The Trump Tariffs thread

[IronWing]

I bought rebar today.Tariffs suck.

 

[iRONic]

This is a huge big deal! And not in a good way…

Jim Beam to halt distillation at Clermont location in 2026

 

[misuspita]

Yep. It's not like American whisky is the only one, there are whisky producers all over the world, and if you switch, it's not like you miss on something.

 

[RnR_au]

Jim Beam shutting down bourbon production at Kentucky distillery amid Trump’s tariffs

Trade war with Canada has contributed to a significant decline in U.S. liquor sales

www.independent.co.uk

Other countries may find they like other spirits more than bourbon, and sales will never return to pre tariff levels. I know if I was Canadian, bourbon would be on my permanent 'get fucked' list.

Try some Australian whisky - https://sullivanscove.com/pages/awards

🫶

 

[K1052]

This is a huge big deal! And not in a good way…

Jim Beam to halt distillation at Clermont location in 2026

Industry group Distilled Spirits Council of the United States said that U.S. spirits exports plummeted 85 percent, falling below $10 million in the second quarter of 2025, which CEO Chris Swonger blamed on “persistent trade tensions.”

President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada has contributed to a significant decline in U.S. liquor sales (Getty)
Swonger warned the figures signaled “a shift away from our great American spirits brands” and urged Trump “to help facilitate a lasting return to tariff-free trade with our longstanding trading partners.”

Here you go guys:

 

[K1052]

Yep. It's not like American whisky is the only one, there are whisky producers all over the world, and if you switch, it's not like you miss on something.

Over the last decade and a half bourbon and rye whiskey exploded in popularity in the US and abroad. Companies seeing the demand invested enormous sums in expansion of distillation and aging facilities. Depending the product you might be looking at 8-10 years before the more profitable lines started to hit the shelves in greater quantity (about where we are now). This has coincided with a natural decrease in demand as other products are coming more in favor, decreased willingness of even hardcore enthusiasts to pay bigger markups, and Trump wrecking the export market. In short an absolute shit storm for this business.

 

[outriding]

Jim Beam shutting down bourbon production at Kentucky distillery amid Trump’s tariffs

Trade war with Canada has contributed to a significant decline in U.S. liquor sales

www.independent.co.uk

Other countries may find they like other spirits more than bourbon, and sales will never return to pre tariff levels. I know if I was Canadian, bourbon would be on my permanent 'get fucked' list.

Fuck them anyways. I looked them up. They have more money to the GOP like almost 60% to the GOP

 

[IronWing]

Over the last decade and a half bourbon and rye whiskey exploded in popularity in the US and abroad. Companies seeing the demand invested enormous sums in expansion of distillation and aging facilities. Depending the product you might be looking at 8-10 years before the more profitable lines started to hit the shelves in greater quantity (about where we are now). This has coincided with a natural decrease in demand as other products are coming more in favor, decreased willingness of even hardcore enthusiasts to pay bigger markups, and Trump wrecking the export market. In short an absolute shit storm for this business.

Hardcore enthusiasts? Really?

Drunkards, D R U N K A R K S spells drunkards!

 

[K1052]

Hardcore enthusiasts? Really?

Drunkards, D R U N K A R K S spells drunkards!

There are a large amount of people who will spend hundreds on a bottle of whiskey and not drink it.

 

[hal2kilo]

Jim Beam shutting down bourbon production at Kentucky distillery amid Trump’s tariffs

Trade war with Canada has contributed to a significant decline in U.S. liquor sales

www.independent.co.uk

Other countries may find they like other spirits more than bourbon, and sales will never return to pre tariff levels. I know if I was Canadian, bourbon would be on my permanent 'get fucked' list.

Nothing at all wrong with some Crown around.

 

[RnR_au]

Trump vs Europe part ?

 

[VashHT]

Fuck them anyways. I looked them up. They have more money to the GOP like almost 60% to the GOP

No big loss, Jimmy Beam sucks ass.

 

[Jaskalas]

Trump vs Europe part ?

I see. So Trump single handedly demands the price of medicine increase by 25%.
Dumb ass MAGA think they're not going to be paying that?

 

[SteveGrabowski]

This is a huge big deal! And not in a good way…

Jim Beam to halt distillation at Clermont location in 2026

Gotta love FAFO season. If I have to eat the shit sandwich they voted for in Kentucky I'm glad they have to eat the whole damn roll.

 

[QueBert]

I see. So Trump single handedly demands the price of medicine increase by 25%.
Dumb ass MAGA think they're not going to be paying that?

That's gotta be fake news from the TDS ran MSM, Trump himself said, because of him medicine prices would be dropping 400-500%

Maybe this 25% is what he's gonna tax big pharma in addition to forcing them to lower the prices 400%. MAGA's voted for this, as I'm sure a whole fucking bunch on X will tell you if you ask them about this.

 

[cytg111]

Trump vs Europe part ?

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[iRONic]

Gotta love FAFO season. If I have to eat the shit sandwich they voted for in Kentucky I'm glad they have to eat the whole damn roll.

You aren’t seeing the bigger picture while having your big chuckle fest.

 

[RnR_au]

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Sounds like Trump is trying to make his backers from the phama industry happy by trying to squeeze more profit out of the French health system. The French, like the Australians, negotiate at the Federal level on behalf of their entire hospital system for the price of medical drugs.

What Can the United States Learn from Pharmaceutical Spending Controls in France?

Marc Rodwin of Suffolk University Law School reports that the French health system controls drug prices by determining maximum prices based on added therapeutic value and external reference pricing; employing negotiation to set prices and limit price increases; and capping total spending to a...

www.commonwealthfund.org

And sounds like Trump is willing to threaten French trade with a good time to make the phama guys happy.

 

[biostud]

Sounds like Trump is trying to make his backers from the phama industry happy by trying to squeeze more profit out of the French health system. The French, like the Australians, negotiate at the Federal level on behalf of their entire hospital system for the price of medical drugs.

What Can the United States Learn from Pharmaceutical Spending Controls in France?

Marc Rodwin of Suffolk University Law School reports that the French health system controls drug prices by determining maximum prices based on added therapeutic value and external reference pricing; employing negotiation to set prices and limit price increases; and capping total spending to a...

www.commonwealthfund.org

And sounds like Trump is willing to threaten French trade with a good time to make the phama guys happy.

The thing being that, trade agreement are handled by EU, so anything he tries to do against a single country will be retaliated by the total of EU. No country in EU are allowed to do their own trade agreements.