They should have highlighted 'good'. It's a blatant power grab. So far it looks like several historically bad plots combined into one. The millionaires that read the WSJ didn't realize that the asset grab scheme revealed during the campaign is designed to weed them out as well- unless they bow.
You know what sucks though...it'll probably end rather fast (which we hope for, of course), but then Don the Con will get credit from his fans for not allowing it to go on, instead of feeling the wrath of Americans calling for his resignation! Why do we allow him to cause such chaos & stress?!
It's not dumb if the aim is to cause massive issues within the country and then be able to declare state of emergency.
Stop thinking he's dumb and wake up to who is behind this and what the real aim is.
I agree. He is laying the foundations of a crisis so vast that he will be able to claim that we can't have elections in '26 or '28 because we are in such a deep emergency. He creates it, and then he benefits from it.
Wouldn't it be better for democrats to make a plan to make trump's term as short as possible, rather than just point out how... 🤯this man is. build bridges with republicans who don't want this either.
Leaving aside the FACT
-that less than 1% of fentanyl bound for the US comes across the US/Canada border
-that immigration and fentanyl are a common problem which we are BOTH trying to solve
-that Canada already sells its oil to the US at DISCOUNTED prices
IMPOSING A 25% TARIFF is FENCE-POST STUPID
There is a very good reason: he wants the US allies to pay to keep the US as the world's leading power.
Those who abuse do so because they do not feel capable of achieving their ends with intelligence and work.
That's what they voted for, right?
Fear is never a good advisor.
The sabotage is the point. Destabilize our economy, devalue the dollar, all to get rid of the Fed/central bank system and push to crypto (which they coincidentally have huge control over).
There has never been a working libertarian society in the history of mankind, ever. They are about to find out. It's just unfortunate that the experiment subject is the leader of the free world.
Like it or not, USA used to be the most powerful leader of the democratic West. Now they are corrupted by extreme conservatives like Netanyahoo and his ilk. Citizens United basically opened the door to foreign influence from eg. AIPAC.
They emptied the Fed more than 20x over since Trump's first term. Now they're cutting all the programs and payroll to refill and drain it again, or just funnel it directly into their pockets. Crypto is nothing but scrip which will be completely worthless after the world war they start is over.
just proving he has absolutely no idea about business. most every economist has said this was not a good idea but does it anyways. can't fix stupid. nobody shoulda ever voted the dumbass in. he dgaf about any of us. smh.
Clean up the border, we did, said yesterday “nothing they do will stop the tariffs” never about the border, they seized a whole 20kg fentanyl from 🇨🇦 in 2023, but sure let’s call it a National Security issue 🤦♀️🤣🤣
If they cut the US off from the rest of the world, it makes it easier for the Nazi's to "cull the herd". The few people that really did vote for him will be shocked when they realize they are also just part of the herd.
There's a difference between how Canada and Mexico atre preparing their citizens for this vs the US. They're telling their citizens there will be pain and cost. Trump is basically gaslighting saying everything will be fine. This will be a problem for him when things aren't fine.
He will cite revenue from tariffs, inflated saving from eliminating program’s and federal worker reductions to fund Republican tax breaks for the wealthy. That will be a house of cards and those costs will come back.
GET NAZI INCEL BUCKTOOTH HITLER OUT OF THE TREASURY NOW DOUBLE QUICK OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trump is attempting a forced economic annexation, and if he can't get us to bend the knee fast enough with economic assaults, he will order an armed invasion under false pretenses. trump wants to force us to become a US State to gain access to our freshwater resources, metals, LNG, oil, timber, etc.
He’s showing the world how racist and bullish he truly is. Mary Trump warned all of us what he was like! No empathy or feelings for anyone but himself!!
What infuriates me is that the Wall Street Journal is one of Trump's long-time enablers. Whining now that the midnight hour has passed is as unproductive as Mitch McConnell voting NO against Pete Hegseth.
And where was the WSJ before all this this in before election
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Nonsense after the fact BS reporting
So what they can hindsight tell us we told you after the fact so
Why it’s a tarot card reading to late
Only good reason wreck the Economy on purpose
Steel the mortgage house back for free
It’s a distraction so people don’t pay attention to the purges in the FBI and DoJ, or Musk commandeering the communication and financial networks in the treasury, GSA, and OPM.
this trade war was probably only planned for a fews by design. The GRIFTER will then run to Fox News to share with MAGA that Mexico, Canada, and China have agreed to his terms, and they will soon be the 51st, 52nd, and 53rd states. AND the FOOLS will believe him.
