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I thought that they had already copped to finding it too time-consuming to actually go country by country and apply something resembling reason.

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279732.bsky.social•51 days ago

Well, they DO like to wet their beaks...

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ajardim1.bsky.social•51 days ago

I’m beginning to think he believes the Penguin Movie is a documentary.

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lukebro92.bsky.social•51 days ago

Flippers up!

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forgiver.bsky.social•51 days ago

Imagining a batman-villain-esque dock setup flanked by penguins where they move flat-screen TVs from off a boat on one end of the island, to on board a boat on the other side. A fat man in a tophat laughs. The United States weeps, powerless and defeated.

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mechilders99.bsky.social•51 days ago

I can only hope that it's more Burgess Meredith than Danny DeVito or Colin Ferrell.

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dwmfid.bsky.social•51 days ago

He’s really giving a window into how this regime operates. “If I wanted to get around a tariff, I’d ship through an unpopulated Island”Loopholes, evasion, lies are just tools in there toolbox. Legality, ethics, compassion are woke and weak.

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myanulrich.bsky.social•51 days ago

As if they think ahead!

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staidwinnow.bsky.social•51 days ago

I can.

The loophole is still open. Vietnam has a rate of 46%. China 34%.

Both of them can sell from "Heard and Mcdonald Islands" at 10% using that loophole.

Not as good as 0% but still a loophole.

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mroddc.bsky.social•51 days ago

Similar with the EU and French Guiana, which is part of overseas France! The Port of Cayenne gonna get lit!

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staidwinnow.bsky.social•51 days ago

It is irksome when even I can think of it, and renowned journalists don't even get prompted on their head piece to ask.

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mroddc.bsky.social•51 days ago

I mean, let’s say you’re Guyana (not the French one) facing 38% tariffs. You can literally send your stuff basically next door; patriate it there for like a week or whatever, then ship it onwards to the US. (Though, Guyana only has a deficit mostly for the fault of being too poor to buy US stuff)

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parrfamily.org•51 days ago

It’s kind of valid. Like how lots of private jets and mega yachts are registered in the Isle of Man but never actually go there.

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parrfamily.org•51 days ago

And Amazon in the UK runs all their sales through Jersey and Amazon in the EU runs their sales through Luxembourg.

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bearymom.bsky.social•51 days ago

No self-satisfaction greater than that of morally bankrupt imbeciles

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rsavir.bsky.social•51 days ago

But wait, isn’t that the classic way to get around tariffs for real? Won’t companies in China pump products through countries that have minimal tariffs? I mean, of course the whole thing is absurd and especially against sparsely populated countries.

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peterpesce.bsky.social•51 days ago

I’m still shocked these people are willing to look like absolute morons to peers and competitors they have spent their whole lives trying to impress.

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johngage1.bsky.social•51 days ago

“Apologies for the very personal question, but were you homeschooled by a pigeon?”

- Peter Shankman

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dawissa.bsky.social•51 days ago

Trump and his people think everyone is as corrupt and soulless as they are.

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blueheart2028.bsky.social•51 days ago

That’s the way narcissist minds work.

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catservantx3.bsky.social•51 days ago

And, apparently, as stupid as they are.

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yogini22.bsky.social•51 days ago

right. got it.

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venividistupui.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yeah, you can expect to be flooded anytime by products “Proudly Made in Penguinland”…

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mariecali.bsky.social•51 days ago

IKR? Ya think someone figured out the north Ireland/European loophole before or after this was proposed. 😂

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dagryme.bsky.social•51 days ago

I remember when being a liar was a scarlet letter.

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canadianbacon66.bsky.social•51 days ago

What the actual fuck, really ?

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egaal.bsky.social•51 days ago

So what’s their excuse for no tariffs on Russia then? Wouldn’t their own explanation mean that people will use Russia as a loophole then?

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samcrut.bsky.social•51 days ago

Penguin shell companies.

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nwayne66.bsky.social•51 days ago

Criminals see rackets everywhere. As opportunities, of course.

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mclpatrick.bsky.social•51 days ago

It’s ok, Kai; we’re all running out of words for … all this.

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cavandy.bsky.social•51 days ago

it's clear they did it in error bc they're a bunch of idiots but they can't admit it so they say something equally dumb to try and cover it up

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bpaige.bsky.social•51 days ago

They think we are all imbeciles.

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bluefrommagioh.bsky.social•51 days ago

it's not the loopholes, asshole.

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musicmark.bsky.social•51 days ago

But not Russia, huh

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civics-teacher.bsky.social•51 days ago

"This is a national security issue," Lutnick said, pointing to shortcomings in US manufacturing of things like medicines, ships and semiconductors, while adding that "we've got to start to protect ourselves."

Foreign policy: Imperialism
Trade policy: Mercantilism
Domestic policy: Feudalism
1600's.

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patrickfabian.bsky.social•51 days ago

Nutlick's mother-in-law warned him about this.

