The Trump Tariffs thread

[Indus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1968654202684539156

Remember how by the end of his 2nd term that Reagan's brain had turned to mush? Trump's way ahead of that schedule imo

No one cares..

 

[Indus]

Goes well with the 300 million Americans died last year because of drugs comment.

If Biden had made such a flap, it would have been a story for at least a week.

Maybe that's the plan..

A few billionaires and their servants have America.. the rest get to DIE!

 

[hal2kilo]

Maybe that's the plan..

A few billionaires and their servants have America.. the rest get to DIE!

Serfdom awaits.

 

[Indus]

Seems Indian media is going overboard on Trump eliminates all tariffs on India to 0%.

Anyone have some verification of this or just propaganda overdrive?

 

[brycejones]

Seems Indian media is going overboard on Trump eliminates all tariffs on India to 0%.

Anyone have some verification of this or just propaganda overdrive?

Delusional is what it appears to be. Trump is determined to charge at least some tariffs on everyone so 0% for India sounds like bullshit.

 

[marees]

Delusional is what it appears to be. Trump is determined to charge at least some tariffs on everyone so 0% for India sounds like bullshit.

I bet Trump forces India to buy the soya stocks left unpurchased by China

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I bet Trump forces India to buy the soya stocks left unpurchased by China

- Soy Paneer, I can't imagine a greater evil unleashed on this world.

 

[outriding]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1968654202684539156

Remember how by the end of his 2nd term that Reagan's brain had turned to mush? Trump's way ahead of that schedule imo

Raygun’s brain was mush before he took office

 

[outriding]

I bet Trump forces India to buy the soya stocks left unpurchased by China

Or. He is getting a trump hotel in India or some shitty clothing made there super cheap

Trump doesn’t give a fuck about any American

 

[Indus]

- Soy Paneer, I can't imagine a greater evil unleashed on this world.

Remember all the plastic waste we used to export to 3rd world countries.

Well they burn it to make food which is toxic.

Toxic Tofu for example

Work Safety/Food Safety: Toxic tofu? How plastic waste from the West fuels food factories in Indonesia, The Guardian

…Toxic Tofu…

storiesfromindonesia.com

Also I've lived long enough in asia to know not to buy food that's boiling hot but wrapped in plastic bags..

 

[sdifox]

LoL I grew up with hot food in PET bags.

 

[KMFJD]

https://bsky.app/profile/did%3Aplc%3Adtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56%2Fpost%2F3lz7xzuhvhs2h

ouch, that's gotta cut the profit margin's a tiny little bit

 

[GodisanAtheist]

https://bsky.app/profile/did%3Aplc%3Adtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56%2Fpost%2F3lz7xzuhvhs2h

ouch, that's gotta cut the profit margin's a tiny little bit

 

[Indus]

https://bsky.app/profile/did%3Aplc%3Adtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56%2Fpost%2F3lz7xzuhvhs2h

ouch, that's gotta cut the profit margin's a tiny little bit

Not really a problem for billionaires if the USD deflates a shit ton.. ofcourse it's a problem for the masses but who gives a shit about them?

BTW guess what.. remote work will be back in demand again.

 

[borosp1]

https://bsky.app/profile/did%3Aplc%3Adtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56%2Fpost%2F3lz7xzuhvhs2h

ouch, that's gotta cut the profit margin's a tiny little bit

Companies especially large corps have shifted away from sponsoring H1bs in past 3 yrs or so especially after covid with the popularity of TEAMS and ZOOM and other remote tools.. They all opened offices in Mumbai, Philippines, China, etc.. And keep the employees in their home country paying the local prevailing wage. So not exaclty sure how putting 100K price on a h1b will generate the revenue Trump thinks it will.

 

[KMFJD]

btw that's a yearly fee

 

[borosp1]

I'm sure Trump makes an exception for hotels and resorts which he owns and hires seasonal foreign workers. As long as it has no effect on Trump himself he doesn't care about anyone else. H2A and H2B are suspiciously absent from the thing Trump is dropping on the public..

This is also all part of their project 2025 where everyday they flood the zone with more and more ridicules things.. The media and public outrage cannot keep up with BS this administration throws at the wall.

 

[Heartbreaker]

https://bsky.app/profile/did%3Aplc%3Adtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56%2Fpost%2F3lz7xzuhvhs2h

ouch, that's gotta cut the profit margin's a tiny little bit

I keep remembering the original Star Trek episode, "A Piece of the Action", where they stumble upon a society run by the Mafia...

Between this and Brendan Carr, saying "We can do this the easy way or the hard way”, the Mafia Vibes are strong this week.

 

[Jaskalas]

This is also all part of their project 2025 where everyday they flood the zone with more and more ridicules things.. The media and public outrage cannot keep up with BS this administration throws at the wall.

Why does that work?
When Trump does horrible thing #2, I do not suddenly like that he did horrible thing #1.
If it requires a sustained media campaign focused on a single item to maintain the public's anger...perhaps the public at large never cared about Democracy or human rights.

 

[Brainonska511]

I keep remembering the original Star Trek episode, "A Piece of the Action", where they stumble upon a society run by the Mafia...

Between this and Brendan Carr, saying "We can do this the easy way or the hard way”, the Mafia Vibes are strong this week.

That's been Trump's shtick for a while. Heck, he was impeached over it the first time. It's no surprise that he's surrounded himself with more boot-lickers who act just like he does.

 

[Indus]

That's been Trump's shtick for a while. Heck, he was impeached over it the first time. It's no surprise that he's surrounded himself with more boot-lickers who act just like he does.

The thing that worries me most isn't that we can't get him out.

It's how we can get his successor and enablers and the congress/ courts that protect him out.

And I honestly don't see any other way than a revolution because fascists don't really respect votes if history is any indicator.

 

[ivwshane]

The thing that worries me most isn't that we can't get him out.

It's how we can get his successor and enablers and the congress/ courts that protect him out.

And I honestly don't see any other way than a revolution because fascists don't really respect votes if history is any indicator.

That is the crux of it. Trump is one person an old one at that, he’ll be gone sooner than later no matter what. But all the people who have enabled him and all the people he’s put in place will still be around and it’s not like their ideology and goals will suddenly change. Assuming we have normal elections again, the damage he’s done may last longer than than damage Reagan caused.

 

[Brainonska511]

The thing that worries me most isn't that we can't get him out.

It's how we can get his successor and enablers and the congress/ courts that protect him out.

And I honestly don't see any other way than a revolution because fascists don't really respect votes if history is any indicator.

I'm not saying the hill will be hard to climb, but look around: normies are pissed off. Trump's approvals are in the trash. And he's busy trashing all levers of state capacity that would help him secure power for the long-term. And when you go to elect candidates, you need to seek the ones that are spurn to action and implementing reforms with slim majorities.

It's good to be realistic about what is going on and understand that much damage will take a long time to fix, but there is no need to spread doom and gloom (which can lead to people being nihilistic and avoiding any action). And if history is any guide, we know that change in this country is possible.

 

[KMFJD]

..

 

[Heartbreaker]

And if history is any guide, we know that change in this country is possible.

I don't see any historical precident for this kind of shift to authoritarianism in the USA.

You are in uncharted waters, and judging by how the slide to authoritarianism has gone in other parts of the world, it does not bode well.