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1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

As long as we do, really don’t have a trade deficit with anyone, not even China.

Thank GIF

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43 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

I was watching the Longhorn baseball game at the local watering hole yesterday and was catching up w/ a friendly acquaintance  I haven't seen in a few months. He's in his 60s and could retire at any time but is waiting for a package out the door. He must be a Fox News/Newsmax type because he decided to sneak in a talking point about "well, the stock market was overdue for a correction after hitting 45,000 so in the long run this is probably a healthy thing." I damn near choked on my beer w/ laughter and told him "that's the equivalent of saying 'well, my car two-year old car with 12,000 miles on it was due for an oil change so it's really for the best that an uninsured motorist plowed into it and totaled it in the parking lot of Home Depot.'" Totally clueless.

Cultists gonna cult.

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25 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:


Here’s the basic fact of the matter- we currently control the world’s reserve currency. As long as we do, really don’t have a trade deficit with anyone, not even China. Think about this: our adversary sends us tangible goods with intrinsic value that we control demand for, and we export to them our fiat currency, which we control the supply of. And they are cheating US, you say? And you want to do something to stop THAT?

So in what sense does this accomplish anything other than weaken the market for our most important export, the dollar?

1) FUCKING THIS!

2)FIFY

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55 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

No. Don’t do this. This is a media narrative used to strike a balanced tone because outside of the business press they don’t care about or understand the global trade economy. His first term tariffs were a disaster. We lost global market share in ag exports we will never get back. The winner of the 2017 trade war was China, and will be this time as well. 
The only tariffs that benefit us, even WRT China, are the limited set of commodities and goods where we need to maintain strategic capability, like steel and heavy manufacturing. And even in those cases there are usually better ways to protect capability and American IP. 
Here’s the basic fact of the matter- we control the world’s reserve currency. As long as we do, really don’t have a trade deficit with anyone, not even China. Think about this: our adversary sends us tangible goods with intrinsic value that we control demand for, and we export to them our fiat currency, which we control the supply of. And they are cheating US, you say? And you want to do something to stop THAT?

So in what sense does this accomplish anything other than weaken the market for our most important export, the dollar?

Good points.  I'd submit that moreso than "heavy manufacturing," it's electronics manufacturing, because that's where they steal consequential IP, although they steal IP anytime they manufacture goods according to Western design.

But my point wasn't in any way to defend Trump tariffs, just question why he got such a hardon for them between 2021 and 2024 or so.

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Posted (edited)
14 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

But my point wasn't in any way to defend Trump tariffs, just question why he got such a hardon for them between 2021 and 2024 or so.

Again- don’t do this. You’re lawyering outside of court. The preemptive concession that the previous tarriffs were less of a hard-on is not  necessary, but more importantly it’s not correct. He just had less compliant, better people around him then. 
 

adding: the previous term was also not prominently supported by people who benefit from global de-dollarization. This one is.

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12 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Again- don’t do this. You’re lawyering outside of court. The preemptive concession that the previous tarriffs were less of a hard-on is not  necessary, but more importantly it’s not correct. He just had less compliant, better people around him then. 
 

adding: the previous term was also not prominently supported by people who benefit from global de-dollarization. This one is.

Notably here, perhaps, Robert Lighthizer, who was his first-term USTR.  Although pro-tariff/protectionism, he seemed one of the more qualified appointments.  And is nowhere to be found now.

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Posted
20 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

What's kind of interesting is why Trump is all jacked up about tariffs now, as opposed to his first term?

Is it because his Chinese tariffs were somewhat successful?  I think one can make a case that almost any tariffs against China are justifiable, because they are "cheating us" in several ways.  That's not true of everyone we have a trade imbalance with.

Something or someone got in his ear about this.

And flew out of the other ear meeting no resistance.

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I do believe the idiots when they say "this isn't what we voted for", that they were truly duped by someone as intellectually equipped as Trump, that they had selective hearing and didn't pick up on what the exact details of his plan were going to be all along.

That does make me feel worse that people that stupid make up the majority of our voting age adults.

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10 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

I’m still trying to figure out why anyone was still in last month’s market investments when everyone knew what he was gonna do because he announced it.   “I will be announcing my tariffs on April 2, there may be pain…”

< Gee…. I should probably just sit here in the aggressive growth mutual fund, and hope it all works out.>
 

Not sorry any MAGgat is down a ton, but I remain bewildered why non-Trumpers did not tweak their portfolio or 401(k) before the market took a dump.  

It was the most obvious market correction ever.  I thought COVID was pretty well known ahead of time when China shut down their entire economy, nailed shut people's doors to keep them locked down and the market kept going up.  You knew shit was going to hit the fan and the day it reached Italy all hell broke loose.  This is even more obvious because the dotard told everyone exactly when he was going to fuck shit up.

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10 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

Yeah. I'm not even close to rich but 3200 in a retirement fund is not life altering

He is down $3200 after a 6% drop in a single day.  Which means he had about $53K in retirement investments.   Apparently he thought eating the cats, eating the dogs was going to be his retirement menu.  

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Posted
4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

No. Don’t do this. This is a media narrative used to strike a balanced tone because outside of the business press they don’t care about or understand the global trade economy. His first term tariffs were a disaster. We lost global market share in ag exports we will never get back. The winner of the 2017 trade war was China, and will be this time as well. 
The only tariffs that benefit us, even WRT China, are the limited set of commodities and goods where we need to maintain strategic capability, like steel and heavy manufacturing. And even in those cases there are usually better ways to protect capability and American IP. 
Here’s the basic fact of the matter- we control the world’s reserve currency. As long as we do, really don’t have a trade deficit with anyone, not even China. Think about this: our adversary sends us tangible goods with intrinsic value that we control demand for, and we export to them our fiat currency, which we control the supply of. And they are cheating US, you say? And you want to do something to stop THAT?

