Trump’s latest tariff moves are shaking markets and roiling our relationships with allies, but Trump doesn't seem to care. Could there be a method to his tariff madness?
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The thing is; Trump his banana's tariff war will have another consequence and I specificly mentionned @mark-carney.bsky.social for that reason. Bc rest of us are still laughing ourselves silly on all the Brexit Benefits.
I only know it will give you an inflation rise, when wages fall behind,margins go thinner, you'll see layoffs are not far away. Don't be suprised if trade unions raise alarm. -Regards; a former dutch PvdA candidate for provincial elections- @mark-carney.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaXHUI6Gl1Q
Whilst the tariffs spat goes on, all other countries can do a reciprocal tariffs reduction to counteract the US tariffs, so only the US is the one losing fiscally.
Yes there is method to his madness. He wants to privatize and commodity everything, and he wants to pillage and plunder other countries. But first, Insider trading. With every flip and flop he makes money on the markets.
He wants to destabilize Canada too. Then make a move to mirror what Russia did in Ukraine. Then NATO will be forced to defend Canada and WW3 begins and Russia, China, Iran and N. Korea sit back and watch the shit show.
It won’t work.
It’s not about the dump and scoop stock options , I think that is a smokescreen for American.
it is about his dreams of American Manifest Destiny.
PEROID.
I think it's simple. Trump once heard that tariffs are a way to stick it to other countries. He doesn't know how they work. He wants to harm Canada because "liberals", and Mexico because brown people (all rapists and murderers). So here we are. Folly to ascribe some deep strategy to Trump's actions.
If I'm not wrong the last time the USA government played around with tariff in the 1920's didn't that kick start the great depression? I suppose it has been 100 years so the GOP might want to try that again
He's looking for a fight with Mexico, Canada or Greenland so he can declare martial law and halt elections also putting military in power. Textbook takeover
When/if POTUS gives up on our tariffs...which he might only do if things get so bad it looks like congress will impeach him...I hope the rest of the world will continue their tariffs on the U.S. so that congress has no option but to follow through.
Musk might be wanting to destroy the American Dollar. By doing so, he can present America with a "Muskcoin", alongside with an X Everything app. Through him, every fiscal action of Americans can be tracked, profited, and denied if displeasing him.
The guy that bankrupted a casino and can't legally run a business or non-profit in New York? Yeah, he's definitely playing the chess-style long game with the economy.
Possibly he hopes to sow enough chaos to strengthen his position, so that the pillaging of the nation can continue unmolested. He doesn't care about anyone but himself and his cronies.
The stuff he's saying sounds like what Putin would say. Obviously Putin is whispering in his ear what to do as a brutal dictator. I expect him to try to roll our military in there. There is no crazy too crazy for the orange turd.
This is what happens when you put stupid people in charge. No more thought required. Turns out running the government of the wealthiest nation on earth is difficult and may require someone with more brain power than my cat.
His and his band of Nazi bimbos want to destabilize the economy, possibly to the point of martial law and military response to US civilians, to complete the Russian takeover.
The country all along your northern border believes itself to be under economic attack by the United States. Canada will not be conquered by the tariffs, and will defend itself militarily if invaded: think Vietnam x 100.
Sorry but military wise we certainly don't have the manpower, the equipment or the technology that the US have. We have 52,539 combat ready troops. And Vietcong had the support of China for weapons and tactical training. Nobody has our back anymore.
Simple. Trump wants to alienate all countries that were once considered allies. Blame them for our problems, our losses. Sound a bit familiar? "Blame the Jews" Adolf Hitler.
His only logic of his irrational behaviour is: egocentric self interest and only his own interests and revenge. Pure revenge is he justifying by playing the victim and blaming the victim.
Many say he doesn’t care about our allies or his supporters. He is only intent on disruption, destruction, disorder, chaos. Those are his marching orders.
While this is generally correct in the main idea, you can't blame an 1893 recession on McKinley. Grover Cleveland was president in 1893, except for the early part of January when it was still Harrison. McKinley won the 1896 election becoming president in 1897.
Probably not wise to want to be exactly like McKinley, considering he was shot dead by an anarchist in the first year of his second term. Probably for the best, though, since the VP in 1901 was Teddy Roosevelt.
Trump just dismantled the executive branch of the management of trillions of dollars and eliminated intelligence gathering services on our adversaries and gutted military security. He has handed over a European Ally to the Russians removing the first line of defense. there is a method to his Madness
If Trump wants to force annexation of Canada, he’d better hurry. I suspect America is losing respect by about 100,000 people worldwide every time Trump opens his yap. And he can’t stop doing that. He’s probably too late now AND we’re ready.
It's an all-out bid by a shockingly powerful cabal of American oligarchs to drive a stake through the heart of all our hard-won, incredibly fruitful institutions of just government. A jaw-droppingly brazen act of pure evil.
