Tom Emmer admits Trump's trade war will hurt Americans: "There may be some short-time disruption that's going to result in some negative impacts, no question."
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the callousness with which he (and they all) repeat this is astounding. Like the woman who said we should all just buy chickens so we wouldn't have to worry about egg prices.
The ones that will be hurt by "short-time" are those blue-collar workers and true small businesses that are the least likely to weather it. All for what? So a bunch of egomaniacs can swing their dicks at each other?
You know who won’t feel “some negative impacts”?
The fucking rich that’s who
Those living on SS, or paycheck to paycheck who have bills to pay
But hey, it’s a small sacrifice to make to ensure the rich maintain their standard of living while we must give up ours
Republicans are willing to sacrifice the well-being and livelihoods of the poor and middle class. They never cared and now they can do whatever they want at your expense.
Worth noting that the rich who mostly support Trump won't be affected by trade wars.....they have enough money they don't need to worry about the prices of anything.
This is not a simple message. We were screwed 1st by the billions not paying their fair share of taxes & now we are screwed again because bully Donnie wants to make his once allies now adversaries will suffer & we will pay more.We won't suffer long?We have suffered since he entered politics.
Emmers told me that I am fortunate that I have him making decisions about reproductive health care since I am ‘not well enough informed’ to make those decisions myself
Listen… this is the same congressional district that kept voting for that dumb bitch, Michele Bachmann.
The same Minnesotans who claim Walz let Mpls burn and complain about the homeless, begging downtown. But, will flock their sheep asses to see Kid Rock at the Target Center.
I don’t understand how a trade war or tariffs benefit us in the long run. I mean, who and where are the experts saying we will benefit. I think the only people who are going to benefit are the Billionaires and exceptionally wealthy. Frankly, I think they are counting on it.
It's okay, that's what people voted for, right? I specifically remember them saying, "I know things are hard, but we're willing to pay more for stuff while getting less in return so Trump can upend the current world order and realign the U.S. with Russian and authoritarian interests."
That "short-time disruption" won't hurt HIM. Nor most of the get-rich-quick gerrymandered-into-safety Representatives of both parties ensconced firmly in their padded House seats. Or the tech bro/get-rich-quicker instant billionaires.
It'll just hit the rest of us, some permanently (deadly).
they need to be transparent about the fact that not one of them will be affected and only the most vulnerable of US citizens will feel it, possibly even to the point they can’t recover
That negative impact will take a very long time to right itself. It will have harmed many people. Not the American dream but rather the American nightmare
Trump ran for president to stay out of jail. Plain and simple. He has to work for oligarchs to pay them back for backing him. He does not care about average citizens.
Imagine a Democrat going on TV under Biden casually saying, "There might be some short-term disruption," as if that doesn’t mean thousands of people losing their jobs and prices soaring. This kind of dismissive attitude is exactly why people lose faith in leadership.
Short term impacts like gutting the largest employer in the country, selling the Post Office and Amtrak to an oligarch, and privatizing Medicare and Social Security.
Let's see how he feels about those tariffs if Canada hits his state with a 25 percent charge on their electric grid. Tell the people in your state just a minor disruptive glitch and see how well that goes over.
I think you would be shocked how many Americans believe what that mayonnaise spill of a human being is yapping about. Just go to any comment section on Facebook and you'll see the MAGAt stupidity on full display.
Tommy, nobody wins in a trade war. Make no mistake, the tariffs are going to hurt many of your constituents big time & you will hear about it big time.
Yes, because if it’s one thing Americans have shown as a strength, it’s the ability to put up with even a small and short amount of disruption to the economy.
He’s got us pegged. We’re definitely people who will go through personal pain to achieve a greater good. (which this obviously wouldn’t be)
- Tariffs changes every day
- The worst cut jobs since 2020 (due to Covid)
- They massively sell fed. buildings & fire fed. people to fund billionaires, destroy the Education,politicize medias and justice
How long is short term ? Do we need to pay taxes during this time? Elon is saving so much- we should suspend payments like they are suspending federal employees
Translation of this clip: "We Republicans don't care that the tariffs will negatively impact the American people, as long as Trump's popularity ratings are high."
For Americans who don’t know
What these people are trying to allude to in terms of the US “treating (Canada)the same” is this:
For many years our agricultural industry and markets have had price controls in place in to protect regular people from wild fluctuations in the stock/commodity markets
This protects farmers from crashes and consumers from skyrocketing prices
Because OUR government PRIORITIZED PEOPLE.
So your dairy producers have to play by our rules if you want to sell cheese in Canada and be on par with our farmers 🤷♀️
Meanwhile the US subsidizes corn and soy farmers to help
These republicans have no idea about ordinary Americans. Many don’t have enough money to manage through their little disruptions. These people are so clueless and apathetic. 😑
"Short-time". Meaning the amount of time it takes Fucktard to realize his tariffs ain't going to work and removes them. Unfortunately that will be a while because. A. He's dumb as fuck. B. He is stubborn as fuck.
I believe the proper response to this is to Buy Nothing that's not crucial to survival.
For food, buy actual groceries rather than packaged products. Use no credit card unless absolutely necessary.
Watch no network TV.
Keep it up as long as you can so the impact can be felt in the marketplace.
How do people elect these bloviating lackeys to important roles in Congress? Look at the GOP House caucus; it is like the Island of Misfits Toys cracked off, wandered around the ocean for a while, and made landfall in the Potomac River.
