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7 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

So Tiktok is owned by a staunch Trump ally.

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Check another box on "this is what fascist regimes do."  Co-opting and working in partnership with corporate interests to advance (and importantly, absolutely protect) the regime's interests is literally textbook.

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Man, if you're still stupid enough to use TikTok after 2024, you're hopeless and not worth paying attention to

*looks at basically everyone under 30 in disgust* 

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President Trump's announcement of potential 100% tariffs starting on China on Nov 1 will get all the attention, but export controls on "any and all critical software" could be extremely far-reaching, depending on how "critical software" is defined.

Broadly scoped, this could capture any U.S. software or product containing U.S. software - which would disrupt most tech flows to China. It also could be scoped to block Chinese access to U.S. cloud computing services, as well as U.S. AI models. That would be extremely painful for Beijing.

Narrowly scoped, this could just restrict U.S. chip-design software (which the U.S. controlled in May in response to the original Chinese rare earth controls, but subsequently issued licenses for). That would be far narrower than the scope of the controls that China announced.

Bottom-line: There is significant ambiguity regarding what exactly President Trump is threatening here. He deserves credit for moving swiftly to push back on China's actions. But precise and credible threats are necessary to deter China from implementing their controls - and for this threat to be effective, additional clarity is likely necessary.

Truth Details | Truth Social

It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.

Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.

It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

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Bro - this is not a misprint

"In the first seven months of 2025, Chinese grid-scale lithium-ion batteries accounted for about 65% of US imports, according to the most recent data available from BNEF. The export curbs would affect these types of batteries, analysts said. Battery storage is critical for the US as energy demand surges, driven by the artificial intelligence boom. US data centers more than doubled their electricity consumption from 2017 to 2023, according to a report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. That figure is expected to as much as triple by 2028, the report notes."

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https://apnews.com/article/beef-argentina-us-consumers-prices-f7fadbe1b3fef4646f9c3623f901209a

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President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers.

“We would buy some beef from Argentina,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight from Florida to Washington. “If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down.”

  1. Tens of billions of dollars to bail out Argentinian farmers
  2. Buying beef from Argentina’s farmers
  3. Because of the tariff war, China is buying soybeans from Argentina that they would have bought from American farmers

American farmers:

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12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

So how are tariffs doing? The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States" -  WSJ

What about American farmers?

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Argentina has been "dying" for the last 50 years.

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National Cattleman’s Beef Association is not thrilled.

https://www.ncba.org/news-media/news/details/44430/argentinian-beef-import-plan-harms-us-cattle-producers

Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) responded to comments from President Donald J. Trump that suggested importing Argentinian beef as a solution to lower beef prices. NCBA’s family farmers and ranchers are concerned that rewarding Argentina with this expanded access to the U.S. market harms American cattlemen and women, while also interfering with the free market.

“NCBA’s family farmers and ranchers have numerous concerns with importing more Argentinian beef to lower prices for consumers. This plan only creates chaos at a critical time of the year for American cattle producers, while doing nothing to lower grocery store prices,” said NCBA CEO Colin Woodall. “Additionally, Argentina has a deeply unbalanced trade relationship with the U.S. In the past five years Argentina has sold more than $801 million of beef into the U.S. market. By comparison, the U.S. has sold just over $7 million worth of American beef to Argentina. Argentina also has a history of foot-and-mouth disease, which if brought to the United States, could decimate our domestic livestock production.” 

Although beef prices have increased, consumer demand for beef remains strong because of the work American cattle producers have done to improve the quality and safety of U.S. beef. We call on President Trump and members of Congress to let the market work, rather than intervening in ways that do nothing but harm rural America.

 

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46 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

We call on President Trump and members of Congress to let the market work, rather than intervening in ways that do nothing but harm rural America.

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53 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

National Cattleman’s Beef Association is not thrilled.

https://www.ncba.org/news-media/news/details/44430/argentinian-beef-import-plan-harms-us-cattle-producers

Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) responded to comments from President Donald J. Trump that suggested importing Argentinian beef as a solution to lower beef prices. NCBA’s family farmers and ranchers are concerned that rewarding Argentina with this expanded access to the U.S. market harms American cattlemen and women, while also interfering with the free market.

“NCBA’s family farmers and ranchers have numerous concerns with importing more Argentinian beef to lower prices for consumers. This plan only creates chaos at a critical time of the year for American cattle producers, while doing nothing to lower grocery store prices,” said NCBA CEO Colin Woodall. “Additionally, Argentina has a deeply unbalanced trade relationship with the U.S. In the past five years Argentina has sold more than $801 million of beef into the U.S. market. By comparison, the U.S. has sold just over $7 million worth of American beef to Argentina. Argentina also has a history of foot-and-mouth disease, which if brought to the United States, could decimate our domestic livestock production.” 