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billk1.bsky.social•51 days ago

Uh huh, good thinking, because everyone knows how stunningly cost effective it is to set up and operate manufacturing from a remote island in the antarctic.

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oscarsmother.bsky.social•51 days ago

Make Antarctica Great Again!

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billk1.bsky.social•50 days ago

That would be here. You can see why it's an a dangerous threat to our economy and critical logistical loophole that our government must immediately redress.

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valeriebishop.bsky.social•51 days ago

Absolute clown.

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bostonred.bsky.social•51 days ago

Looking forward to shipments of car parts from Narnia.

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joeingeneral.bsky.social•51 days ago

Once we reclaim the wardrobe from Panama, this will happen bigly.

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pixelsforaface.bsky.social•51 days ago

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the-ballmer-peak.bsky.social•51 days ago

That's because it's so odd

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msmwwood.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yeah, I guess you couldn't count on the penguins to stop 'em.

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viraldonutz.bsky.social•51 days ago

Antarctic islands are "a potential loophole"

But Russia isn't

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reebuskneebus.bsky.social•51 days ago

I heard it live.
WTH?

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carterkr.bsky.social•51 days ago

Then why are there no tarrifs on Russia and North Korea?

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thetatzelwurm.bsky.social•51 days ago

They’ve had almost a week to come up with a lie and this is the best they could do.

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richjvann.bsky.social•51 days ago

A Columbia student was just arrested and deported for having a stuffed penguin in her dorm room…

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cskwriter.bsky.social•51 days ago

A lot of people don't know that penguins are very skilled at offloading and and then reloading cargo at their sizable container ports to enable their customers to dodge a country of origin tariff.

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chicaazul.bsky.social•51 days ago

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blueheart2028.bsky.social•51 days ago

Penguin ashamed

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hank-ering.bsky.social•51 days ago

Or was it tariff evasion?

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chicaazul.bsky.social•51 days ago

Well, there was the little matter of the Teslas.

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hank-ering.bsky.social•51 days ago

Can I put up the bail money for the Tesla misdemeanor?

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joeingeneral.bsky.social•51 days ago

Gaslighters have to make sense only to the people willing to be gaslit.*

*It ain’t you or me.

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jayw74.bsky.social•51 days ago

I ....

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minutello1.bsky.social•51 days ago

Unbelievable!

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zachzeaman.bsky.social•51 days ago

They just don’t want to admit they used AI to make the list. To avoid looking stupid. Somehow.

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ypsidoodle.bsky.social•51 days ago

Seriously, tho - you can't take your eye off a penguin. Those little shits would steal the stripes off a zebra.

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viraldonutz.bsky.social•51 days ago

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gandalf-the-wight.bsky.social•51 days ago

Did they include Antarctica? Mars? If not, there's the loophole. 🤔

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osboman.bsky.social•51 days ago

Easier to use Russia since they don’t get any tariffs

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bluemonkeyboy.bsky.social•51 days ago

"We had to include the penguins in the tariffs, we didn't want to ruffle any feathers....."

Some Elon Intel Incel, in a dank basement somewhere....

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richddajar.bsky.social•51 days ago

Dumbest effing people on the planet

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quacks-anonymous.bsky.social•51 days ago

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bertonaverre.bsky.social•51 days ago

By...rerouting their exports through the island with the penguins?

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azdctx82.bsky.social•51 days ago

I mean who wouldn’t think to go to Heard and McDonald Islands and set up a garment factory to avoid tariffs. You could pay the workforce in raw fish.

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genkidesuu.bsky.social•51 days ago

@heardislandgov.bsky.social your response?!

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danbongard.bsky.social•51 days ago

He put a 10% tariff on the penguin islands.

The penguin islands are owned by Australia, which *also* has a 10% tariff on it, which covers the penguin islands.

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manuelherrera.bsky.social•51 days ago

He foiled my plan to set up electronics assembly plants run by penguins to get around his tariffs. Curse you, Donald… always a step ahead of me.

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bigcrid.bsky.social•51 days ago

lol they layer their lies like turducken, hugelkultur, lasagna, etc

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petcharles.bsky.social•51 days ago

Why are you so cavalier in underestimating penguins? They gather in huge numbers and kind of just stand there. You know they’re plotting something nefarious.

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themightyjerd.bsky.social•51 days ago

I just sprained my eyeballs rolling them.

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theliterati.bsky.social•51 days ago

Just posted a clip from this a few moments ago…didn’t know whether to laugh at the absurdity or cry over the arrogance. 🤷🏾‍♀️

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celticdragon1.bsky.social•51 days ago

THAT WASN'T INCOMPETENCE! WE MEANT TO DO THAT AND IT'S BRILLIANT!

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boblivion.bsky.social•51 days ago

Can't fool me with your Mexican drug cartel penguins.

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pjmacwriter.bsky.social•51 days ago

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imaxximus.bsky.social•51 days ago

Trumps maga hats just increased in price by 54%. There’s no way Trump eats that increase.

