For those that do not know, the countries that are red/salmon are countries with VAT. This is, as you can see, a lot of countries. - ThreadSky

cuddlessmash.bsky.social • 9 days ago

For those that do not know, the countries that are red/salmon are countries with VAT.

This is, as you can see, a lot of countries.

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ariofthesea.bsky.social•9 days ago

LOL Japan is a part of this? Well, forget him touching the hot stove, let’s lay him down face down on a well-oiled teppanyaki griddle at this point. Heck, maybe the edgelord “based conservative Japan” dorks can join him.

cuddlessmash.bsky.social•9 days ago

forget touching or gripping, we've set the stove on fire and are going to shove it up some orifice

nogoodwyfe.bsky.social•9 days ago

thrusting ourselves against the stove like JD Vance on a couch

eerowen.bsky.social•9 days ago

(Literally LOL'd at this one, Jillian)

insidejoke.bsky.social•9 days ago

Looks like we won't have tariffs on Cuba, Iran and Libya, so that's good.

mediumvillain.bsky.social•9 days ago

bc we already have sanctions

insidejoke.bsky.social•9 days ago

mediumvillain.bsky.social•9 days ago

i mean, its not good, its bc of something worse

galdireonai.bsky.social•9 days ago

One funny thing about this map is how many of those places you've only ever heard of as tax havens or places to do extremely shady financial deals in general are on the blue side of things.

johnnyphenomic.bsky.social•9 days ago

Next up: tariffs on every country that uses the metric system!

lizardky.bsky.social•9 days ago

"1 cent per centimeter!"

forgottonfrontier.bsky.social•9 days ago

My reading of the original post is "Trump thinks VAT is the same thing as a tariff." While it is an uninformed stance, that doesn't really seem like he wants to do anything with that information (unless there is more context I am missing)

nogoodwyfe.bsky.social•9 days ago

AP 10 mins ago 😐

forgottonfrontier.bsky.social•9 days ago

😐

forgottonfrontier.bsky.social•9 days ago

I feel like I'm losing my mind, why does a country with a service skewed economy care about trade deficits

nogoodwyfe.bsky.social•9 days ago

the same reason Kim Possible villains care when a teenager insults their outfits lol

cuddlessmash.bsky.social•9 days ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/13/trump-reciprocal-tariffs/

nogoodwyfe.bsky.social•9 days ago

Precisely. But it seems exactly in line with threatening tariffs on our closest trade allies. Why not do another line of megamaniacal nationalism

mediumvillain.bsky.social•9 days ago

it appears then that he can FOAD

dyl057.bsky.social•9 days ago

Show him that map specifically, with all those countries in red, and he might back down since they all voted for him

icefire9atla.bsky.social•9 days ago

But ironically not Greenland.

ronnytodgers.bsky.social•9 days ago

Half the us has sales taxes too it’s just it’s a state not federal tax 🤷‍♂️

murphh.bsky.social•9 days ago

They don't charge VAT on exports though...so wtf?

nogoodwyfe.bsky.social•9 days ago

I think it’s bc it gets applied on imports from the US? Except sales tax obviously is implied on imports? I have literally no idea and I’m not sure there’s actually underlying logic lol

forgottonfrontier.bsky.social•9 days ago

Maybe he just wants an excuse to go another round with Canada?

nogoodwyfe.bsky.social•9 days ago

Applied*

murphh.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yeah VAT and GST are sales taxes that apply to almost every good sold...imported or not. Are US goods meant to be exempt of sales tax now? Weird

differentmatt.bsky.social•9 days ago

Hell yeah, gonna buy all the finest goods Angola has to offer at rock-bottom prices (relative to everything else).

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