President Trump has promised that tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will impose few, if any, costs on the U.S. and rake in huge sums of revenue. But experts point out that many of his goals contradict and undermine one another.
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This man for the last ten years has done nothing but lie to the American people. He does not know what economist know and unfortunately doesn’t care to listen. This man is the most dangerous man in this country.
Perhaps if he were only more intelligent and less ignorant he could understand what any high schooler knows. Tariffs work about as well as walls. Not at all.
Trump wants people to believe that other countries pay the tariffs. No, US importers do. It's really a heavy tax on American businesses who pass it on to consumers. Average Americans pay the biggest penalty for his stupid policy.
Why can’t the experts explain to that orange idiot what the tariffs will do? At every level - - economically, inflationary and globally. Explain it to him like he’s 5, because he is.
After all this, if you still don't see that this administration is working for PUTIN, I don't know who will!
And I would add another proof: Trump is implementing tariffs on every friendly country... But you don't see him implementing tariffs on RUSSIA! 🤔 TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE ARE JUST TRAITORS!
Experts have pointed out he’s a felon. Experts have pointed out he’s not mentally fit for any job. Experts have pointed out he’s dangerous for America.
DUMB and DUMBER ARE AT IT AGAIN. U.S. companies will pay these tariffs and pass the costs along. Additionally, U.S. based companies That operate in the same marketplace selling similar products will seize the opportunity to increase prices to match. They will take all of your money possible.
"but experts point out..." Y'all can't just say he's fucking lying? The NY Times doesn't have smart enough people to know tarrifs will raise costs on American consumers?
The LYING, STUPID FELON Pres
keeps repeating that the 🇺🇸
people do not pay the tariffs!
He needs to release his medical records so the 🇺🇸 people can see the meds he’s on.
Then they will realize why he speaks these untruths & is delusional!
This narcissistic psychopathic is already destroying 🇺🇸 !!
Trump is adding 25% tariffs on Canada 🇨🇦 on Pancake Day 🥞 aka Shrove Tuesday. Show your support for Canada by buying Canadian, plus eating & posting pancakes with Canadian Maple Syrup 🍁.
so explain to me why the prices on things ordered from any of these countries will go up? Are you saying they won't? Because I am happy to send you receipts.
The #UnstableNumbskull is going to take us right into recession and permanently alter trading partners perception of a stable ally.
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
In less than 6 (!) weeks #Trump has managed to enrage government workers, low- and middle-class families, military generals, neighboring countries and Western allies. He has destroyed America’s reputation, leadership and soon its financial standing.
For Chrissakes, these are just lies. Stop treating this racist rapist insurrectionist Betrayer like a normal person. His policies will continue to destroy the country. We all know it and time to say it
This is insane! This guy does not know what tariffs are. Someone needs to school him on the ABC of tariffs. We, the American consumers, will pay for the tax.
It doesn't take an expert. It is a tax of as known percentage on a known quantity of goods. Do the math and the burden added to the average taxpayer is $130 every month they are in place, Excluding any collateral effects. Raising the price by adding a tax is also known as cost-push inflation.
The NYT is a cuck. Just make the headlines honest. Tariffs are paid by US importers. Those importers pass that cost onto the consumers. No foreign country is paying any tariffs. Tariffs are imposed at the border. It is a tax on Americans
Just about everythig that Trump says is misinformation or a lie. Worse he acts on a lack of facts and his alternate reality. Plus surrounded by people who are as lost as he is or just terrified to say anything to upset him. While other MAGA cult members make excuses. All very strange & disturbing
The USA is now a collective of Putin apologists- they voted a vapid husk of a weird orange human into office - either they are fucking stupid or they are complicit- either way they are not the friend of a civilized society - just a bunch of silly uneducated teens.
He's all toxic bluster & zero substance. Case in point the garbage show at the White House today. Drumpf & Vance are like 12 yr. olds on one hand whose egos are SO fragile they cannot help but bully when they don't hear what they want. & thug mobsters who are desperate to hide behind fake decorum.
The stable genius, is in fact, a moron. And it’s going to cost everyone a lot of money to underline that point. Of course, at the end, he’ll blame everyone but himself for the calamity.
You report it as fact, but you know the truth.
Tariffs WILL create greater costs to ALL Americans.
His promises are the promises of a dictator, they are worthless.
OK. But I wanna' hear from the little revolutionary who doesn't read the NYT. Who doesn't understand WHY legitimate media doesn't/can't use the word "lie" in editorial. They can in analysis. And they do.
And I want to know old he is. If he's over 25 I'll advise him to grow the fuck up.
So? What's your point? And why pop off about an article you didn't read?
What I want to know is why the pitchfork kids scream and whine about the word "lie?" Will it soothe the fee fees if it's used? Then read their analysis. They can use the word there. Not in editorial.
But tell me that you REALLY think that because the word 'lie' wasn't used by the NYT, a pub that MAGA would NEVER read, brought Trump to the WH.
You don't really believe that do you? I don't think you do. So why say it?
You dudes love to shoot but you're always shooting at the wrong enemy. THINK.
Is this Peter Bakers burner lol calm down? The press did not do a good job accurately reporting that trumps policies would be highly inflationary. It was the voters top issue. Dereliction of duty
Just call them what they are, taxes paid by consumers on certain goods.
We should really stop calling them “tariffs” because people don’t understand them and the media can’t explain them.