The reason income tax was created was to reduce tariffs, which were once the government's sole source of income, to keep foreign countries from withdrawing their investments in the USA.
Trump's tariffs are to make up for his tax breaks to the wealthy.
Trump needs new revenue from which to give tax cuts to elites. Once he has tariffs & tax cuts passed/signed, he'll likely agree to offset some of the tariffs w/cuts to social spending.
It's far easier politically to do it this way than to cut social spending specifically for tax cuts to the rich.
But you would. Had Dems won the election it would not change the minds of the cult faithful. They would be rioting and disgruntled and wreaking havoc in the streets and everything would be the Dems fault. This is and will be painful but it's the only way to break the spell. They got what they wanted
To our friends in America, Trump told us back in 2020 about the USMCA - "The USMCA is the fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed into law. It’s the best agreement we’ve ever made, and we have others coming." Your new position on trade doesn't make sense.
When this results in inflation and you know that you are paying higher prices trump will reassure you that it’s not true even when you know better. Maga republicans will believe him. Foolishness!!
Trump wrote "The Art of the Deal" 38 years ago. It's a virtual scouting report on how he acts. He will never be a traditional politician. Don't expect him to be. I will never understand why people react to every little tweet. Watch what he does, not what he says.
Crash our stocks/economy. Food shortage coming soon thanks to the brown racist anti immigrant campaign. Food will rot. Let a South African immigrant who pushes Nazism worldwide get into our national security systems via Starshield/Starlink. Now our treasury info is being stolen. Hostile takeover.
Trump is probably tariffing Canada because Trudeau was thought to be laughing at Trump with Macron and Johnson at a NATO summit in 2019. The man has the mentality of a 7 year old.
He wants to be viewed as tough man, a hard-nosed businessman, and a leader to be feared. He’s none of those. He’s a whiny little “rich boy” who wants to be even richer. He reminds me of Veruca Salt in Willie Wonka, saying she wants it now. He’s going to meet his downfall. I hope it’s soon.
If only tens of millions of Americans hadn’t warned corporate media that sane-washing that rapist nazi asshole was going to have devastating effects across the board… economy included.
And, still, very few articles about the seismic shift away from the tech bros’ media shitholes to BlueSky…
Beyond stupid and beyond pointless. This has nothing to do with fentanyl and will have no effect on it. But it will kill the economies of three countries. It's almoat as if Putin had planned it!
Many of us Americans buy medication from Canada because it is far cheaper than buying it in the US..
Thanks to President Musk, we will expect to pay more!
Jumping Jehosafats...did the Wall Street Journal editorial staff decry that Trump is dumb? Watch out folks, you might get a nasty call from his new "Media" person.
I really would like to know why he is doing this? Is he really that stupid? He knows that this leads to higher prices for Americans. Is that what he wants?? Why??
"Stupid is as stupid does" is a phrase meaning that a person's intelligence can be judged by their actions, essentially saying that someone's behavior is what defines whether they are considered "stupid"
Officially T is justifying this by implicating the 3 countries in the Fentanyl trade. I think we share the blame by demanding it. What is being done to find the driver of the demand?
Oh but wait, wait…. if 🇨🇦 retaliates, the tariffs will go up! All for 19kg of fentanyl that US border security services caught crossing into US from Canada in 2024.
Or so they say that is why. That really isn't why but they needed some kind of reason because they can't tell the real truth of really why. They have to make it sound at least somewhat reasonable.
He needed an excuse to use some Act in order to impose tariffs. Because only Congress can impose tariffs. This Act overrides that apparently. He’s thought this out…. and not fooling anyone because we know why he’s doing it. A power and control grab to get his hands on Canada.
He didn’t think it out, it was some ass-kisser who told him “hey, you can do it this way”. felon turnip is too stupid to have thought this one out, especially as he doesn’t even compare how tariffs work.
It is dumb, he's letting the leopards eat his face so he can feel like he has made a grand stupid point to his loyalists -
Tariffs won't stop the Fentanyl -
China is responsible for creating synthetic drugs, not Mexico -
And Elon's got a lot if money tied up in China and besides China holds billions of dollars worth of the US's debt - they could cause real problems. If the dollar was to stop being the gold standard global currency..
I imagine it's part of the Tiktok deal and China's AI capabilities. Pretty sure Musk, Zuck and Bezos are going to get all the data Tiktok claimed they didn't track. Soon we'll all be deep faked on Social Media discussing how happy we are about how things are going.
