It’s a fine line between displaying toughness as a nation and just appearing like a desperate one. Like we need tariffs and bullying of other nations because we are in our last throws of desperation for our survival.
that’s what he is targeting. he believes all cars and parts should be made in the us. Not Canada and mexico. That will be his position. He wants all the car industry. Force manufacturers into the US. This is the rough period musk talked about. So who blinks first the unions or trump.
Housing.. Canadian Lumber.
Energy.. Canadian Oil.
Car Prices- Mexican Parts.
Food- Mexican Labor.
Expect all of these to increase by 25%.
Coffee, Bananas, and Cocoa could be next.
This is going to be uglier than they think.
Seems like it’s a word he likes damn the consequences.
He has some inaccurate history from early 1900’s.
I’m sure from the internet with a shit load of flaws.
Lunatic, chaos
I fear some ppl (me) are lacking in math skills. So for those of us who quit math before algebra can somebody give some examples of what the new average price of Mexican produce will be tomorrow (tariff day). Let’s start with avocados.
He knows exactly what he's doing. They (Thiel, Elno, 47, Zuckercuck) want to crash the economy, buy up assets in a fire sale, all while pumping crypto.
Agree! The US-Canada Automotive Agreement (1965!) made the industry trans-border. And NAFTA made it North American. The winner is Japanese, German and other foreign car manufacturers.,
He has no idea the hatred of America, and by extension American citizens, he is generating worldwide with his blatant lies and racist pronouncements. I fear for the average American tourist when they visit other nations.
This is the guy who filed bankruptcy for 6 casinos. He was the house. He doesn’t care what happens to anyone else because he knows he personally will do just fine.
https://youtu.be/BXZdxdukONE?si=xag6OVgqKYUEC-bh. And it's important that we remember when "tRUMP" offered us "a way out of the system we were stuck in," he clearly had no option for honestly examining and fixing our current broken system, so, we need to explore as many options as possible without turning on eachother..
I think he knows he can make money, fraudulently, and gives not one single hoot of consequences. Does not care. Not interested. Of no concern.
It's not stupidity. It's greed.
No, he does. They made a lot of money during the phenomenal economy Joe Biden created. After crashing it, they will come along and buy everything for cheap
The people behind the curtain are issuing these DECREES... it's more than obvious Donald is mouthing and signing whatever they put in front of him. There's NO ONE HOME IN THERE. Just look at him.
He does. It's an opportunity to distract and steal billions. He will gin up anger against phantom enemies and get Fox and others launder his BS. He is a thief.
It’s going to be more disastrous than the early days of the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but this time no competent leadership to get us out of this since an incompetent felon who got us in this leads the freakin’ country with a sycophantic GOP.
The problem Trump will have is once he launches a trade war, he doesn't have control over its end. Canada/Mexico will put in retaliatory tariffs, and he will then need to negotiate w/them. CA/MX don't want to be held under constant threat from an unreliable partner; they may drive a hard bargain.
I have no idea how tariffs can be rescinded after a few days, given companies would still be paying taxes during that time.
He has literally zero off-ramp. Either he causes economic and political turmoil, or he causes a little economic turmoil and gets his bluff called, looking like a bitch.
I guarantee you the way Colombia acquiesced to his threats emboldened him to pull the trigger these and I bet money he thinks Canada, Mexico and China will do the same. He wants to play the strongman and will sacrifice American citizens in the process.
Why isn’t his authority to unilaterally set tariff rates being challenged in court? It’s an abuse of emergency authority granted by Congress back in the 1960s.
The Trade Act of 1974 delegated a lot of authority to the Executive for trade and tariffs. There was some pull-back in 1984 with the fast-track mechanism. But I don't see this Congress fighting back.
It's intentional. Trump seeks revenge against America. American banks stopped loaning him money due to his business failures. And Russia, the KGB, and Russian mob found their useful idiot.
The auto industry includes all the plants that make components for the auto not just the assembly plants. Here in South Carolina we have a massive amount of auto component suppliers, including many tire manufacturing facilities . ALL will be hurt by this. He will absolutely punish his own voters.
Trump once bankrupted his airline b/c he insisted on packing the airplanes with heavy rugs and metals, despite engineers telling him the fuel costs will be too high to keep the business alive.
Trump's tariffs will cost Americans dearly and make us all losers.
Tariffs are generally a bad idea with significant economic losses.
What will the US do now that Trump is digging his own grave-- (--fortunately--he won't last 4 years)
He bankrupted 6 of his own companies but has never filed personal bankruptcy. That tells you he does care if he breaks other people's lives. He will look after only his own.
Are #Canada’s leaders ready to increase trade with countries that have up-until-now been less-than-undesirable #trade partners? Hold our noses - embrace #China, #Russia, #Iran… anyone. If we can’t deal with #Trump America , let’s find other customers. (Yes, it’ll be hard ) #cdnpoli
None whatsoever! I truly hope someone can talk him out of this. We will suffer tremendously.
If his supporters thought the prices of eggs were too high under Biden, they’ve got quite the wake up call coming.
I can think of many many times when there werethings going on in DC that the opposing party would meet with the WH, and then stand out front and speak to the media. I have seen no such thing since trump moved back into the WH. Where are the D’s? Going in tv doesn’t count!
Your president says he doesn’t need Canada 🇨🇦. Would he change his mind if we introduced some power outages at trump tower when we cut our hydro electricity to NY??
Last time, he had sane people who would explain/talk him down from his stupidest ideas. He ran all of them over with his garbage truck, so this time every stupid idea is implemented...
Lord of the Flies.
It's purposeful. An unelected psycho is now brazenly entering agencies copying hard drives with sensitive data.