Although beef prices have increased, consumer demand for beef remains strong because of the work American cattle producers have done to improve the quality and safety of U.S. beef. We call on President Trump and members of Congress to let the market work, rather than intervening in ways that do nothing but harm rural America.

 

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20 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

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I talked to one of my cousins in Oklahoma, she and her husband have her parents farm, and they do farm (150 acres), but it's more of a side thing for them - her husband has a machine shop on the place and that's most of their income.  She said farmers are absolutely talking about Argentina and not happy at all about Trump throwing money at them, etc.

She sent me this, and they have millions of members. She also said everybody is ripping into the legislators and asking why the fuck can't they get $40 billion.

Farm Bureau Urges Restraint on Beef Imports | News Release | American Farm Bureau Federation

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American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Trump’s plans to reduce beef prices through increased beef imports from Argentina.

“We know America's families face challenges when food prices rise, but it's important for President Trump to remember that farmers are facing an economic storm as well, and a vibrant U.S. cattle herd is at stake. Many of America’s beef farmers have operated in the red for several years. Adverse weather and low prices drove cattle herds down to levels not seen in decades. Weakened cattle prices are the last thing needed in farm country, where farmers are being paid historically low prices for crops across the board while expenses remain high.

“We urge the administration to carefully consider the damage importing more beef and cattle from other countries will have as cattle farmers decide whether to invest in rebuilding America's herds. Just the mention of beef imports created more instability and uncertainty for America’s farmers. Flooding markets with foreign-grown beef could affect our nation’s ability to be food independent in the long-term. We look forward to learning more about the president’s plan, and we stand ready to work with him to ensure farmers and ranchers can survive this economic storm.”

That can be read quite a few ways, but it's pretty clear that they and the Cattlemans' association are not happy with this.  These press releases were rushed out within a few days of the news hitting the wire.

Trump's not a farmer and has absolutely no clue how many family farms are limping along, and being covered by "regular" jobs that one or both spouses have outside of the farm.

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Wow, almost reads like one of those Russian letters "Dear Mr. Putin, we love you but you clearly aren't hearing accurate news from your subordinates and we just want you to know that we are getting rat-fucked and we know you really don't mean to do this to us."

(1) Meriwether Farms on X: "Dear @POTUS Trump, We love you and support you— but your suggestion to buy beef from Argentina to stabilize beef prices would be an absolute betrayal to the American cattle rancher. We understand there are larger economic and geopolitical dynamics at play, including countering" / X

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15 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Wow, almost reads like one of those Russian letters "Dear Mr. Putin, we love you but you clearly aren't hearing accurate news from your subordinates and we just want you to know that we are getting rat-fucked and we know you really don't mean to do this to us."

(1) Meriwether Farms on X: "Dear @POTUS Trump, We love you and support you— but your suggestion to buy beef from Argentina to stabilize beef prices would be an absolute betrayal to the American cattle rancher. We understand there are larger economic and geopolitical dynamics at play, including countering" / X

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Dear Meriwether: he doesn't fucking care about you, or anyone else but HIM.  And he never has, and never will.  So, cordially, get fucked.  All the way fucked.  Then turn back around, and get fucked again going the other direction.

You support an entirely self-interested narcissist, you'll get shit on.  It's a rule with 100% accuracy.  Maybe don't do it.  But, we understand....you gotta hate dirty beaners and queers, and also those dirty libz in tha big cities, and that overrides everything else.

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41 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on President Trump’s plans to reduce beef prices through increased beef imports from Argentina.

First, great name.

 

Second,

29 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Wow, almost reads like one of those Russian letters "Dear Mr. Putin, we love you but you clearly aren't hearing accurate news from your subordinates and we just want you to know that we are getting rat-fucked and we know you really don't mean to do this to us."

(1) Meriwether Farms on X: "Dear @POTUS Trump, We love you and support you— but your suggestion to buy beef from Argentina to stabilize beef prices would be an absolute betrayal to the American cattle rancher. We understand there are larger economic and geopolitical dynamics at play, including countering" / X

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these people really think they can just @ potus and it goes to him.  They really believe this.  In reality, they are screaming into the void.  This blows my mind.

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2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

First, great name.

 

Second,

these people really think they can just @ potus and it goes to him.  They really believe this.  In reality, they are screaming into the void.  This blows my mind.

It's a pathetic cult.  That's it.  There's no deeper layer to it.

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Aside from the political angle, of course domestic beef producers, at a time where they're selling for historically high prices, don't want to see increased supply from international sources.

 

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