What's sad is that you're 100% right. They're effectively the same as any other tax as far as the consumer is concerned. If they just swapped those two terms there would be a LOT more people opposing this!
Here’s something you can control; Consume Less! I’ve been repairing what I can, buying secondhand if able and have cut back my spending about 25%. My dogs are damn expensive actually. Can’t skimp there.
He’s a felon and an inveterate liar bent on bringing autocracy to the United States, yet your rag treats him as simply being confused, or misunderstood. I remember when the NYT had real journalistic integrity. Sadly those days are long past.
I think it's all down to the fact that America's allies openly know Trump to be the fool he is, whilst Xi, Putin and Kim are able to pull the wool over his eyes. He's too egotistical for his and his country's own good.
Nobody actually thinks that Trump understands global economics, even at smaller level several of his enterprises fail and even go bankrupt. Most likely he personally makes some money from those tariffs.
A guy who lied 4 years every single day, a whoremanger, a person who tried to overturn the election, a insurrectionist, ... and you honestly believe he has a reasonable plan besides overcoming western values? Interesting.
We have a recession coming now. Tariffs are paid for my Americans. This very greedy president, Elon Musk, JD Vance, and the Cabinet of billionaires want us to pay for their pleasures. I am so tired of these people. Today's verbal battle we witnessed is what they want to beat someone who is down.
What a loser, that creature has NO ethics, morals, standards of behavior like a normal person. He could be more repulsive if he tried.
And WHERE is all that imaginary revenue going? HIS POCKETS
Narrator: Donald gave tens of billions of dollars in socialist handouts to Our Great Farmers each year of his first term after promising that tariffs would rake in huge sums of revenue.
Trump lies like everyone else breathes…constantly and without thought. Anyone who still believes him is a fool extraordinaire and doomed to be disappointed….again and again. Though the rabid MAGA base doesn’t seem to learn…or care, the swing voters who got us into this should know better.
DJT imagines he can collect the import federal sales tax (tariffs) & stash it in a new Sovereign Fund like a Saudi Prince, let Jared manage it for a 5% cut that will go to Ivanka & the family. DJT will bankrupt America like his businesses all the while cozying up to other kleptocrats he envies.
El loco, agente naranja va a arruinar a los Estados Unidos, romper relaciones con sus aliados democráticos y a aliarse con dictadores y satrapas de todo el mundo. Cuando termine su mandato, si es que termina que lo dudo, EEUU será un país paria para la comunidad internacional. OTAN no, bases fuera
The FASCIST PUPPET PRESIDENT is talking out of his ASS of course!! Canadians UNDERSTAND what a tariff war will mean to BOTH countries, but the MAGA HORDE listen ONLY to tRump and Fox SPEWS, so they're going to get a HUGE AWAKENING!!!
Remember when right wing politicians believed in the free market and genuine competition? To control markets in this way could almost be compared to the Soviets
And since yesterday, Canada has an idea how any “negotiations” will be done. Plus, everyone n this planet now knows how trustworthy an reliable the current US leadership is.
Except that’s not true, any economist worth their weight in gold will tell you just how bad tariffs are for everyone involved. Clearly his experts are ass kissers.
Talk about a group of people who scream about revising and rewriting history and screaming about statues being removed to erase history, but then turn around and IGNORE historical data regarding past incidents of extreme tariffs. Apparently The Great Depression wasn’t part of their fake education.
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Your friends or enemies (depending on the day) from the North are EMBARRASSED to be neighbours.
🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇺🇦
The lies and the gullible.
Already, vendors for my husband's line of work.ate already sending emails about price increases.
My HVAC guy who is 100% Trumper said new central air systems will be going up by 40% (we had our's done today to avoid that).
And I would add another proof: Trump is implementing tariffs on every friendly country... But you don't see him implementing tariffs on RUSSIA! 🤔 TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE ARE JUST TRAITORS!
keeps repeating that the 🇺🇸
people do not pay the tariffs!
He needs to release his medical records so the 🇺🇸 people can see the meds he’s on.
Then they will realize why he speaks these untruths & is delusional!
This narcissistic psychopathic is already destroying 🇺🇸 !!
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The only editorializing necessary here is… EVERYTHING Trump said was a LIE…
..you don’t need any more words in that to explain the context 🙄
Impossible that this will go on for four years...
Whether or not you want violence, some people leave you with no alternative.
Best to you✌🏼
How does that generate revenue?
Just like his entire Presidency. No news here.
Tariffs WILL create greater costs to ALL Americans.
His promises are the promises of a dictator, they are worthless.
No more friendly price. Canadians have had enough.
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It's not a pragmatic or logical decision. Nor a sane decision!
Fixed it for you.
But Trumps stupid and a liar.
So…
And I want to know old he is. If he's over 25 I'll advise him to grow the fuck up.
Sorry I misunderstood your comment at first.
Sure they can't outright say "fucking lie" in a non-editorial article. But they don't have to play softball either.
What I want to know is why the pitchfork kids scream and whine about the word "lie?" Will it soothe the fee fees if it's used? Then read their analysis. They can use the word there. Not in editorial.
You don't really believe that do you? I don't think you do. So why say it?
You dudes love to shoot but you're always shooting at the wrong enemy. THINK.
We should really stop calling them “tariffs” because people don’t understand them and the media can’t explain them.
This makes you no better than that cock in the oval
And WHERE is all that imaginary revenue going? HIS POCKETS
It doesn't take an expert here, Slim...
Those being U.S. importers and end consumers.