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mrjoncryer.bsky.social • 13 days ago

And all of this was done…

For no reason

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID-19's outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide on worries about the damage President Donald Trump's newest set of tariffs could do to economies globally.
www.mississippifreepress.org/wall-street-...

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nonyabidniss.bsky.social•13 days ago

You sure? Or is he just sitting back waiting for the bribes. Today he said he was looking for countries that make "phenomenal" offers. To him, personally, we should assume.

davidmack.bsky.social•13 days ago

We know the reason. Now he will demand either bribes or pledges of loyalty from leaders of entire sectors of the economy in exchange for selectively easing the tariffs. Want your livelihoods back? Quell dissent and bend the knee, serfs. This is a dictator’s power play. He’s holding us hostage.

chakanawe.bsky.social•13 days ago

Actually, Jon: there *was* a reason

nmlaura.bsky.social•13 days ago

It was done to force each country to beg him for concessions.

missy-ubermom.bsky.social•12 days ago

The sole reason is for the world to come to him on bonded knee.

scthomas.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yet the GOP silently sits on its hands and watches. Shameful

slowlearner123.bsky.social•13 days ago

Respectfully, Americans need to stop saying that. He did it for a reason: crashing the economy is a vital step to securing a dictatorship. Americans may not like that answer but it is time to stop denying his real reason.

youngallison63.bsky.social•13 days ago

Part of #Project2025 involves the destruction of the middle class, so we'll all be struggling & indebted to our new Gilead Commanders~ 😔
I'll have to be a "Martha".

elisa515.bsky.social•13 days ago

He undoubtedly finds this thrilling.

antiss.bsky.social•13 days ago

I sense a pattern here ...

mk561.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh I think there’s several reasons.

One, it makes him feel powerful.

Two, the resulting financial crisis will allow his billionaire friends to swoop in and acquire businesses and properties for Pennie’s on the dollar.

Three, he is a sociopath who enjoys inflicting pain and punching down.

mk561.bsky.social•13 days ago

Four, our self-destruction pleases Putin. Trump above all else wants to be like Putin.

I’m just spitballing, scratching the surface, obviously. The multitude of reasons just aren’t ones we can understand.

earlgreytea220.bsky.social•12 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/earlgreytea220.bsky.social/post/3llxsiszas22b

karlo.bsky.social•13 days ago

Trump is a pandemic.

ceindeed.bsky.social•13 days ago

With great respect, all of these actions are done with a specific reason, economic collapse. The billionaires will come in and “save” it with privatization of EVERYTHING.
And while everything will be markedly worse for the average American, they won’t care.
Roberts court won’t save them.
Hello 1789.

laserjockaz.bsky.social•13 days ago

I sincerely hope that unlike American media and law companies, these countries do not fold and all stand strong. Trump is playing mob boss with the world when he is the weakest among them.

kealcrow41.bsky.social•13 days ago

There IS a reason. The convicted felon Donald Krasnov Trump is Putin's bitch and is working to ruin the greatest country on the face of the planet.

stuzipants.bsky.social•13 days ago

We’re about to witness a series of Mulligans that’ll rewrite golfing history

brodyrocks.bsky.social•12 days ago

He’s a traitor and needs to be deposed

blueakasha.bsky.social•13 days ago

Mark Elias made a good point earlier today. He is most likely doing this to humiliate countries and force them to bend the knee and at that point he will remove the tariff. The same as he has done to law firms, universities, and others who have capitulated to him. We’ll see if that happens.

greatfausto.bsky.social•12 days ago

Funny how 2020 was also under Trumps watch 👍😂

adrianelizabeth.bsky.social•13 days ago

Everything Trump touches dies.

lmccolgan70.bsky.social•13 days ago

Nah, there’s a reason.

Tanking the economy very much on purpose.

libtilend.bsky.social•12 days ago

That’s not true.
He’s following orders.

foxtongirl.bsky.social•13 days ago

And is he HAPPY!

youlikeraisins.bsky.social•13 days ago

Someone told Trump that tariffs were a great thing in the 80s.

velvetllama.bsky.social•13 days ago

yet they donated and boosted training Trumps candidacy thinking he wouldn’t hurt them as well? That he was a habitual liar who never keeps his word?

velvetllama.bsky.social•13 days ago

yet they donated and boosted training Trumps candidacy thinking he wouldn’t hurt them as well? That he was a habitual liar who never keeps his word?

clnz.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh, it was intentional—just for all the wrong reasons. It benefited him & his cronies at the expense of everyday 🇺🇸’s.

createeve.bsky.social•13 days ago

The reason is to destroy our economy so it will be easier to destroy the republic from within( it also helps his buddy Putin) Then the Mump regime can auction off everything to the highest billionaire bidder. Disaster Capitalism at its finest, right @naomiaklein.bsky.social

stevethefirst.bsky.social•13 days ago

Because Tr*mp promised people with even less knowledge on how tariffs work than him that he would. Gotta own the Libs even if it means owning themselves in the process.

historyrepeating24.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh there's a reason...trump hates Americans.

Sorry, trump hates Americans who aren't billionaires.

dransct.bsky.social•13 days ago

His plan IS economic collapse and riots.
He stated this on fox news in 2014.
comments made on television in 2014, Donald Trump told Fox News that “total hell” would make America “great” again.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-riots-fox-news-obamacare-putin-economy-us-coronavirus-george-floyd-a9544491.html

dubsaxtheboard.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh no, there was a reason. Americans are pretty dumb. (No disrespect to the good ones)

antiss.bsky.social•13 days ago

Agreed. And their Media choices/consumption plays a huge role in that.

jkaster.bsky.social•12 days ago

His reason is to destroy the US

sandy2950.bsky.social•13 days ago

But Cheeto Krasnov got to leave early today for an extended golf weekend. Something he hasn't had for 4 days!

annabanana47.bsky.social•13 days ago

No. There was one reason. Making tiny donny feel like the most powerful person on the globe.

coyote108.bsky.social•13 days ago

Senator Murphy’s thread may be help to understanding.

gbaji.bsky.social•13 days ago

The reason is that Trump is a Russian asset and the destruction of US hegemony benefits Putin. This is also why we are about to invade a NATO nation.

kittycuddles2025.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes, that is why we must keep fighting this wrecking crew.

gerrylev.bsky.social•13 days ago

We do have an idiot with dementia for president so there is a reason.

extrememaskerroni.bsky.social•13 days ago

I heard on the radio that they played trumpets or something as he waddled up to announce all this shit yesterday….

wemk.bsky.social•13 days ago

What will it take to trigger the 25th?

extrememaskerroni.bsky.social•13 days ago

At this point with all he has done & they haven’t yet I have no idea.

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