I think he's still waiting for that check from Mexico to pay for the pathetic portion of the wall he built. Sort of a reverse tariff. He needs some cash for the coming recession! FAFO😯😆
His loyalty now is to his family and russia. If he doesn't do what the Russians say, all his relatives get killed. That's just how it works when you sell your soul. So he is prepared to sell out the entire usa for that.
One of two things is behind trumps fascination with tariffs..insider trading, manipulate the markets to gain wealth or satisfy Putin by destabilize an ally to give putin access to the artic
That's my feeling. I get that people are trying to figure out why someone would make so many stupid decisions, but at the end of the day, Occam's Razor: the most likely explanation is that Trump is an idiot.
I tend to agree. However, trusting in the stupidity of the enemy is a sure recipe for defeat (most people on the left, here in Italy, thought the Mussolini was a buffoon 100 years ago. He was but it didn't end well)
Announce tariffs, watch export stocks tank. Buy up stocks with your billionaire friends. Delay tariffs. Sell stocks on partial recovery. Repeat.
It's the crypto pump and dump on the stock market with political power
Tear down the services for the people provided by government.
Private companies buy what is left, now everything must be purchased.
See: Russia post-Soviet times or talk to Roger Stone, et al
Yes they are buying stocks low and just before crashing tariffs again selling high also who knows what crazy stuff Elon put in the databases shell companies fake SSI numbers to make fake voter registrations,who knows, to bad the shadow isn't here.
Trump does not have a method. He just has madness. He is a disaster, a senile old man who should not be president of anything. He should be in an old folks home eating cheeseburgers.
He’s selling short and tipping off his buddies about the next batshit crazy thing he’ll say or do so they can get ahead of the market. He’s only there for the dollars.
My knee-jerk reaction was "He is too economically illiterate to have a method", but reading the article was enlightening.
These three motives are simple enough for him to grasp (even though he only see what he wants) and plays on his deep thirst for power, sadism and cruelty.
Trump BELIEVES everyone either fears him or adores him. That makes him unhinged! But it is also how to control him. He is EASILY manipulated, just ask Vlad, and if his vanity is repeatly attacked it will push him over the edge. But when he is gone we get JUST DUMB Vance! So use caution!
Create market instabilities, cause shares to drop in value from mass sell-offs, his rich mates/controllers buy them up, they own everything and profit of the backs of the american people...
Tariffs are paid by the person buying.
Not the seller. So why is Trump lying?
A tariff war helped start World War II.
Is that what Trump is trying to do?
It missed the theory that Trump wants to tank the economy in order to take over control and become a dictator, in exactly the same way as some bloke called Adolf did.
Trump is basing his economic policy on copying what worked 125 years ago but fails to take into account that global economics has changed massively since them. Totally simplistic but thats not surprising from that simpleton
There is. He intends to destroy the western economies and the unity of western democracies like Vladimir Putin had wanted to do for years. This only makes sense you accept the assertion that Dementia Don is doing exactly what Putin wants.
Insider stock manipulation. Cause a drop in prices so elites can buy at the detriment of regular citizens. 401ks have lost over 30k per person with his games but no worries the oligarch bought up their losses at a cheap rate.
All three theories sound more than plausible, in fact, they appear to be spot on, and we really need to curb him right now. We don't have the luxury of time with this craven, greedy narcissist at the helm.
Honestly? Who cares? Why spend time trying to figure these people out? We can all see what they're doing. We need to focus on stopping them. The whys and wherefores can come later as the historians are analyzing and picking things apart. Action is the task of the moment, not analysis.
In my opinion, no. No plan. He's a narcissist (and liar) who likes to make stuff up, run with, and bully other people to believe his lies. Then gaslight and blame other people if it doesn't work out 🤦♂️
On point 4, Musk crashing the global economy to seize resources… that wanton destruction of Earth fits with his Mars first outlook and him killing net zero.
He's crashing the U.S. (everything) so his oligarchs can buy everything at fire-sale prices. Oh, and those same oligarchs are likely evading all sorts of accountability for their bad behavior. It is pure corruption.
Shake it up so things collapse. Then those with the resources and capital can scoop up as much as they can. And it’s sad, they go from like owning 1% or everything, collapse it all to end up owning 2% and we are all destroyed.
George - Don't over think it - He does not care 1 bit about anything
He knows he can get away with anything
He does not care - about legacy , about other people suffering
HE DOES NOT CARE
don't over think it
Luv ya man - OH My
Yes. Putin is in charge & telling Trump what to do so he can take down America & Trump is obliging, maybe because he is being blackmailed, or is it because he is working closely with Putin? Either way, this is not a President working for America but for Russia. Impeach Trump & remove him.
