Economy Trump Day 1 Executive Order: 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada with additional 10% on China

[Gamer2k4]

Aren’t tariffs inherently against Republican’s beloved invisible hand of the free market.

MAGA seems opposed to capitalism.

He's not doing it for economic reasons. He's doing it to attempt to fix other problems, like drug smuggling and illegal immigration.

 

[Lycandroid]

Anyone who votes for the Liberals who would rather destroy our economy just to spite Trump than fix our border is a fucking moron. Trudeau should be in jail for proroguing parliament instead of dealing with such a critical issue. He has never made it more abundantly clear that the best interests of Canadians don't factor into his decision making.

@Andy Capp laugh react away Krusty the Clown. You think the way the Liberals are going about this is the way to go ? You think shutting down parliament instead of dealing with this is acceptable ? please explain yourself

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Try that again, shit for brains:



The thread is about what he claimed. Whether it would happen or not is part of the discussion.

To be fair, it's probably tough to get an education while you sit in a bunker with your underwear on your head.

I only read the title because your posts are dogshit.

 

[Sweater of AV]

I only read the title because your posts are dogshit.

Concession accepted.

The title is exactly what was claimed. I understand kids these days struggle with anything more than ten words but my posts will give you the education you never received. Now be a good girl and run along.

 

[Poirierfan]

Aren’t tariffs inherently against Republican’s beloved invisible hand of the free market.

MAGA seems opposed to capitalism.

MAGA is America first for the first time ever, get use to it.

 

[Poirierfan]

they're gonna own so many libs by losing jobs and paying more for everything.

and their lame ass excuse to try to justify why they are going to make their own citizens lose jobs and pay extra for imported goods? apparently it's every other countries job to secure the usa's border because just like every time a border funding bill gets introduced, they don't want to do anything about the border other than to cry about and treat their "border crisis" as nothing more than a political campaign prop every time an election pops up.

yes, slap tarriffs on everything. that's suredy duredy going to help secure your own borders! none of that extra tarriff money the citizens will ultimately be paying for on virtually every item they buy will be going to funding their border thing that they don't actually care about every time it comes to putting a pen to paper. it's likely going straight into the pockets of the apartheid diamond baby president from africa and his rapey orange stooge. but hey, these rich guys need your money more than you do, so fill your boots bro.

this is what they wanted though. gotta fund those tax cuts for the rich corporate ceo's. to hell with the rest of you. you are nothing more than a vote for president musk and the first felon, and you will soon be arriving in the find out stage. too late for takebacks now though. they already got what they wanted out of you, but hey they could always use some more of your money so feel free to get your donations in to the super rich guys and don't forget to buy some sneakers, watches, bibles, and trading cards while you're at it. though none of that shit is made in america so you may as well stock up now before the tarriffs arrive because we all know that fraudy von schitzenpantz won't be soaking up the added fees out of his own pocket just to sell you some more of his chinese slave goods.

don't you guys worry though. after they gut your health insurance and social security and slash funding to your childrens schools it will all be worth it after the "department of government efficiency" spends millions of dollars remaking all of their maps to change the name of the gulf of mexico or some other petty little shit to appease president musk and the orange rapist.

You watch way too much fake news.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

You watch way too much fake news.

that's nice. good for me i guess. i guess all of the imported produce from mexico that you'll be paying 25% more for will be fake news too. if you didn't know that the united states imports a shit load of produce from mexico, you're soon going to be made very much aware of just how many goods they import.

but it will all be worth paying more money for your groceries and your automobile parts and everything just as long as it pisses off a libtard or two. just plug your ears and scream "fake news" and "TDS!" at the sky once you get to that checkout counter and it will surely help your wallet feel a little more at ease during the finding out phase which you are now about to enter.

but hey this is what you wanted. the prices of imported goods are about to skyrocket. the businesses aren't going to simply just eat up the costs. they are in business to make a profit, not to run a charity service. you know who's ultimately going to be paying all of the extra cost for those imported goods after it goes from the manufacturer to the consumer? take one guess, and if you can't figure it out then you'll be finding out real quick just how tarriffs work.

 

[DanSavage]

that's nice. good for me i guess. i guess all of the imported produce from mexico that you'll be paying 25% more for will be fake news too.

Or, not.

When prices for imported goods become too expensive, most folks will, either, stop buying them or find cheaper alternatives.

When Trump imposed tariffs on China in 2015, China responded by devaluing their currency in order to keep the prices of their exports the same.

This only hurt the Chinese citizens and businesses and did nothing to increase US prices on goods imported from China.

 

[jefferz]

Or, not.

When prices for imported goods become too expensive, most folks will, either, stop buying them or find cheaper alternatives.

When Trump imposed tariffs on China in 2015, China responded by devaluing their currency in order to keep the prices of their exports the same.

This only hurt the Chinese citizens and businesses and did nothing to increase US prices on goods imported from China.

