When are "Tariffs are good for the USA" = "Exemptions from tariffs are good for the USA?"
By Mark-Paul
@MarkPaul (243)
March 5, 2025 10:14pm CST
trump announces how great tariffs are going to be for American auto manufacturers and farmers and then issues them exemptions from the tariffs because tariffs will destroy their businesses.
It's as though trump has no business and economic sense at all as he lies to low-information citizens who choose to believe, enthusiastically support, and repeat whatever he says regardless of how nonsensical.
Let's sabotage and destroy the American economy.
maga
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@jaylar (1114)
• Kingston, Jamaica
6 Mar
He has no knowledge of virtually anything. He can put tariffs on goods and we can buy from other countries. He is so stupid that he doesn;t remember the last time he did this.
His followers believe everything he says, that is how stupid they are.
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@jaylar (1114)
• Kingston, Jamaica
6 Mar
@MarkPaul exactly. He, as many Americans, does not realise there are other places in the world. For example, in my country you almost never see an American car. You can't find American manufactured fridges, microwaves, etc.
America is not the world. The mistake the world made was to rely on America.
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@jaylar (1114)
• Kingston, Jamaica
6 Mar
This is the result of parents who took no interest in their child, never toilet trained him, and paid his way out of difficulty. If he'd gotten a few good smacks, not only from his parents but kids at school, he'd appreciate the sun doesn't rise because he said so.
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@thedevilinme (4284)
• Northampton, England
7 Mar
Thyr had his speech live with the Wall Street number sin the corner tumbling away
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@jaylar (1114)
• Kingston, Jamaica
9 Mar
@MarkPaul it is hard for many people to believe America elected an uneducated, unintelligent buffoon as President so in a way they try to explain his actions. To me, he's that obnoxious three year old who throws himself on the floor of the supermarket, howling like a stuck pig... he's that 13 year old fat boy pushing around 7 year olds.
He is currently owned and operated by Putin and does what he is told.
@MarkPaul (243)
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9 Mar
That is quite an interesting perspective that offers some potential insights. Thanks for sharing.
trump is no student of history and based on insider reports he doesn't have the (adult) attention span to sit through to learn any history lessons. So, at most he has had a comic book version of President McKinley read to him. That could explain why McKinley is his current most favourite former president right now and he only is aware of the cool things he thinks Mckinely did and totally unaware of any of the downsides. In true childlike fashion, trump now wants to childishly mimic this comic book version fantasy.
The most revealing part of the article is concerning the on-again, off-again tariffs...
"He can make the pain disappear or remain in place whenever and on whomever he wants. Extending the deadline by another month, for example, gives time for companies who might be devastated by the tariffs to come fill the coffers of the GOP. They could even pay [t]rump directly, for example by buying his $[t]RUMP meme coins."
That certainly fits with trump's character and style. On the other hand, trump is a short-term, live-in-the-moment, impulsive character, so it doesn't seem anything he is doing is as well thought out and strategically calculated as is suggested in the article. The attention he is being given and the sense of power over the tariffs he is getting is as intoxicating to him as what the "the red hats" feel by believing they are "owning the libs." For both, that is there only motivation regardless of consequences. In that sense, there is no "big picture." They just want to get to the next high... or keep the high from ever stopping.
