The Economist: “Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era.” #TrumpTariffs - ThreadSky

No Tariffs on Russia 🇷🇺?

Even Antarctic Islands have Tariffs, and only Penguins live there 🤦🏻‍♂️

I don’t think it is an error. He wants us to fail. Out of petulance for countering him and to do putin’s bidding. It’s sane washing to pretend his schemes are just poor strategy. Ruination is his goal.

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stupidpeople.bsky.social•3 days ago

"They just don't understand he's playing 3D chess. Sometimes you gotta shake things up to fix them " - area dipshit in red hat that economists didn't consult with

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daveneste.bsky.social•3 days ago

Where has this coverage been for the last two years?! If we saw articles like this last summer then we wouldn’t be in this position.

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ndeuxt.bsky.social•3 days ago

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jamesearlweeks.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes

#NoToTrumpTariffs
#CongressMustAct

#TrumpTariffs

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calladin.bsky.social•3 days ago

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cherylbrown30.bsky.social•3 days ago

*error. He’s 💯 intentionally destroying our economy, to control the entire population.

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joelgrant.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maga cultists are still narcotized with oligarch-funded propaganda. Perhaps we could make some money selling a few Brooklyn bridges.

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trifid73.bsky.social•3 days ago

And all of Trumps tariff numbers were completely falsified... No surprise.

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jamescaseyjd.bsky.social•3 days ago

But he's our felon! 🤡

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islandpoi.bsky.social•3 days ago

His mom should have swallowed.

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lsdawson.bsky.social•3 days ago

@mikecrapo.bsky.social

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south2north.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤔 … knowing that Trump is going to do this are those around him playing the markets as the majority get poorer …? Is this more capital extraction from the world economy by the super rich ?

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rvh55vt.bsky.social•3 days ago

And Putin is jumping for joy in his office. His brilliant strategy to take down the United States is succeeding beyond his wildest dreams.

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hannehogberg.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oh-god-msnbc-host-gasps-as-economic-expert-warns-of-new-path-trump-put-the-u-s-on/ar-AA1CdJD5

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rmz1961.bsky.social•3 days ago

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ds12990.bsky.social•3 days ago

Defaulting on treasuries is next.

I am continually amazed by the collective failure of imagination. Every time he does something epically stupid or cruel, people scratch their heads and say “I didn’t see that coming!” He’s breaking every norm we have and yet people can’t seem to see it coming.

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patbyrnes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Error? Very understated, those Brits.

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krpl10.bsky.social•3 days ago

😞😞

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beachbard.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump's 1st 100 days goals in no particular order: frustrate US alliances, sully the US international image, collapse US Federal government, crater the US economy, kindle illness & death, undermine science & critical thinking skills, foment civil war, if possible, leave US in ashes for generations.

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alexcharles.bsky.social•3 days ago

remind me again. How many companies did he bankrupt.

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johnnyscience1.bsky.social•3 days ago

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xstopherx.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Error" implies that this was a mistake and not the plan all along.

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re2do.bsky.social•3 days ago

👆🏾👇🏾”The Economist: “Donald Trump ha cometido el error económico más profundo, dañino e innecesario de la era moderna.”
#TrumpTariffs”

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sarahbee7.bsky.social•3 days ago

Economic Terror. Be sure to call it "Trump Tariffs" and the "Trump Economy" every single time.

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justbreathe2025.bsky.social•3 days ago

Except its intentional

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lord-fenwick.bsky.social•2 days ago

Considering buying it as a souvenir

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lororos.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is what you get when you elect a narcissist moron.

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geo54p.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is a Russian asset

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mr-grieves.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everything he does points to it. It should be stated more often.

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acanadianboomer.bsky.social•3 days ago

The world 🌎 collectively responds to Trump on his #TrumpTariffs #3E

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patricklovell13.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/patricklovell13.bsky.social/post/3llw7wkd5e226

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dingleburp.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://Capitalism.sucks

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commiequeer25.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not an error. It did this on purpose.

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marytetris.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why can’t the four republicans who blocked Canadian tariffs yesterday team with democrats to block the new tariffs?

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davidicouldbewrong.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is destroying our country. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-are-fascist-state-when-we-have-ice.html?m=1

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catmantoo.bsky.social•3 days ago

I am so glad we made our biggest needed purchases during the Biden administration. If we travel to Europe it will be an apology tour. We didn’t want this.

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sydneywpb.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wonder if he hangs these on on his wall and looks at them with a proud sense of accomplishment?

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hurricaneheidi.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wish the brain washed masses would figure this out too!!

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regcalgary.bsky.social•3 days ago

Putin's puppet is doing the work of his #Russian masters.

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isocket.bsky.social•3 days ago

"My word, this is batshit crazy, but we still must address it as though there's some rationality behind it."

"Won't that make us look kinda silly?"

"Silly? Please, we're 'The Economist'."

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texastwinkie.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dollar down 2% so far today; stock market off 3.25% so far today. All those sorta-well-off Americans going to Europe this summer should *really* be enjoying their Nov 2024 vote.

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mikebaltar.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is what happens when you elect a walking Dunning-Kruger effect with a pathological hatred of being told no.

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mr-grieves.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump thinks Dunning-Kruger is a guy with blades for fingers who haunts your dreams.

