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The Trump Tariffs thread

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uallas5 said:
I remember this from back in the early 90's living/working at a backpacker's hostel in Edinburgh, Scotland. I was on the front desk one morning, and I noticed a lot of the Australians staying there leaving for a bit and coming back, sometimes in groups of three or more. I asked what was up and one told me they were all going to the local consulate to vote. As an American I was fairly gob smacked, why would you bother when you're living 1/2 way around the world, especially when everyone was in their mid 20's. He said they had to and there was a fine if they didn't. But he also said the fine was so low it was meaningless, that they voted because that's what everyone always does.
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Easiest way to do it is enforce a minimal fine, paid only at the voting location, so you gotta go there one way or another.
 
K1052 said:
Especially on the grounds of national security as the statute is written. I'm sure the court will ok this though.
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So if it's a Canadien movie about how to make a bathroom cabinet, is that a 200% or 300% tariff? All this winning has got my head spinning too much to figure out.
 
The obvious question with this is how does that play into the case to invalidate these tariffs as outside of the scope of the law? This is clearly not about what it says Trump has the authority to do. I can see the filings being submitted as we speak.
 
uallas5 said:
According to Reuters it was this morning though knowing him he probably said it before, then forgot, then someone complained about a foreign movie that made the US look "bad", then Boom, new tariff.

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Back in May:

deadline.com

Donald Trump Says He’s Pursuing 100% Tariffs On Movies Produced Outside U.S., Calling Runaway Production “A National Security Threat”

Donald Trump said that the administration is beginning the process to impose a 100% tariff on imports of movies that are produced in "foreign lands."
deadline.com deadline.com
 
So now AI generated video generation service will be tariffed more, if the underlying GPU farm is located outside USA ??
 
IronWing said:
Pakistan is getting favorable treatment on tariffs as they have been willing to cut deals with Trump that would allow US oil companies to develop Pakistan’s vast untapped oil reserves. Trump is giddy over these deals and the Pakistani government is also quite pleased with the outcome. It should be noted that Pakistan doesn’t have any vast untapped oil reserves.
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I thought we were going to be drilling here?
 
I'm not really a Newsom fan but this is as succinct an explanation of Trump 2.0 as you can get.

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Reacting to Trump’s latest scheme in a post on X, the governor wrote, “You’re already paying more for eggs, coffee, toys, shoes, electricity, furniture, cars, and flights. Now, Trump wants to raise taxes to see the movies.”

“PAY MORE AND ENJOY NOTHING,” Newsom went on. “That’s Donald Trump’s America.”
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavi...vie-tariff-plan_n_68daead1e4b0d196a63fa5ca?kc
 
K1052 said:
The amount of absolutely shameless fucking bald faced lying happening is really incredible. Nothing this government says can be trusted.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3m27irjkava2e


Can you find Trump 1.0 and Biden admins on this chart? I can.


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Then in Trump 2.0 wheeeeee

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Even the host says...

THAT SOUNDS LIKE MALARKEY! C'MON MAN!!

No wonder they want to get rid of education.. they've not decimated education enough yet to the point where whatever they say flies.
 
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