Remember when the felon promised we won't have to worry about elections anymore? We keep calling 911 but no one's left to answer.
Congress???
I hate that this is happening but at the same time I hope it hurts his cult more.. maybe when they can’t get their $70,000 truck worked on they’ll start seeing the light
He's making us rich!??? He's an absolute moron. He thinks people will "understand" - nope. He said he'd lower prices. We'll be paying for his tariffs - that money he'll be collecting will be from all of us!
Oh I think he does.
Thinking like this isn't fixing anything.
They want to destroy everything. If you look at it from that context then it does make sense. This is actually a very expedient step. If you want to destroy stuff that is.
That's cause he just talks- he has dementia and does not care about anything but grifting and shitting on people. The ones in the Project 2025 and Heritage Foundation intend the resulting chaos and deprivation so they can institute martial law and set up concentration camps for any who object.
The tragedy is the people who did vote accordingly to the known quantity of fascists telling us *unequivocally* what they were going to do are now forced to endure whatever comes our way.
That's what it's going to take, I'm afraid. We need to organize and get out and show that we do not accept this destruction of our lives, values, and country without a fight.
Saw a film by a real estate agent driving round a brand new, unfinished estate. It was massive, not a soul around. The Mexican workers have gone. These houses have already been paid for.
I mean don’t get me wrong half of me is thinking FAFO but I’m also thinking of the suppliers, other contractors and local businesses and the ripple effect of insolvency and long term debt for community generally
Once you destabilize the housing industry, recession follows. Because when people get new homes, they buy furniture, they buy curtains, and all the things you put into houses. Take all that away and you shred the economy. Who would be served most by this? Putin.
Not only the material, practical stuff, it’s the loss of hope and a shared better future for you, your children and your neighbours. I mean, I’m talking about this and my country decided Brexit would be a fun afternoon, what can I say, people are not always able to see all the options 🤷🏻♀️
Tesla has 85%+ parts and assembly of the US sold cars done in the US. A few parts come from China, some from Mexico. So no, Tesla as the most American car brand, will be least affected by tariffs. Ford and GM will have to finally reconsider their business models or go out of business.
Perhaps our American "friends" will then understand that their "leader" is pushing Canadian friends away with the tactics he is using! It is a shame that Trump is lying to the American people about trade numbers! Take away the oil that the US "ASKS" us to supply and there is NO trade imbalance!
I guess I should just implement my plan from the last time this asshole was in the White House. I want to send hundreds of coupons for free Big Macs every week and hope he uses every one for himself. He’s selfish enough not to share them and we can wait till cholesterol does its job. 🍔
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As a builder, he should know what he just did to residential new construction steel cost, not to mention commercial.
It’s not a good look.
Energy.. Canadian Oil.
Car Prices- Mexican Parts.
Food- Mexican Labor.
Expect all of these to increase by 25%.
Coffee, Bananas, and Cocoa could be next.
This is going to be uglier than they think.
He has some inaccurate history from early 1900’s.
I’m sure from the internet with a shit load of flaws.
Lunatic, chaos
This is all very purposeful with a clear goal.
It's not stupidity. It's greed.
1) DCA crash
2) Musk takeover of the federal fund distribution system
3) Gabbard/Patel approval
And he'll somehow blame woke Ds & DEI for the pain.
He has literally zero off-ramp. Either he causes economic and political turmoil, or he causes a little economic turmoil and gets his bluff called, looking like a bitch.
Why is this orange PUKE and his THUGS hiding information from us?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/health/bird-flu-mmwr-pause-trump-kff-partner/index.html
This is revenge.
He's paying off an old debt.
America to the toilet!
Trump once bankrupted his airline b/c he insisted on packing the airplanes with heavy rugs and metals, despite engineers telling him the fuel costs will be too high to keep the business alive.
He did it anyway.
And his company went under.
He has no concept of truth.
Tariffs are generally a bad idea with significant economic losses.
What will the US do now that Trump is digging his own grave-- (--fortunately--he won't last 4 years)
If his supporters thought the prices of eggs were too high under Biden, they’ve got quite the wake up call coming.
Musk must be stopped
Either way: the US are doomed.
(also he's just doing what others tell him to do)
I Will Post this so NO ONE WILL FORGET what he’s doing & done
to YOU, COUNTRY & DEMOCRACY or else … at least we had a good run in freedom.
He is a certifiable lunitic.
"I alone can fix it" was shorthand for booting out science, logic, rational thought, expertise, professionalism.
He meant it.
We pay for it.
It's purposeful. An unelected psycho is now brazenly entering agencies copying hard drives with sensitive data.
Remember when the felon promised we won't have to worry about elections anymore? We keep calling 911 but no one's left to answer.
Congress???
https://bsky.app/profile/johnmaun.bsky.social/post/3lgkx6dfz322u
Quid pro quo!
SHAKE DOWN!!!
Thinking like this isn't fixing anything.
They want to destroy everything. If you look at it from that context then it does make sense. This is actually a very expedient step. If you want to destroy stuff that is.
In the morning.
- steve bannon 2014
Bannon & Musk in the Oval 2017
To the elidgible voters who couldn't, or refused to choose between Save America or Die..
at least own it. You have no more excuses to give.
There's no forgiveness from me.
THEY should be in the streets by the hundred thousands, kids in tow, protesting the Lies they were fed for a decade
At every Red State & US capitol, every Media station, Social media Corp office.
At least own it ffs.
They stripped us of all power to save us
Because he does not know much of what he should know, he does all those lunatic executive orders
without EMBARRASSMENT
So ignorant that he thinks tariffs are paid by exporters!