2015?

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

4 Years. Good luck

 

[Fanu]

He's not doing it for economic reasons. He's doing it to attempt to fix other problems, like drug smuggling and illegal immigration.

then why tarrif Canada and EU?

 

[Blayt7hh]

Mexico and China I get, but why are we going after Canada?

 

[idrankyourbeer]

you guys better start stocking up on your coffee.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Colombian socialst bend the knee.

 

[Mr Holmes]

you guys better start stocking up on your coffee.

My führer

 

[Kingz]

Beautiful

And lol at Comrade Petro and his impotent commie screed at Trump. A speedball of woke virtue signaling.

“The world is welcome…except our own citizens you’re trying to return”

Kick his ass, Trump

 

[heloder]

My führer

Creepy and gross.

Petro's actual response:

Trump, I don't really like traveling to the U.S. much. It's a bit boring, but I confess there are admirable things. I enjoy visiting the Black neighborhoods of Washington. There, I witnessed an entire struggle in the U.S. capital between Blacks and Latinos with barricades. It seemed like nonsense to me because they should unite.

I confess I like Walt Whitman, Paul Simon, Noam Chomsky, and Miller.

I confess that Sacco and Vanzetti, who share my blood, are memorable figures in U.S. history, and I follow them. They were executed in the electric chair for being labor leaders, killed by the fascists who exist in the U.S., just as they exist in my country.

I don't like your oil, Trump. It will destroy the human species out of greed. Perhaps someday, over a glass of whiskey—which I accept despite my gastritis—we can talk frankly about this. But it's difficult because you consider me an inferior race, which I am not, nor is any Colombian.

So if you’re looking for someone stubborn, that’s me, period. With your economic power and arrogance, you can try to stage a coup d’état like you did with Allende. But I will die on my own terms. I resisted torture, and I will resist you. I don't want slaveholders near Colombia; we’ve already had enough of them, and we freed ourselves. What I want near Colombia are lovers of freedom. If you can’t stand with me, I’ll go elsewhere. Colombia is the heart of the world, and you didn’t understand that. This is the land of yellow butterflies, the beauty of Remedios, but also of the Aurelianos Buendía, of whom I am one—perhaps the last.

You may kill me, but I will live on in my people, who came before yours in the Americas. We are peoples of the winds, the mountains, the Caribbean Sea, and of freedom.

You don’t like our freedom, fine. I don’t shake hands with white slaveholders. I shake the hands of the white libertarians, heirs of Lincoln, and the Black and white rural youth of the U.S., at whose graves I cried and prayed on a battlefield I reached after walking through the mountains of Tuscany, after surviving COVID.

They are the U.S., and before them, I kneel. Before no one else.

Bring me down, Mr. President, and the Americas and humanity will respond.

Colombia will no longer look to the North; we look to the world. Our blood comes from the blood of the Caliphate of Córdoba—the civilization of its time—from the Roman Latins of the Mediterranean, who founded the Republic, democracy in Athens. Our blood includes Black resisters turned into slaves by you. In Colombia is the first free territory in the Americas, before Washington, in all of the Americas. There, I find shelter in African songs.

My land is the home of goldsmithing that existed during the time of the Egyptian pharaohs and of the world’s first artists in Chiribiquete.

You will never dominate us. The warrior who rode across our lands, shouting freedom, stands in opposition, and his name is Bolívar.

Our peoples are somewhat fearful, somewhat timid. They are naïve and kind, loving. But they will know how to reclaim the Panama Canal, which you took from us through violence. Two hundred heroes from all of Latin America lie in Bocas del Toro, present-day Panama—formerly Colombia—whom you murdered.

I raise a flag, and as Gaitán once said, even if I am left alone, it will remain raised with the dignity of Latin America, which is the dignity of America—something your great-grandfather didn’t know, but mine did, Mr. President, an immigrant to the U.S.

Your blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the land of beauty, is the heart of the world. I know you love beauty as much as I do. Do not disrespect it, and it will offer you its sweetness.

COLOMBIA FROM THIS DAY FORWARD OPENS TO THE WORLD WITH OPEN ARMS. WE ARE BUILDERS OF FREEDOM, LIFE, AND HUMANITY.

I’ve been informed that you impose a 50% tariff on the fruits of our labor to enter the U.S. I’ll do the same.

Let our people plant corn—which was discovered in Colombia—and feed the world.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Creepy and gross.

Petro's actual response:

Its called a joke. That response sounds like it was written by a blue haired Columbia University student. Why do we have 2 responses?

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Its called a joke. That response sounds like it was written by a blue haired Columbia University student. Why do we have 2 responses?

Dude sounds like a bundle of sticks/British cigarette tbh.

 

[Mr Holmes]

Dude sounds like a bundle of sticks/British cigarette tbh.

He probably falls asleep watching the Che Guevara movie every night.