OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
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hi, no thanks
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
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He expects world leaders to kiss his ass, pretend to negotiate a deal while they find a way to pay him off.
Its just a fucking shakedown’
There is prob even more dumb/insane stuff in there we haven’t even found yet.
Every day of Trump's presidency corroborates that statement. Trump is an economically illiterate idiot.
https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/third-quarter-2018/understanding-roots-trade-deficit
I suspect Lutnick is suffering from the same mental bailment and was the one who did the math.
be sure to use your sharpie...
You'll never fail econ 101 again
'In' minus 'Out' divided by 'Out'
*slow clap* *slow clap*
- GLaDOS, Portal 2
The stupid is strong in TrumpCo. Use your stupid repellent immediately!
https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2025/02/generative-ai-use-and-human-agency.html
If *anyone* was gonna make the claim "they aren't buying more stuff from me, that's interfering with free trade!" they'd absolutely be the kind of dumbass to get a job in this administration.
Our DoJ, Treasury, Federal Reserve…
Our government.
Our wallets.
Trump is sticking his fingers into every aspect of our lives. It’s not about tariffs, it’s about chaos and control.
Congratulations!
Jesus.
takes your college entry test and dad donates $ for you to get final passing grade to graduate with a d average & college degree.
"Oh man, we're f#@ked."
https://bsky.app/profile/dansinker.com/post/3llunnyfeoj2v
Plus stupide que ça et tu oublies de respirer.
We aren’t coming back from this any times soon.
Reality is as bad as it gets as far as the “trump criticism” category goes.
His policy is shit.
https://bsky.app/profile/shannonrwatts.bsky.social/post/3lluhqy5iek2h
They just arbitrarily moved (or forgot) the decimal?
Or more succinctly
When you let the dumbest MF’s to walk the earth elect a senile moron to run a country
Magats eat it up.
Not gonna get any better for them to understand this.
Well, I take that back for some of them. Bills rising will do the trick. The others Magats are simply rich enough and most importantly racist enough
BIOT. Diego fucking Garcia.
We tarrifed our own military base.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-transgender-2670902521/
A drunk predator who couldn't run a fast food franchise.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseths-rough-start-pentagon-chief-faces-protest-us-base-abroad-rcna191828
🤔 why
(I'm only half kidding.)
We will never know what is happening with those b2s.
At least I hope not😳
10% tariff.
The mind wobbles.
Sorry.
Not yet.
https://bsky.app/profile/dansinker.com/post/3llunnyfeoj2v
I shouldn’t laugh. It’s a wild eyed laugh
Or both.
But it's not about tariffs, imho.
It's important that any protests are peaceful. Or you'll really get a dictator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
#BritishIndianOceanTerritory #BIOT
https://youtu.be/efzS1Jc7TX0?si=PWTyB37ik3ZKLQoa
Don't fucking analogize a military junta with trans people.
AKA Diego Garcia, a US military base
@brittlestar.com
@davidmoscrop.com
@dfisman.bsky.social
you would LOVE THIS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/02/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-countries-chart-imports-united-states.html
That's just a made up word they're using.
They took what appears to be the Wikipedia about trade deficits, divided the number for each listing by the value of the exports, and called it a "tariff rate".
But since Diego Garcia has no exports to the US (because it's a base on uninhabited islands) it defaulted to 10%
serves me right for fact checking my own joke
Some of us are just not cut out to be shitposters.
Those poor dogs!
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-how-the-british-empire-186807534/
Thoughts?
The make it a practice to ask for names and references might lead to more truth, accuracy and accountability.
https://bsky.app/profile/dansinker.com/post/3llunnyfeoj2v
Gemini, what time is best for launching cruise missiles at Houthis?
https://bsky.app/profile/wwwojtekk.bsky.social/post/3llunpoz2h22j
This is the same POTUS that, when confronted with the various individual Jan 6ers’ legal issues said “fuck it. Just let me all go. Next issue.”
He wants us to believe he has NOTHING to do with Russia... but they seem to be the ONLY country not listed!!
Tariffs. Maybe 🇨🇦 PM’s & 🇲🇽 Prez knew what they were doing.
🇺🇸 is unstable and we came out of today better than many could have imagined!
🇨🇦 Vote Liberal! 🇨🇦
#CanadaStrong
And the office he hlods is the most consequential one in the world.