Trump can't see what is of him when he's licking Putin's left boot, while Putin has the right one in Trump's ass. He pull US "intelligence" from Ukraine and hands it over to Russia. He's pretty fly for a white guy.
There is no method, George. He’s so delusional he thinks his shit smells like Glade.
Why else does he stink up every meeting he’s in? The guy is gross. He’s throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. He’s got a God complex, a King complex and no moral or ethical compass.
he doesn’t care about any of the details. he has no method other than P25.
Did he know the markets would tank? No. I don’t think so. He thinks he’s a God. He’s delusional and hateful. He would do better to refer to himself as a demon not a king.
well George, uniting Canadians like very few times in our history and ensuring that PeePee never becomes PM is a good side effect of this stupidity! so there's some good coming out of all of this after all!
While historically tariffs were used as a source of revenue for governments, they are now used mainly to protect domestic industries from foreign competition. They do this by increasing the price of imported goods in order to persuade consumers to purchase domestic products instead
As another person mentioned, Trump messes with the tariffs, stock lowers, rich people buy stock. Then CEOs pay $ to meet with him at Mara Lago to plead for his help.
So, that he can blame Canada and Mexico for the increase in prices and garner support for the US invasion of these countries to prevent 'them' from harming US citizens.
Similarly, if NATO are engaged with defending Ukraine against Russia, who is going to help when he invades Canada and Greenland?
likely option #3 (setting up an extortion racket) but one can never discount the strong possibility that #4 - he is just an absolute fucking moron - is the right one
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What borders on Stupidity?
Mexico and Canada!
Trump can't think past his diet Coke belch.
Then the dump and scoop stock options.
It’s not about the dump and scoop stock options , I think that is a smokescreen for American.
it is about his dreams of American Manifest Destiny.
PEROID.
#noto51
The same as McKinley did for sir John A MacDonald in 1890.
Wait until our new PM Mark Carney takes the reigns and flexes his economic intelligence.
(the most likely- any $$ made from inside trading is a bonus)
The US is not ally to Canada Ukraine Denmark Palastine. They are ally to Russia.
My heart breaks for all citizens in all countries, including the US, who ARE allies. Our countries are not though
while skirting weak enforcement of insider trading laws where applicable to Congress
will do.
This YouTube tells the story of Thiel and what they are going to do with the national parks.
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no
It will be better for everyone in the long run.
Fascism wants to insert itself into every hole.
Dump and pump?
Postpone tariffs: stocks go up. Rich people sell stocks.
I don't think there is more to it than that.
No wonder he managed to bankrupt casino's.
So I'll go for McKinley and manipulating the markets in order for his gang to profit.
Ousider option would be to tank the US economy for an economic reset in order to grab control even more.
It's chaotic because Trump is chaos.
The ideologues who have convinced him of this (Vance, Thiel etc) are 💯 clear that’ll never work - but Trump is a useful idiot.
As a European- we’ve seen this before. TL;DR - doesn’t end well for the fascists.
You sound like the NYT now
The orange turd’s syphilis has eaten almost all of his brain
It's the crypto pump and dump on the stock market with political power
Private companies buy what is left, now everything must be purchased.
See: Russia post-Soviet times or talk to Roger Stone, et al
Next comes a recession where the billionaires will buy up all of the companies that go broke, for pennies on the dollar.
These three motives are simple enough for him to grasp (even though he only see what he wants) and plays on his deep thirst for power, sadism and cruelty.
Tariffs are paid by the person buying.
Not the seller. So why is Trump lying?
A tariff war helped start World War II.
Is that what Trump is trying to do?
Meanwhile, I’m watching my kids’ 529 accounts disintegrate, so maybe the other part of the plan is to keep the country dumb.
a very dangerous combination in power
tank the economy so his cryptocurrency will get stronger.
Or
Sell Hi, buy Low and that’s called manipulation of the market
Whatever he’s doing is probably for his gain and no one else’s….
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Some rich people understand that tariffs tank the economy. Rich people can buy stocks and farms cheap during a recession.
Read Musk’s posts on his Mars fantasy.
He knows he can get away with anything
He does not care - about legacy , about other people suffering
HE DOES NOT CARE
don't over think it
Luv ya man - OH My
Why else does he stink up every meeting he’s in? The guy is gross. He’s throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. He’s got a God complex, a King complex and no moral or ethical compass.
He’s a psychopath.
he doesn’t care about any of the details. he has no method other than P25.
Did he know the markets would tank? No. I don’t think so. He thinks he’s a God. He’s delusional and hateful. He would do better to refer to himself as a demon not a king.
buy usa or pay
Similarly, if NATO are engaged with defending Ukraine against Russia, who is going to help when he invades Canada and Greenland?