Bessent: "One of the messages that I'd like to get out tonight is everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate, let's see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation."
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This has been the mantra of the entire regime. "Relax, sit back and take a deep breath. Just let it all happen. Don't react." It all sounds so creepy and predatory.
Don’t retaliate. “ let’s see where this goes?”. Trump is ready to tank the economy to have people call him and beg for exemptions. Somebody see how fucking crazy that is? Don’t forget he also told europe to abandon DEI programs and to not stop buying US weapons. Just take a breath!!! WTF
I don't want to admit how long it took me to track that quote down. I couldn't remember which horrible rape apologist said that. Then I found this wonderful meme that covers the greatest hits of revolting opinions:
I am so glad batya unger sargon she told me that she supports this man as a leftist because he's the highest ranking out gay official in American history.
So left. Such maga leftism. Very communist. Wow socialist.
He’s panicking about how he’s going to spin this in the coming days, he can’t be so delusional to think this is a good situation for the US and the GOP to be in.
Always with the “language of the abuser” with these white-male-assclowns, “don’t retaliate ROW! Sit there and take your medicine. Don’t upset Dear Leader.” China, Japan, S. Korea are coordinating their response. If you know shit about Asian history, the US is toast.
Neither will happen. It takes 3-5 years for a foreign manufacturer to bring up a new plant in the US. Initial capital investment and operating expenses will never breakeven here. They will put it in Africa and let US consumer pay tariffs. No, this bonehead just cratered the economy for no benefit.
Well it kind of did not go well for millions who have been disciplined with their retirement accounts. For younger Americans where is the good model of America?
Pissed away by liars
Fun fact: the Beard and McDonald Islands are also on the list: those islands are uninhabited for more then 10 years. That will teach those seagulls whose boss! 🤣
Bessent (translated): "I have absolutely no idea! Trump just does whatever he wants without ever telling me what he's planning. All I can do is hope that he doesn't derail everything before I can quietly retire abroad to a country that doesn't hate me."
That would be as stupid as this ‘administration’. As Europeans, we are going to attack where it hurts the magats (supporters): agricultural products, Harley and above all technological and financial giants.
Perhaps you don’t understand; this is a conspiracy created by a bunch of very rich, ultra conservative autocrats.
They’re counting on us to continue to do nothing. Rather it’s better to quietly incapacitate each of them, to make the others frightened of us little guys
This sounds so much like an abused spouse saying I know it looks bad but please don’t make him angry or it’ll be worse.
He really sounds less positive and more frightened of Trump’s crazy.
Classic abuser mentality:
Take what I give you with a smile or I will double the hurt.
If I double the hurt, you have no one to blame but yourself. I did warn you, after all.
So he's whinging that consequences might happen when Trump starts trade wars with our closest allies because he's an idiot AND he expects that people will listen to his uninformed ass? Why SHOULDN'T they escalate when it's clear that Trump will regardless?
I genuinely think this is how Fox News got to be so powerful, dangerous and deplorably dishonest. OLD WHITE PEOPLE watching FNC anchors wearing suits and speaking faux-seriously/frantically into TV cameras were given the same level of respect and presumption of professionalism as fucking Cronkite.
Used to go to the local coffee shop in boardshorts... was looked down by the suits.
hey, dudes I am not the one chained to a desk, day in, day out. Got a good life without that shit.
We’ve got a rescue puppy who was dumped on the street. When she sees me put on real pants, she starts to panic because she knows I’m not just going somewhere, but somewhere beyond our little mountain town.
Awe she loves you! We live on a farm, and whenever the dog sees me put my running shoes on (let’s face it, I walk not run) he goes bonkers. He is an outdoor dog who can go wherever he wants, and he never walks beside me, runs 1/4 mile ahead, but he sure loves his “walks”!
Our dogs are the same. My parents have to sneak out the back door if they want to hike without the dogs (our property backs up to the Angeles National Forest).
He wants other countries to take HIS advice when he should have convinced his boss not to create this shit show to begin with. Bessent needs to get his head out of tRump’s rump so he can see clearly.
I am rooting for Canada. Y'all need to create a delicious trade donut, leaving my country the hole in the middle. As empty and desolate as the brains of our president.
My wife wanted to visit Quebec City this summer. I told her that probably wasn't the best idea. I don't expect the Quebecoise to be very welcoming of Yankees.
I'm also not sure they'd let me back into the country if they saw my phone or my son's.