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markc-289.bsky.social•3 days ago

The front cover only shows Trump with the US, but these tariffs are not only hurting the US.
However I don’t think Trump fully realizes (or maybe cares) how much it is hurting the US, not just the poor but including the wealthy.

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mamamurphy.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope everyone worried / angry / frustrated about our economy turns out this Saturday (4.5.25) to protest the destruction of our democracy. State capitols and major cities. https://events.pol-rev.com/search?search&contentType=EVENTS

Near DC? Join us at the Washington Monument at 12.

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mr-grieves.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well in 2016 he did say if he got elected "It'll be Brexit plus plus plus!". He’s finally making good on his promise.

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caligreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

He Makes Experts Angry

“Tariffs are bad!” scream economists,
To a big laugh from epidemiologists.
“So you’re angry folks ignore your speech?
We felt the same about injecting bleach!”

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maitrijen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not if you’re trying to destroy democracy using the vehicle of the economy. Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut:

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kaypeapod.bsky.social•3 days ago

We need a monicker -
Ruination Rump

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debbjay.bsky.social•3 days ago

If it were necessary, it would be easier to understand. But it is as far from necessary as East from West. And there’s the crux. There’s the cruelty. 😔

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travismcgeesghost.bsky.social•3 days ago

You beat me to this quote which I was just about to post.

@economist.com is not given to wild hyperbole

Responsible American citizens are about to be splattered with the same vile pigshit as those who voted for this corrupt clown car regime

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dmg2004.bsky.social•3 days ago

No shit Sherlock?

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5forfighting.bsky.social•3 days ago

And yet, no one stops him.

We don’t live in a kingdom….yet.

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notlost-drsmith.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds like a high crime and misdemeanor to me.

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bramacosta.bsky.social•3 days ago

For the first time ever, the corporation will orchestrate an assassination of American president

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mathiaslee.bsky.social•3 days ago

Congress has the power to stop these tariffs but MAGA/GOP refuses to exercise that power. They are complicit.
DEMs need to place blame on not only the "prez" but MAGA/GOP as a whole. They own this.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/03/17/trump-tariff-war-us-congress-trade-mexico-canada/82236312007/

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clementiv.bsky.social•3 days ago

It breaks my heart how hard Biden worked to restore this country, the world, and this clown destroys it all in 10 weeks.

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juneswin.bsky.social•3 days ago

And then blames Biden. Ridiculous

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ginger9700.bsky.social•3 days ago

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donfrance3.bsky.social•3 days ago

#TrumpTariffs chap my ass.

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bsteve978.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wear shoes? 90% are imported. Tariffs are taxes paid by U.S. importers — NOT foreign countries. Retailers raise prices to cover that cost. Yep, our gov collects money, but FROM US — not foreign countries.

Trump, is full of shit & taking $$$ out of YOUR pocket.

#TrumpTariffs #TrumpTax
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wipjenni.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is it still an "error" if it's done intentionally? 🤔

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voodoofool.bsky.social•2 days ago

and Fox and the CULT are sucking it up….believing this fiend, this FASCIST

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artie502.bsky.social•3 days ago

Who could have guessed? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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lovelivemusic58.bsky.social•3 days ago

Because he's a stupid ass surrounded by other stupid asses

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spinningoutloud.bsky.social•3 days ago

Brexit was about disabling UK.
What is MAGA about …. ?

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juneswin.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same I would guess

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spinningoutloud.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope US awakens faster than UK quickened.

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leorap.bsky.social•3 days ago

He has no business savy. He is bankrupt morally and mentally.
If his latest sabotage doesn’t prove he is unfit for office I don’t know what more the American people need to know

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catcmdr1.bsky.social•3 days ago

You mean he’s committed Economic Terror…

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petemoss77.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Republican Party is not good for the American people

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5forfighting.bsky.social•3 days ago

Never has been.

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dinestars.bsky.social•3 days ago

And we have to let this imbecile destroy what has been built for years? He’s just a fucked up man child with no smarts just hatred for humanity.

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babsmad.bsky.social•3 days ago

Again, not a stable, nor smart man

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coolestboomer.bsky.social•3 days ago

This guy is such a vile loser. There should be collective responsibility on the GOP and institutions of the right if our system survives the carnage.

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treble440.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s not an error. He’s doing it on purpose, probably at the direction of Putin.

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kathub333.bsky.social•3 days ago

Further proof that trump is bat shit cray-cray.

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keelyrait.bsky.social•3 days ago

YET...IT'S NOT AN ERROR. They have all said "it will be painful for the American people" but we need to "crash our economy". He is NOT doing anything in hopes of helping citizens. It is ALL about creating a dictatorship. PLEASE EVERYONE LISTEN!!!

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zymplex.bsky.social•3 days ago

Vladimir Putin used selective taxation in Russia to tighten his grip on oligarchs. Those who aligned with the Kremlin flourished. Those who didn’t were crushed under the weight of politically motivated prosecutions and economic strangulation.

Apple get ready to kiss his ass - be a approved oligarch

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keelyrait.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good lord if something isnt done SOON we really are fugged aren't we?!

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johnbgilman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump's defense will be the same as the Nazis at Nuremberg: "I was just following orders." These are Putin's tariffs and Putin's prized GOP assets running the govt in DC...

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