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mwelsh1977.bsky.social•51 days ago

This guy ran Cantor?

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mclpatrick.bsky.social•51 days ago

Gives one a warm feeling, no?

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legolego111.bsky.social•51 days ago

said by those that did not even thought about the Northern Irish loophole...

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johnnybsky.bsky.social•51 days ago

They are feckless!

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pinche-pi.bsky.social•51 days ago

So the island is full of pirate penguins? 🤔

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bambiwind.bsky.social•51 days ago

Spin

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sidster7.bsky.social•51 days ago

He is a total Doggie (DOGE) style governance person, kiss the Don’s bum and tell us it smells like roses.

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osartereau.bsky.social•51 days ago

The worst part is he isn’t even acknowledging all the penguins who would be employed building the infrastructure needed to realize those loopholes, stealing even more jobs from American workers.

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sluggishcheetah.bsky.social•51 days ago

I swear, the government is shitposting.

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jbpwfawtvo.bsky.social•51 days ago

Actually love all the attention this nonsense has focused on remote inhabited islands. Lots of good leads for exiling Maga officials. St Helena is too good for them.

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hulibow.bsky.social•51 days ago

Skimming the Sunday headlines it sends the response from the administration on the protests, the stock declines and tariffs has been “whatever” but this one is very creative.

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talismandrive.bsky.social•51 days ago

Then why not include Russia, which has, you know, actual people and, um, trade?

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mennonite.bsky.social•51 days ago

Because you don't place tariffs on your master

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paulfuller.bsky.social•51 days ago

I think they were looking for the answer consistent with Lutnick's fictional universe, not the correct answer. 🙂

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pennsyltuckybill.bsky.social•51 days ago

The MAGA Cinematic Universe?

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jach37.bsky.social•51 days ago

If they’re so worried about loopholes, explain Ireland with 20% tariff and N Ireland with 10% and open borders.

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primrosepower.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yeah…very lame.

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kid-rio.bsky.social•51 days ago

He probably believes penguins have opposable thumbs. After all, they obviously dress well.

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iveseenenough.bsky.social•51 days ago

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annecw.bsky.social•50 days ago

We have a party and an administration devoted to gaslighting the public in ways that resemble Soviet apparatchiks. And that's terrible for our nation.

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jeremydunn.bsky.social•50 days ago

Actually it is a misguided attempt to control the distribution of Linux.

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coolavo.bsky.social•51 days ago

A loophole? Did the penguins 🐧 elect a secretary of commerce lately??? Omfw

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blueheart2028.bsky.social•51 days ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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andlackthereof.bsky.social•51 days ago

Penguin Islands are known as centers of kleptocracy.

Whereas, Russia (excluded from tariffs) is the bastion of rule of law free markets.

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catservantx3.bsky.social•51 days ago

It is a scheme to make the penguins give us their eggs.🥚 🐧

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locoyokel.bsky.social•51 days ago

The idea that it was even considered is just ridiculous. This is just a well crafted response to legitimate criticism.

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keithreisman.bsky.social•51 days ago

I guess the plan is to have everything transshipped to Russia then.

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stkeppler.bsky.social•51 days ago

I'm old enough to remember when Lutnick was taken seriously in finance circles....

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theog563.bsky.social•50 days ago

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sk8cello.bsky.social•51 days ago

Well, they are playing 4-D chess, right?

They gotta be ready for all those penguin island loopholes. 🫠

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drwambsgans.bsky.social•51 days ago

They just can’t take an L. They have to lie to save face.

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ywfyf.com•51 days ago

And they're not even good at it. I could have made up this bullshit excuse for them days ago.

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peterpesce.bsky.social•51 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mattdpearce.com/post/3llwcw6pefs2m

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drwambsgans.bsky.social•51 days ago

Hahahaha! I love that Bluesky hot take shit posts are days ahead of this administration.

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paulfuller.bsky.social•51 days ago

They probably also have AI searching the week's (shit)posts for answers they can use on the Sunday shows.

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peterpesce.bsky.social•51 days ago

Someone did. It was posted here the night he announced the tarrifs.

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aniccia.bsky.social•51 days ago

they even steal their bad ideas

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drwambsgans.bsky.social•51 days ago

Totally. But instead it took them 4 days of us clowning on them before they thought to even excuse away their ridiculous tariff. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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viraldonutz.bsky.social•51 days ago

Antarctic islands are a potential "loophole"

But Russia isn't

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the-wrong-way-kid.bsky.social•51 days ago

I think the truth is someone made it using ai and they were included by the ai.

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kokojoe.bsky.social•51 days ago

Actually it was a company I. Sweden or Norway that joked about moving production there to avoid tariffs that I think caused it.

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pheneghan.bsky.social•51 days ago

If Lutnick was concerned about loopholes, he would not have made the import tax for Northern Ireland half the rate for the Republic of Ireland. No wiley penguins there.

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