They know this is wrong and but none of these sycophants have the courage to say it on his face. They expect others countries to be like themselves.. spineless.🙄🙄
So basically Trump is hoping other countries won’t retaliate i hope they all ban together and start trading with each other and stop trading with us maybe then people will wake up and stop thinking all countries need America
Zaibatsu - "money" "klan" They don't pretend these business conglomerates aren't linked to organized crime. Only Americans pretend - maybe not so much anymore? It's fascism *and* war.
The really crazy thing is: you rebuild your domestic industry.
Replace the external supply chains with internal ones.
FIRST.
And then announce tariffs.
Ironically, Biden started things off correctly by actually funding infrastructure upgrades (instead of blathering about them for four years like trump) and now trump is actively working to defund the initiatives. He knows that the more he can defund the more money for the rich to siphon off.
Ex George Soros man feeding the public a crock while his boss claims George Soros is leading the fight against his administration with a magic money tree. Make it make sense!
Bessent is that rapist who tells his victims "Sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately resist, let's see where this rape goes. Because if you resist, that's how you get murdered."
Is this guy even worse than Mnuchin was? I know both are horrible but seems like Trump is scraping the bottom of the barrel with his picks for this current regime. I just hope we survive his incompetence
I encourage everyone to google project 2025. Don't get stuck on one horror. This is all an orchestrated to fundamentally change America. Big picture people. Let go of the pearls. It's time to organize and protest because that's where we are. The step after that is bloody so, let's get it over with.
He’s a fool. Of course they will retaliate, as well as make other trade agreements. They are moving on without us, and they should. Make Trump irrelevant.
That is absolutely the truth. They will move on without us. It may have been easy to do business with us in the past but they absolutely don't need us. This may be a case of us breaking up with them and it turns out it was the best for them in the long run.
Hate 2 break the news to CRONY Bessent: Ur dear leader, #DementiaDon, has already ESCALATED a #TrumpTariffsWar💥 when he THREATENED 2 “make Canada the 51st state” & that the European Union nations “screw us” on tariffs & lower contributions to #NATO‼️”
Russia’s🇷🇺👺☠️Putin LOVES his SCRIPT 4 🇷🇺💸🏌️♂️🤑🐘🤡Donny‼️
Whether #DementiaDon & #MAGAtQcult GOP “anti-globalists” admit it, countries facing #TrumpTariffs could PULL DA PLUG on $8.5 TRILLION in US🇺🇸Treasury Bill DEBT in 💥RETALIATION‼️
Even 4 GOP senators had their own “LIBERATION🗽DAY”🥾🏌️♂️by voting WITH Dems 2 BLOCK Trump’s tariffs on 🇨🇦CA‼️
#ImpeachTrumpNOW🥾🏌️♂️💸📉
“Trump’s Crony🧟♂️Clown🤡Car Cabinet” is so SLOPPY & INCOMPETENT (almost as much as his intel/natsec “Signal Chat” fuqkups!) that their Tariffs List of Nations includes UNINHABITED ISLANDS tucked in2 far reaches of South Pacific & Antarctic regions‼️
“No more🇺🇸getting screwed on penguins & lava rocks‼️”🏌️♂️🤴🤡
I've compared Putin as an abusive man and Ukraine as the person who rejected Putin's romantic advances. Putin believes he has the right to dominate & control anyone in his sight. The same applies to Trump & his inner circle who say "submit or else."
Bessent should resign. He should also consider buying himself a muzzle so he doesn’t use his outside voice for thoughts that should never be thought let alone said out loud.
And be sure you explicitly target the red states and make sure you're retaliation is directed at the administration... because President Trump has attacked our economy we are obligated to respond.
WTF? The arrogance, the delusion....yes, rest of the world, just take it up the ass, but you better not retaliate or else! They all need some sense knocked into them
If there was a single core message from Trump era, words to live by, an example Trump himself has set, that message would be:
"When someone harms you, just sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate, let's see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation".
So they have said the quiet part out loud, the tariffs are just an extortion racket, quid pro quo and given that we are now in the era of emperors and czars. It’s quid pro quo to the emperor and his family and courtiers.
Translation:
The United States has started a trade war and it's going to get much worse.
Just plain fucking nuts. Economics brought to you by the bankruptcy expert. FFS
No one should be accepting the destruction he is causing!! Tariffs are taxes that will result in Americans paying more. He is destroying long term allied relationships. They have the right to retaliate and I don’t blame them for doing so.
I predict there will be such escalations. The whole world will not roll over like they are republicans. Who by the way could end this nightmare at any time. But won’t.