Fingers crossed that eventually his stupidity and umb arsed stunts will backfire on him, and he will lose all ability to function as President. Self destructive idiotic chaos.
Strange is it not. That people outside the Continental United States. Have more of a grasp of American history than the Immigrant population there since 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Centuries.
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That's the point. They're bankrupting our country. They're isolating us on purpose. They don't want anyone to come in and help when civil war breaks out. They know they'll lose if anyone steps in. But if disease is rampant and we are fighting each other while the plagues rage, no one will want to.
No can’t blame Vlad for his own stupidity especially when his original tariffs his first term failed miserably and now he want to repeat with more countries.. He has NO idea about what he is doing ..🤦♀️
I wish the countries that are part of the World Health Organization and NATO would slap tariffs on the US as a show of strength, too. This is one thing in their collective toolbox they could use to great effect. It says, "Don't fuck with the climate or Ukraine. We're a team!! Remember?!?" #resist
Absolutely! It is time to deliver an unforgettable dope slap to trump and those who follow him. There is never a good time to indulge bullies like trump and musk.
Just because trump and Trudeau held off on pushing the nuclear tariff button doesn't change my feelings about our allies showing a collective show of strength by proactively sending a message that we are on the wrong side of history on this. trump isn't the only one who can weaponize them. #tariff
Tariffs on the US would force millions in this country to reckon that we share this air and have to work together. It would throw trump back on his heels. Again, these countries have the upper hand if they apply it, and I don't think it will last that long, as anger at trump would quickly escalate.
Why wait for trump to initiate another destructive move? The world can’t afford to placate this monster, like Neville Chamberlain sought to placate Hitler. This huge instigation of employing tariffs could ultimately save many lives.
Yeah, see, Europe's having their own issues regarding rightwinged lunacy and some country here has always election period at any given time so critical foreign affair decisions are delayed. Plus, Europe needs to stand together against the other big players and every rightwinged party is
WWWIII is already started. People are scared and no one wants to make a move except the “bad guys”. Force is whats going to happen and will it be the ‘good guys’ standing up to fight what (nobody wants to do) or let the ‘bad guys’ plow through us all.
I wouldn’t say a world war has “started,” but I agree we’re in tenuous times where the scales are tipped very publicly in favor of the rich and privileged. This is an untenable situation and, if not addressed in a way that shows they’ll pay their fair share, then I’m afraid there’ll be hell to pay.
He’s threatened to invade allies and steal their territory. He’s started a trade war with America’s friends for undefined reasons. His cronies are shutting down key govt services and ceasing control.
hopefully some rich people will slap him in the back of the head and say "stop donald!"
(figuratively slap him, i do not call for violence, just in case big brother (DOGE) is watching)
The other reason for all the chaos he's creating is so in '26 & '28 he can claim a natl emergency & suspend elections. This is a shock & awe tactic aimed at paralyzing his opponents into immobility, setting the stage for retaining power. They've got all 3 branches now, they won't ever cede them.
"We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within."
- This is a quote attributed to the late Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
There is maybe 0.2% that goes from Canada to the US. There is more that goes from the US to Canada. It is just an excuse. He wants to destabilize Canada and hurt Canada on purpose.
After listening to maga family members explain tarrifs I feel like if someone says someone says something confidently enough about a subject they don't understand that seems like logic
There is a reason. Not a good one to the wellbeing of the USA. He wants to dominate Canada to show he can. He wants to try to break us economically. He wants our country.
Oh there is a reason, he is not getting his way with those countries. So he is throwing a tantrum. WSJ, he is your ideal for the country, right? Enjoy! 😡😡😡😡😡
Rupert may have realized that if the world economy tanks and the West goes into a long recession, it could harm some of his non-media businesses. He's a smart guy.
No matter how many commercials companies run, people won't be able to buy the item/service being advertised unless they actually have the money to do so. So commercial rates will drop, and advertising revenues will dry up.
TRUMP THINKS HE IS CLEVER THAN ALL OF US AND PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING HE WANTS WRONG! HE IS ONLY A CRIMINAL FREE ON BAIL HELP BY MUSK TO BE ELECTED A EXPERT IN VOTE COUNTING COMPUTERS HE LITERALLY TOLD THE WORLD MUSK MADE SURE HE WAS ELECTED BUT NO INVESTIGATIONS? like THIS 👇his ear intacte!weird no?
And he just announced increasing the tariffs if we retaliate !!