If trump tells them the prices decreased they will believe him, even if the prices are sky high ! Plus everybody on Faux will maintain that they, in fact, didn’t increase. And the simplest : they will just tell to magats it was caused by Biden‘s and Obama jointly !
Republicans remind me of that Russian babushka who praised putin because she could afford coffee while also having to rummage through the trash every day in order have food to eat.
This is pure bullshit. It is hardly "as simple as that". This will simply harm the American people which will not be short term and will be extremely destructive to Americans who are not rich.
Remember, he only got 30% approx of the vote. Only approx 30% thought he was telling the truth about tariffs and SSA and Medicare etc. he lied and they bought it
No, but he was out campaigning and speaking at Trump's rallies. I only know this because I saw a clip from one rally where he said it. It's too bad there was so much smoke and mirrors at the time. I don't know if many people realized what he was saying.
They keep claiming 'short term'. Neither Canada, Mexico, nor China are bending to the unjustified US demands. The tariffs will remain as long as Trump is in office. The only way they are short-term is if Trumps term in office is short-term.
Never forget how this works. The right wing propaganda machine determine through social media what works and what doesn't work using various algos. Next the podcasters amplify what was learned with the finished product via traditional media channels like Fox "News" and far right talking heads.
He makes it sound like Canada has been unfair trading all along. Can someone remind him that his buffoon of a boss signed the trading agreement in his last presidency? We all know that and we all know that his buffoon boss is a bully and a liar.
People who were already living paycheck to paycheck can’t afford a “short-time disruption”. Especially when other social programs and being cut. These people are so fucking out of touch.
The whole idea that the deficit or disparity between Canada and US exports, is such a flawed argument. Canada has 1/10 the population of America. That's the reason we import less. We have a 300 MILLION SMALLER POPULATION. We literally cannot import more, as we don't have more people.
Magas have not been conditioned over decades to give anything up for any amount of time in the name of any greater good. They are reactionary, aggrieved and volatile. They are selfish and have no attention spans. Good luck with that, Trump/Musk.
"Andrew, I'm not disputing that. But Glorious Leader has spoken, and who are we, mere mortals, to argue with The Divine Plan of Trump? Let there be disruptions and market collapse! Yee-haw, know what I mean?"
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MAGA is driving the economy over a cliff.
The fucking rich that’s who
Those living on SS, or paycheck to paycheck who have bills to pay
But hey, it’s a small sacrifice to make to ensure the rich maintain their standard of living while we must give up ours
Bankrupt the rich
Then eat them
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2008 was a *short-time disruption*
Millions of people lost their jobs, their houses, and their life savings
Fuck that pompous ass!
They're deliberately trying to crash the economy
The same Minnesotans who claim Walz let Mpls burn and complain about the homeless, begging downtown. But, will flock their sheep asses to see Kid Rock at the Target Center.
Simple folk.
Personally, any "negative impacts" I get, I pass along to the current party in power at the ballot box.
It'll just hit the rest of us, some permanently (deadly).
Trump is a cancer.
… I am not disputing that, tariffs will result in negative impact
Listening to this bozo 🤡hurts my brain
Is that why he will
ruin lives willy nilly?
If I was to lose my
job, then house and
and car, would the sacrifice be sufficient to put me
on the road to prosperity ?
How ?
Emmer is from Minnesota. I'm from Minnesota. Emmer is an ass
He’s got us pegged. We’re definitely people who will go through personal pain to achieve a greater good. (which this obviously wouldn’t be)
Omg wtf is this government…
- Tariffs changes every day
- The worst cut jobs since 2020 (due to Covid)
- They massively sell fed. buildings & fire fed. people to fund billionaires, destroy the Education,politicize medias and justice
Omg wtf is this government…
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But then, of course, they're not really about anything... except Trump thumping his chest like a gorilla.
What these people are trying to allude to in terms of the US “treating (Canada)the same” is this:
For many years our agricultural industry and markets have had price controls in place in to protect regular people from wild fluctuations in the stock/commodity markets
Because OUR government PRIORITIZED PEOPLE.
So your dairy producers have to play by our rules if you want to sell cheese in Canada and be on par with our farmers 🤷♀️
Meanwhile the US subsidizes corn and soy farmers to help
It doesn’t help dairy egg and NON industrial foods
So - see egg prices in Canada vs the US
That’s one of the biggest things your gvt thinks is unfair about Canadian trade.
Not tariffs - people being a priority
#MAGASoStupid 🤔
Milei was "only" disrupting the state which lead to a running inflation making even the middle class poor - which can be the same in the US.
But Trump is in addition creating trade wars.
So "short term" when even the US industry have to cry?
Attachez vos tuques!!
Trump is using tariffs to justify his $4.5T tax cut to the wealthiest Americans.
And as usual, its the middle class and the poor who will pay for all of it.
It will hurt, will maybe not, but sort of just a little but really its all Bidens fault.
For food, buy actual groceries rather than packaged products. Use no credit card unless absolutely necessary.
Watch no network TV.
Keep it up as long as you can so the impact can be felt in the marketplace.
They’re on YOUR goddamned tv show.
Take notes, remember this when they try to explain the recession. Then again when they try to explain the depression.
Embarrassing sycophant.
Yeah, sure.
“Short-time disruption, some negative impacts”
No job loss is short term !
The vast majority of US Citizens will feel a loss of purchasing power.
New hotness: "Short-term disruption."
We’re going to need Lazarus to get us out of this one, that’s for sure
Signed
A Democrat and former Catholic
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