“That really is his understanding of what a deal is: getting something over on the other guy. And that’s what we see here. To the extent there’s any plan it’s basically a power play; Trump is pulling on the economic powers of the world to bum rush them into a newly subservient global trading regime”
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Canada stood its ground and continues to do so.
Trump’s reshuffling the world, just not the way he thinks he is.
China and India have huge populations with money to buy stuff
At no point has he considered anyone standing up to him and fighting back.
He didn’t expect that Prime Minister to go to France and UK and not even give him a call
Prime Minister Carney showed the world how to manage Trump - He did it masterfully
Absolutely insane that there's anyone who can't see this yet
They're all TRAITORS stealing as much money as possible while doing Russia's bidding
They need to open their goddamn eyes
The tariffs don't make sense as economic policy because they aren't economic policy. They are a tool to undermine our democracy. A means to force every major company & industry in America to pledge loyalty to Trump in return for tariff relief.
Trump is dick swinging with a house of cards.
But you're missing the mark. The world won't bend to Trump's will. But that doesn't mean the oligarchy won't profit bigly from the chaos.
How many of the billionaire cabinet members made big trades on Wednesday?
Announce tariffs.
Buy stocks. Sell crypto.
Life tariffs.
Rinse. Repeat.
It's a golden age for China. And a long decade at least for America.
What he cares about is bullying other people into submitting to his demands – ANY demands. It’s irrelevant whether or not the demands are rational. “Gulf of America” is an example.
No, the real boom won’t be factories—it’ll be share buybacks and corporate looting. Welcome to the Art of the Grift!
Snake oil man comes to mind.
Anyway thank you for opening my eyes more.
2nd term they are prepared since 47 is a one trick pony
America is screwed
picking the balls they cut off themselves up from the floor and getting their face out of his a$$.
Wealth war, taxes, termination & tariffs they want to bankrupt the working & middle class the extort our work & assets. Economic terrorism. Their greed will not end. Hands off protest April 5th
Apparently our law firms, colleges and GOP cannot.
It's going to be bad either way. Trump just proved that the world can't ever trust America with the global economy. They'll work to limit our involvement
EU and similar will defer, delay, and then devolve - they did the same with damage Brexit was causing.
Big players like China will simply respond adequately - it’s not a war, and stop calling it that. It’s free of previous agreements tariff application.
It won’t be difficult at all for them - every thorough process takes time but I’ve no doubt at the end it won’t be EU that’ll be short changed.
It’s not working now.
It’s going to backfire on him & the reverse is already starting. New alliances.
He was restricting advanced semiconductor sales to China but now he’s created a bigger monster & destroyed the US semiconductor industry at the same time.
We are fucked !!
Typical narcissist.
Illiterate
Ignorant
Incompetent
Vlad may be the one with the plan, and if so, it seems to be a success.
Why? Because the formula for "reciprocal" tariff rates has nothing to do with tariffs."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/tariffs-trump-outcomes-incompatible/682286/
2 of the last 3 economic collapses in the past 20 years occurred while Trump was in charge.
The last one was caused by Covid
and the lazy reckless way he responded to it.
This one was all him!
No external stimulus!
Just sheer Trump ignorance....of everything!
Use the revenue from tariffs to justify tax cuts for the wealthy.
or
Dumpf really really thinks other countries pay our tariffs, raising big bucks, plus tariffs will cause manufacturing to come roaring back to our shores tomorrow.
Bullies don’t know
how to negotiate,
bullies only know
how to be weasels.
Once a loser,
always a bankrupt (6x)
lousy loser.
Mr GRIEVANCE has only one plan, use power for revenge, enact tarrifs to force subservience by world leaders who he knows laugh at him. Petulant child.
This is how we arrived at a mad king taxing penguins.
The president of US acting 👉mob boss to the WORLD!
🍊man: THIS is what I want + you WILL give it to me BC if you don’t, YOU won’t like the consequences. “CAPEACH”?
Europe made it through 2 world wars (Hitler-Stalin) - think they can handle 🍊man.
Millionaires becoming billionaires over night
Exactly the same as Brexit, orchestrated by the same people, I honestly don't know how people haven't realised this yet
It’s working for us as we take the time to reposition our trade and elect a new Prime Minister
After which we expect Trump to tariff lumber, Pharma, & semiconductors - perhaps the few other things from the USMCA
This is the weirdest cult. And the worst timeline
no way...
it's just too expensive for them.
they will suffer, build other trade relationships and never forgive or forget the actions of the usa
1. Trump, 3/16/20 -2,997.10
2. Trump, 3/12/20 -2,352.60
3. Trump, 3/9/20 -2,013.76
4. Trump, 6/11/20 -1,861.82
5. Trump, 4/3/25 -1,679.39
6. Trump, 3/11/20 -1,464.94
7. Trump, 3/18/2 -1,338.46
Tired of winning yet?
Want your sanctions lifted? Figure out how to line his pockets.
There certainly doesn’t look like any plan or overarching logic and god forbid, strategy.
The Manchurian candidate has paid his handler’s well for their propaganda that brought him back to power. And crashing the economy, destroying our security, health, and education will allow the Uber Rich to pick off assets cheap.
Tariffs break alliances, grift companies.
MILLIONS in #Turkiye have risen up.
And in #Serbia
And in #Hungary
And in #Georgia
And in #SouthKorea
And in ...
Banish those feelings of helplessness.
Get up, stand up. YOU are the revolution!
https://bsky.app/profile/newseye.bsky.social/post/3ll34hxgfb22j
https://bsky.app/profile/lucyham.bsky.social/post/3llxwd4kjn222
Trade requires trust and that no longer exists.
The USA is big and rich and has a lot of momentum. Even though they took it out at the knees, it'll tumble forward for some time yet.
And if both sides get something, or feel it's an equal trade off, that's losing a deal in his syphilitic, dementia-addled mind.
This isn't going to work how he thinks it is