He blames fentanyl leaking through borders, but what about all the F*** guns going through OUR 🇨🇦borders? You want it to stop? Solidify the borders on your side! If I don’t want a thief getting in my house, I will put locks on my door!
I for one, think he can raise tariffs to the moon and it still won’t stop Canadians from fighting! Trump is a piece of shit and the American people need to understand that! He is a draft dodging little bitch that has no honour or integrity!
After the trade war escalated through 2019 the 2 sides reached an agreement. By the end of Trump’s first presidency the trade war was widely characterized as a failure for the U.S.
In other words, the first time it wasn’t so smart either!
Unfortunately, there aren’t enough Democrats in the House to get the votes to impeach. That tiny Republican House majority is very harmful to the country.
I have a question and I'm gonna pose it to everyone I can. Trmp removed the constitution from the WH website and then it reappeared a short time later. Has anyone checked that it wasn't changed? Because it'd be really easy for ppl to just trust it because it's the WH site. Yk?
I highly recommend that each and every American listens to what PMJT said on Saturday night. He spoke directly to Americans. It should make every smug American who is indoctrinated into the American exceptionalism concept very uncomfortable.
Strange how they have the same perspective as the rest of us when they’re about to lose it all, too. The dumbest student in the history of Wharton got put in charge. Again.
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Stop thinking he's dumb and wake up to who is behind this and what the real aim is.
-that less than 1% of fentanyl bound for the US comes across the US/Canada border
-that immigration and fentanyl are a common problem which we are BOTH trying to solve
-that Canada already sells its oil to the US at DISCOUNTED prices
IMPOSING A 25% TARIFF is FENCE-POST STUPID
Those who abuse do so because they do not feel capable of achieving their ends with intelligence and work.
That's what they voted for, right?
Fear is never a good advisor.
There is a grift somewhere.
Deportations & Tariffs - an intentional repeat of Hoover's escalation of the depression
Making a Depression Great again!
https://biggovernment.substack.com/p/deportations-will-spike-food-prices?r=1vj4ca
Like I can overlook China Mexico sure? (The logic for Mexico is more there than it is Canada to be honest) but Canada no.
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Nonsense after the fact BS reporting
So what they can hindsight tell us we told you after the fact so
Why it’s a tarot card reading to late
Only good reason wreck the Economy on purpose
Steel the mortgage house back for free
Buckle up.
Trump's tariffs are to make up for his tax breaks to the wealthy.
It's far easier politically to do it this way than to cut social spending specifically for tax cuts to the rich.
That is not a given.
$1.00 cost is now $1.25.
Additional profit on $0.25 increase is $0.125.
New price is $1.375.
The consumer pays 37.5% more (not China, Mexico, or Canada).
Ouch!
Jesus destroy the blasphemous demons! anyway you see fit!🍁💙🙏🌍
And, still, very few articles about the seismic shift away from the tech bros’ media shitholes to BlueSky…
Thanks to President Musk, we will expect to pay more!
#StoptheTariffs
#DeportMusk
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbuq4imwh2lqsm7wslzqf5er/post/3lh5hajkoec23
It's just more "Flooding the Zone with Shit." https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation
WSJ reports actual news
Tariffs won't stop the Fentanyl -
China is responsible for creating synthetic drugs, not Mexico -
tRUMP is Putin's wrecking ball.
In what they buy.
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He’s threatened to invade allies and steal their territory. He’s started a trade war with America’s friends for undefined reasons. His cronies are shutting down key govt services and ceasing control.
But there are no protests. What will it take?
And for those who can, please consider sending some bucks to the orgs involved!
https://bsky.app/profile/climatebrad.hillheat.com/post/3lha5nqfcxk2w
https://bsky.app/profile/johnhatchard.bsky.social/post/3lgorbsmmkc23
https://bsky.app/profile/keithboykin.bsky.social/post/3lh7uygtdmk25
(figuratively slap him, i do not call for violence, just in case big brother (DOGE) is watching)
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- This is a quote attributed to the late Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
The dumbest editorial board in history.
What the hell is he doing this for?
For NO REASON! 😡😖
WSJ was always conservative but the would occasionally offer some decent journalism; now that it's owned by the Murdochs, not so much.
He blames fentanyl leaking through borders, but what about all the F*** guns going through OUR 🇨🇦borders? You want it to stop? Solidify the borders on your side! If I don’t want a thief getting in my house, I will put locks on my door!
In other words, the first time it wasn’t so smart either!
No commentary, no overtalking, no translation. I want more of this. People who want it need those things can watch news entertainment shows.
Something about something is as something does