump always pushes, that we get nothing on return or get ripped off is flat out false.



Talking point? The trade war with China ended when China promised to buy more of our stuff—except they never did. It’s a fact that Trump’s trade war was a failure.

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They cost us billions, and killed our farm exports to the point where we had to take those billions it cost us and use it to bail farmers out.


Pretty much all he’s done is break the law, violate the Constitution, and hurt the most vulnerable. I know all 3 of those things give right wingers a hard on, and you guys really should seek some sort of professional help or therapy for that.
His policies hurt the middle class and America as a whole, but you don’t care as long as he’s also cruel to already marginalized groups.

Get a grip. His policies are terrible for working Americans, and make no sense considering he was supposedly elected to “fix” the economy (that didn’t need fixing to begin with).


we get quite a nice return in our spending if anyone takes an honest look at it.

 
we get quite a nice return in our spending if anyone takes an honest look at it.


Dustin co-founded Meta/Facebook and he hates where Mark Zuckerberg is taking Facebook to and his posts tear into him. He is worth north of 20 billion dollars and since he left Meta he made billions on other startups.
 
Day one of trading oil prices skyrocketed and the down dropped over 600 points.

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U.S. consumers will see higher prices at the gas pump from President Donald Trump’s decision on Saturday to apply tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil, according to analysts and fuel traders.

The likely hike in fuel prices reflects the double-edged nature of Trump’s trade protections which are designed to bolster domestic business and pressure U.S. neighbors to curb illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but which will also run counter to his promises to tackle inflation.



The U.S. imports some 4 million barrels per day of Canadian oil, 70% of which is processed by refiners in the Midwest. It also imports over 450,000 bpd of Mexican oil, mainly for refiners concentrated around the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Tariffs on those imports mean higher costs for making finished fuels like gasoline, much of which is likely to be passed along to U.S. consumers.
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The Dems will continue to stay in a crap situation until they come to grips and get rid of old heads such as Schumer and Pelosi. You said they are whiffing but I don't think this is a whiff. I think this is on purpose. I get the sense the socialist lefties are slowly trying to make substantial changes or people are abandoning Dems in mass but the old heads still want to get that corporate money that Repubs are getting. Dems don't actually want to be the true opposition party to Repubs because it would essentially destroy their party as we know it now.

Maybe. Just blows my mind the disconnect. Like...people have their 401k's tied to the stock market. That shit matters to the middle class. You hear "Wall Street" and nobody ever thinks of anything but hedge fund managers or fat cats. But average people fucking care about the economy being sent into a recession needlessly when they see their 401k balance plummet. Not being able to communicate that and gain favor seems like sheer ineptitude.
 
Day one of trading oil prices skyrocketed and the down dropped over 600 points.

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U.S. consumers will see higher prices at the gas pump from President Donald Trump’s decision on Saturday to apply tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil, according to analysts and fuel traders.

The likely hike in fuel prices reflects the double-edged nature of Trump’s trade protections which are designed to bolster domestic business and pressure U.S. neighbors to curb illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but which will also run counter to his promises to tackle inflation.



The U.S. imports some 4 million barrels per day of Canadian oil, 70% of which is processed by refiners in the Midwest. It also imports over 450,000 bpd of Mexican oil, mainly for refiners concentrated around the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Tariffs on those imports mean higher costs for making finished fuels like gasoline, much of which is likely to be passed along to U.S. consumers.
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Now all of sudden the cult members who were putting the Joe Biden "I did that" meme stickers on the gas pumps are going....
"Gas prices???? Who cares about eggs & gas prices???? Stupid libs.... of course gas prices should be high. I dont care about gas prices. Never cared about gas prices. "

You cant make this up. Lmfao
 
He's kinda right though.

These tariffs are ridiculous, the epitome of hubris and ignorance imo. And it's Trumps narcissism that's driving things. But the Dems are so fucking disconnected, they can't communicate why this is such a big deal on a broad scale--in layman's terms. They're stuck between this pandering to the every man schtick ("they're gonna jack up the price of your beer!") and sounding like pompous elites talking down on people.

Like...this really shouldn't be tough to sell to the American people as to why it's a massive overreach and bad for the economy. Trump's ego has given them a softball, and they're still (so far anyway) whiffing.
He's a "MAGANADIAN", he wants this bruv. He absolutely wants BDT
 
He's a "MAGANADIAN", he wants this bruv. He absolutely wants BDT

I think I saw him criticizing these tariffs in earlier posts? He may like Trump, but it doesn't seem like he's on board with the tariffs at all.
 
Without reading (yet) and with interest rates at what they are this will really hurt the building industry.

30% of the lumber that goes into new housing construction is imported from Canada and nearly 1/3rd of construction workers are immigrants. The already-fucked housing market is going to get even more fucked.
 
President Donald Trump said that he will pause for one month a new 25% tariff on goods entering the United States from Mexico after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to her country’s border to prevent drug trafficking.




OMG lol. trump haters in shambles ahahahahahaha
 
He's an enlightened centrist
Actually he is a bald Manlet who wears a skull cap because he is embarrassed he is bald. Every time I see his photo he looks like a dude who is way too old to be at the club
 
President Donald Trump said that he will pause for one month a new 25% tariff on goods entering the United States from Mexico after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to her country’s border to prevent drug trafficking.




OMG lol. trump haters in shambles ahahahahahaha
I’m really hoping that we get our own version of the Closing of the Border Gates, just like India v Pakistan ..
 
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