The Trump Tariffs thread

[SteveGrabowski]

Since Wednesday is my nephew's birthday I figured I'd go grab some discount Easter candy at Walmart to throw in with his presents and saw the same Lego set I bought for $60 a month ago is now $80 thanks to the Dotard Tax. I hope he doesn't ask for Legos for Christmas lol.

 

[DZero]

Since Wednesday is my nephew's birthday I figured I'd go grab some discount Easter candy at Walmart to throw in with his presents and saw the same Lego set I bought for $60 a month ago is now $80 thanks to the Dotard Tax. I hope he doesn't ask for Legos for Christmas lol.

Better to tell the truth: Trump hates Santa Claus

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Off to the races. DOW opening another 750 points in the red and heading redder.

 

[K1052]

All the interviews I hear of people who voted for him going "Well short term this could be a real problem for me personally but long term it might work out so let's see" are an incredible manifestation of faith based economics.

 

[Indus]

All the interviews I hear of people who voted for him going "Well short term this could be a real problem for me personally but long term it might work out so let's see" are an incredible manifestation of faith based economics.

The smartest people were the ones who never trusted him and took their money out before the shit show began!

 

[iRONic]

Off to the races. DOW opening another 750 points in the red and heading redder.

I stopped watching it at the opening. I check the closing at dinner when we turn on the local news.

 

[BoomerD]

Better to tell the truth: Trump hates Santa Claus

You have it backwards…Santa hates Trump and is trying to make him look bad by passing the tariffs on to customers instead of absorbing the increases like a good, respectful ‘Murican company should do.

 

[Indus]

I stopped watching it at the opening. I check the closing at dinner when we turn on the local news.

I'm caught in 2 minds.. do I trust the S&P 500 to recover or do I put it somewhere safer?

We've never had a government actively try to destroy America and S&P 500 was always based in the belief of America.

 

[MrSquished]

Since Wednesday is my nephew's birthday I figured I'd go grab some discount Easter candy at Walmart to throw in with his presents and saw the same Lego set I bought for $60 a month ago is now $80 thanks to the Dotard Tax. I hope he doesn't ask for Legos for Christmas lol.

There aren't going to be toys to buy if this keeps up. Yesterday at Easter one of the guests is an importer. Almost all of their imports are from China. They have big retail clients in the us, they are quite wealthy. Nothing from China is making it here if the tariffs stay anywhere near where they are. Already this month has had more blank ships than the first month Covid kicked in 2020.

 

[Jaskalas]

Already this month has had more blank ships than the first month Covid kicked in 2020.

Yes, Trump has already caused more economic damage than COVID.
It'll just take a moment to feel the impact.

 

[Josh128]

Christofascism is exactly whats taking place with Trump and the far right MAGAts at this time. This is very disturbing and intriguing for me as a catholic Christian, and it highlights the still-apparently huge gulf in philosophies and beliefs of evangelical protestants and catholics. From the very get go, I found the shameful defending of Trump and many of his most ardent supporters' disgraceful rhetoric and actions to be the antithesis of the very words attributed to Christ himself in the bible. Much, indeed most, of this "defense of Trump no matter what" comes from radical evangelical protestant "Christians" such as Mike Johnson, MTG, and others, with a few notable exceptions like JD Vance (who maybe not so ironically was raised as an evangelical protestant but converted to catholicism later in life), all of whom seem to look to Trump as some sort of god-king figure.

Below are a couple of very interesting articles on Christofascism that seem to perfectly describe what is currently happening.

Our research clearly demonstrates that Christian nationalism actually has little to do with religiousness per se. In fact, when we compare how Christian nationalist ideology and traditional measures of religious commitment (e.g., worship attendance, prayer, sacred text reading) influence Americans’ political attitudes and behaviors, we find they work in the exact opposite direction.

The Threat of Christofascism

The U.S. is struggling through a profound socio-political crisis reflecting the deeper global economic and environmental realignments now taking place.

www.counterpunch.org

How Christofascists became the heart of the MAGA movement

Author Kathryn Joyce makes sense of the Age of Trump and the rising fascist tide in America

www.salon.com

 

[Indus]

Mooch:

 

[dainthomas]

Line go down.

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He had positive economic approval in 2020? wtaf

 

[iRONic]

Am I still in the ‘Tariffs thread? Did I not see any post about an airline in China returning another one of their new aircraft to Boeing…?

“A spokesperson for Xiamen Airlines on Monday confirmed that two planes marked for the carrier had gone to the U.S., but declined to provide a reason.“

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/second-boeing-jet-starts-return-china-tracker-shows-2025-04-21/

 

[Indus]

Bsky reality:

Bob Elliott (@bobeunlimited.bsky.social)

A look into how many folks managed through a tumultuous couple weeks. Kinda funny to be characterized as a FinTok influencer, but Petunia is happy for the walks! https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-tariffs-capitalism-global-us-economy-stock-market-wall-street.html

bsky.app

vs X reality

https://twitter.com/x/status/1914367176070332901

Yep there are plenty of MAGA cultists (especially Indians) who think everything's fine.. the EU and Chinese are being unreasonable. Best of all they don't see anything wrong with Tesla.. and don't get why if you buy a Swastikar.. you get labelled a NAZI for FREE!

 

[Indus]

 

[Indus]

This doesn't sound good:

 

[sdifox]

Zimbabwe is going to reissue 10 trillion dollar bill in Donnie's honour.

 

[MtnMan]

The man who bankrupt 4 casinos has a plan.

He's going to drive manufacturing away from the US.

 

[RalphTheCow]

Another day, another few trillion in wealth destroyed by the president who is good for the economy.

The American voter snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. Yay.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Trump is going to be known as our first socialist president.

He will bring equality to the masses, unfortunately they will all be equally poor.

 

[K1052]

Trump is going to be known as our first socialist president.

He will bring equality to the masses, unfortunately they will all be equally poor.

Going to be hilarious when they try to impose price controls.

 

[Indus]

Going to be hilarious when they try to impose price controls.

I still cannot fathom, even after a decade, how an average American adult human being could listen to or read a word that comes out of Trump and think, “Yep. There is a smart guy who’s on top of his economic game for America and Americans. That’s my man!”

 

[Indus]

FAFO

 

[Jaskalas]

I still cannot fathom, even after a decade, how an average American adult human being could listen to or read a word that comes out of Trump and think, “Yep. There is a smart guy who’s on top of his economic game for America and Americans. That’s my man!”

Did you not spend the ENTIRE PAST DECADE listening to Foxnews and Newsmax telling you that Obama killed the economy and Trump raised it from the dead for a glorious 4 years starting in 2017?
Have you NEVER heard the MAGA gospel preached by the faithful zealots?

Their propaganda lies and steals credit for Obama's steady hand and great economy. Trump managed to win the election just as it was peaking. They don't care who built it. They have what they need to steal and propagandize it. Once you realize that, the foundation of their narrative, perhaps you can fill in the blanks for how they wrote the rest of the scripture.

I call it the Church of MAGA.... FOR A REASON. Their alt-reality knows no bounds. It is to serve their power grabbing agenda and that requires lies about how amazing and glorious DEAR LEADER is. You ask any of the faithful, any of the MAGA zealots. Those lies are FACTS. Their truth is that the God Emperor is amazing. Cheeto Jesus can do no wrong. And none of them will ever tell you that he did anything wrong. The group-think binds them together and they use it to draw in more rubes. Anyone neutral and or dumb enough to fall for their story.