Doh! Yes I missed the obvious in my rant - you indeed are correct - the pain, cruelty and suffering is the malevolent inflicting point by this orange tinged felon nazi bitch
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Pretty much the GOP motto.
You don’t get to tell someone you will punch them in the face, punch them in the face, say “no punching back until you sit back and think about it “
Not reality.
"You started it"
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I'm happy you took the shot and found an audience that gets it. (Me, at least.)
So left. Such maga leftism. Very communist. Wow socialist.
She's extremely smart.
/S
These idiots Trump surrounded himself with 🫨
Canada, and I'm sure others, can't wait to hit them in the face with a sock full of pennies.
Pissed away by liars
You’re being raped
Just pretend you like it
So he doesn’t get real angry
Fuck off.
"escalation?!"
Those MFs have no idea how much the American Public can,
& likely soon will, escalate things.
I may be a live wire today...
Nearly drove into a tornado w my fam last night.
I bet the warning was so short because of cuts to NOAA. 🤬
Bessent (translated): "I have absolutely no idea! Trump just does whatever he wants without ever telling me what he's planning. All I can do is hope that he doesn't derail everything before I can quietly retire abroad to a country that doesn't hate me."
everybody who's not us? Turn the other cheek.
They’re counting on us to continue to do nothing. Rather it’s better to quietly incapacitate each of them, to make the others frightened of us little guys
Because if you retaliate it’s going to happen anyway and you might as well just enjoy yourself. You don’t want to get hurt, do you?
Classic rapist mentality.
He really sounds less positive and more frightened of Trump’s crazy.
Take what I give you with a smile or I will double the hurt.
If I double the hurt, you have no one to blame but yourself. I did warn you, after all.
Bessent = #Moron
Sit down.
Trump started this you mutton head.
hey, dudes I am not the one chained to a desk, day in, day out. Got a good life without that shit.
Bessent is saying, don’t respond when I punch you in the face.
Trump will bankrupt the US economy just like he did with his company 6 times.
I’m glad his supporters MAGA will feel the impact first.
It’s calculated to unprecedented desires and political advantage for Trump!
🚩The two countries Trump’s tariffs didn’t apply to are Russia and North Korea! Hmm🤨
Let That Sink In…
Or a big American law firm.
Or a prestigious American university.
Or a directionless conglomerate news media organization.
Hey, you gotta admit it has worked pretty often so far!
#ElbowsUp
I'll even give you a ride to D.C., if you want. I'll even pay for fuel so you can relive old times.
My wife wanted to visit Quebec City this summer. I told her that probably wasn't the best idea. I don't expect the Quebecoise to be very welcoming of Yankees.
I'm also not sure they'd let me back into the country if they saw my phone or my son's.
Tragic, because his job is deadly serious to all of us everywhere.
But, those 10-15 trans athletes out of 500,000 NCAA kids are all that really matters to 40% of the US.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/01/china-trump-reciprocal-tariffs-japan-south-korea/
Replace the external supply chains with internal ones.
FIRST.
And then announce tariffs.
Been doing it since his first tariff threats in January.
Get your shit together or I will go to China. ('Jina in Trump)
We can’t punch people in the nose and expect them to like it.
During the Great Depression,
the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
significantly increased tariffs
on foreign imports,
leading to retaliatory measures
from other countries
and a sharp decline in global trade,
which worsened
the economic downturn.
*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOvWS_xzRbc&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
Don’t “sit back.” No more free passes for the asshole, breaking the law and violating the Constitution daily.
We won’t sit back here at home, and we hope our allies abroad will help us defend the Republic by standing up to this fascist idiot and his simps.
Russia’s🇷🇺👺☠️Putin LOVES his SCRIPT 4 🇷🇺💸🏌️♂️🤑🐘🤡Donny‼️
Even 4 GOP senators had their own “LIBERATION🗽DAY”🥾🏌️♂️by voting WITH Dems 2 BLOCK Trump’s tariffs on 🇨🇦CA‼️
#ImpeachTrumpNOW🥾🏌️♂️💸📉
“No more🇺🇸getting screwed on penguins & lava rocks‼️”🏌️♂️🤴🤡
I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen.
Bessent = Bast&rd
Retaliate immediately, often, LOUDLY
He’s worth over $500 million
"When someone harms you, just sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate, let's see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation".
Take your pick fella.
Says the executioner.
The United States has started a trade war and it's going to get much worse.
Just plain fucking nuts. Economics brought to you by the bankruptcy expert. FFS
Have any of these mooks ever been punched in the face?