So in what sense does this accomplish anything other than weaken the market for our most important export, the dollar?

 "Why does the world get to use the US Dollar as the reserve currency?! It's time for the world's currencies to stand on their own and quit holding back the mighty US dollar!!" -Sen Tommy Tuberville...probably. 

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On 4/6/2025 at 6:37 AM, LTbear said:

Just to say it: I'm in Yellowstone about 100 days a year. The old and natural residents of Gardiner  - the ones who are working in and around the park - are overwhelmingly blue. The rich as fuck assholes who have moved here in droves, buying up land up and down Paradise Valley just north of Gardiner - that's where the MAGATS are. 

Back in 2018, I was driving down 89 heading into Gardiner and there was a barn off the road with a huge painted on sign that said "Trump: Brains and Balls". lol'd at that, so yeah, definite magat country.

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On 3/15/2025 at 8:46 AM, tx 3 putt said:

BREAKING:

Canada set to CANCEL order for U.S F-35 fighter jets 

“We are being compelled to look at options.” 

- Bill Blair, Canadian Defence Minister
 


A Canadian professor says that Canada can't afford to do that because it would take 10 years.  If the Chinese were smart, they'd offer Canada a great plane at like 20% of what the F-35 costs. The Canadians, in turn, would study the proposal. The howls from Republican senators and congressmen would be worth it.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/carney-revisiting-canadas-purchase-of-f-35-fighter-jets-but-why-dont-we-make-our-own-planes

 

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On 4/6/2025 at 5:35 AM, Mother mopar said:

Depends on the subreddit 

I haven't noticed, but I pretty much stick to r/buttholesharpies

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12 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

I haven't noticed, but I pretty much stick to r/buttholesharpies

A subreddit 10,000 X more dignified than anything to come out of the White House since 1/20.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:


A Canadian professor says that Canada can't afford to do that because it would take 10 years.  If the Chinese were smart, they'd offer Canada a great plane at like 20% of what the F-35 costs. The Canadians, in turn, would study the proposal. The howls from Republican senators and congressmen would be worth it.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/carney-revisiting-canadas-purchase-of-f-35-fighter-jets-but-why-dont-we-make-our-own-planes

 

Answer: Even if the US fucks up and leaves NATO, no Western NATO Ally is going to integrate Chinese tech into their military.  Canada will buy Saabs or Eurofighters. 

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On 4/6/2025 at 4:46 PM, Parliament said:

Parliament: "So...grain prices."
Parliament friend who farms: "Still higher than under Biden."
 

Update: “In 4 years prices will be down (deflation) and we won’t have a trade imbalance with China.”

I mean sure.  If our economy and currency collapse yeah I guess.

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Posted
11 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

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He very nearly did this during his first term you moronic idiot! It was a goddamn miracle we made it through. We won't be so lucky this time. 

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16 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Answer: Even if the US fucks up and leaves NATO, no Western NATO Ally is going to integrate Chinese tech into their military.  Canada will buy Saabs or Eurofighters. 

And they should.  We are absolutely making European defense manufacturing great again.

Any and all of our former allies would be fools if they aren't IMMEDIATELY pursuing a plan to "de-Americanify" their defense purchasing/arming.  We are an unreliable and untrustworthy seller, who may well be at war with any one of them at any moment, on the whim of a fucking psychopath.  A European power buying an F-35 from the US at this point would be as dumb as buying SU-34s from Russia.

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17 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Answer: Even if the US fucks up and leaves NATO, no Western NATO Ally is going to integrate Chinese tech into their military.  Canada will buy Saabs or Eurofighters. 

 

You are probably correct, but China should make the offer, and Canada should still "consider" it. Just to fuck with Congressional R's and DOtArD. 

 

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7 minutes ago, Foosters said:

r/LeopardsAteMyFace - MAGAt surprised by tariff surcharge

Would it be ok to bash Brandon?  Let's Go Brandon, maybe you should listen to economists about how tariffs work instead of politicians.  If you thought the producers were paying the tariffs instead of the consumers you believed the lies.

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Posted
15 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Meghan McCuntface with tweets exactly one month apart.

How it started:

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How it’s going:

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This is on top of her bellyaching about DOGE killing brain cancer research at UofA.

Go. Fuck. Yourself.

Whalecunt

She doesn't care about her friend or other people really. They care about their ideology. 

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Posted
49 minutes ago, Slacks said:

I interviewed a guy yesterday who has been laid off...  Florida Man, whose daughter has expensive extracurricular activities in school.

I mention the stock market going the wing direction. He says, "Well, hopefully we get some better trade deals that help America."

Someone will hire him, but it won't be me. I'm sure they have leopard gators or something.

 

They just can't fucking help themselves. They CANNOT go 10 minutes without popping off some maga remark even if it costs them a job. Like the ones who make some maga comment on every single facebook post known to man. 

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17 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

 

They just can't fucking help themselves. They CANNOT go 10 minutes without popping off some maga remark even if it costs them a job. Like the ones who make some maga comment on every single facebook post known to man. 

One of the main points of MAGA is to constantly remind everybody how MAGA you are. They can never be MAGA enough. Yet we’re constantly trying to convince them of something, anything else.  Or you know, both sides.

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