More random trade policy announcements from the US President which may or may not mean anything beyond what is already known, that he doesn't understand trade, or international relations, doesn't respect deals, doesn't care except about himself. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - ThreadSky

davidheniguk.bsky.social • 13 days ago

More random trade policy announcements from the US President which may or may not mean anything beyond what is already known, that he doesn't understand trade, or international relations, doesn't respect deals, doesn't care except about himself. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98yv3e1yyqo

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luxjude352.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s the same as his first Presidential term but worse because he has nothing to lose in terms of reelection. He’s always been transactional, he’s completely lacking any morality, which is why he believes everything and everybody has a price. “I will buy #Gaza,” he says. It’s laughable. #r4today

mynameisalexp.bsky.social•13 days ago

Only thing it tells us that along as the long US is maga.. with or without this nut bag. The UK and Europe should focus on it's own safety security and prosperity.. I had hoped we learned that the last time round but seems nothing was done ..

johnathanlemons.bsky.social•13 days ago

As an American, I agree. You really can't depend on us for shit right now, and I mean it. It also may be a long while until you can..sorry it's come this old friends, but our house is fire and they sent a gasoline truck to make it worse. You are going to have to build up your military because Russia

chrisdg.bsky.social•13 days ago

When he introduced tariffs on Aluminium last time, domestic US manufacturers of beer containers (kegs) could not compete with foreign manufacturers and closed. Giving both barrels to your own feet

ajkitch.bsky.social•12 days ago

Could he be making market sensitive remarks, and then doing a bit of trading maybe? He certainly has an effect.

mikepittsburgh.bsky.social•13 days ago

He thinks Kendrick Lamar called him a certified pedophile to his face so now he has to do something else stupid economically.

gobbledygookgirl.bsky.social•13 days ago

The tariffs are all a smoke screen to cover the world's biggest heist. The question to ask: Why does Elon need all the details of Americans, including bank accounts? Hint: he also owns Neuralink.

anowlcalledsage.bsky.social•13 days ago

I could be way off but I've felt that tariffs are him wielding a Birmingham screwdriver.

He discovered the loophole that a President didn't need Congressional approval to enact tariffs so he's adopted it as his solution to everything whether appropriate or not.

birminghamkav.bsky.social•13 days ago

I have never heard the term "Birmingham Screwdriver". I love it.

johnathanlemons.bsky.social•13 days ago

I had not either. I thought it might mean hammer, but I had to google it to make sure. I have heard the term hillbilly wrench before though lol

johnathanlemons.bsky.social•13 days ago

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

sutherla.bsky.social•13 days ago

Judging by the bronzer and obesity it is hard to argue Trump cares about himself

borisnorris.bsky.social•13 days ago

Can the US upscale its own steel and aluminium production to avoid the increased costs?

riddlemethis140.bsky.social•13 days ago

Apparently they only smelt half of their own aluminium. That kind of capacity increase isn't exactly a five minute job, when he did this last time it put various downstream manufacturers out of business as well.

davidheniguk.bsky.social•13 days ago

Apparently not easily, though not the expert here.

borisnorris.bsky.social•13 days ago

Seems to me that there is no cause for Canada to fret; it is in the same position relative to other exporters to the US. Blanket tariffs just harm the importer.

davidheniguk.bsky.social•13 days ago

Obviously the economic impact of Trump on trade plus the random wrecking balls of the tech kids is negative, but not possible to measure impact or rely on any way round the lunacy while most US politicians let this nonsense continue.

98223poodlemom.bsky.social•13 days ago

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14oQj8FAVEk/?mibextid=wwXIfr

davidheniguk.bsky.social•13 days ago

And while the President talks tariff nonsense the veep will do the same on tech as the US declares economic war on the entire rest of the world - which it will lose but at how much cost? https://bsky.app/profile/rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social/post/3lhsmksq6rk2d

stevie-z.bsky.social•13 days ago

US membership in NATO is a quaint artifact of a past when the US considered Russia/USSR an adversary & wasn't a client-state of Russia run by a senile blackmailed pedo stooge and an anti-American Afrikaaner nazi.

bert73.bsky.social•13 days ago

So despite the misinformation the orange wankmaggott inherrits a very strong and robust economy. The OM likes to brag about how amazing his economy is but sets off on a path of economic disaster by imposing tarriffs left , right and centre??? Is the OM more stupid than we imagined?

ledredman.bsky.social•13 days ago

Threats to leave NATO should be ignored because that is their plan anyway. They are just looking for an excuse to blame it on the Europeans.

cubtrader.bsky.social•13 days ago

Never forget that Vance is a 🤖 created by Peter Thiel and other Silicon Valley fascists.

davidheniguk.bsky.social•13 days ago

To be clear, none of this is "a negotiating strategy". Trump may retreat, there will be exemptions, but this is Mao-type cultural revolution misrule, the unleashing of domestic and international chaos because he can, and to smash lots of things viewed as wrong.

jonnyglide.bsky.social•13 days ago

Trump is unable to have normal relations with other countries, simply because he always has to feel he's the winner, it's the little boy in him that never grew up.
The question is, how on earth did America, end up voting for a president who, in a huff, tried to have his former vice president killed.

gobbledygookgirl.bsky.social•13 days ago

The 'architects' targeted a particular group: compromised Christians, then found a mouth-piece who was okay with saying he's a Christian. Then they did a few things that these deceived Christians, who don't read their bibles, thought were biblical-its not: Abortion Antichristan speech Jerusalem.

simplyunbelievable.bsky.social•13 days ago

Certainly a lot of brainwashing Fox News, etc. but he’s got the top tech people working for him, so I have no doubt in the world that MUSKY pulled this off for him. There was a freeze when there was a bomb threat that day and at the same time all these votes disappeared…then a satellite blows up……..

drpaulitious.bsky.social•13 days ago

Always got the feeling that Reagan was capable of blurting out a load of nonsense but there were people behind the scenes who kept things in check. With Trump 2, you feel the behind the scenes people are more "Oh God what's he said now?" and get on with trying to make it work, no matter how mad. >

drpaulitious.bsky.social•13 days ago

> Cannot imagine what Trump would spew out in response to the equivalent of the Challenger disaster. Or, rather, I can but would rather not.

davidheniguk.bsky.social•13 days ago

Because US trade aggression is just this administration and not really a negotiating tactic, other countries have to respond in a way that prioritises survival, which should probably be a mix of retaliatory action as political signal and keeping trade as open as they can for growth.

tomhorn3r.bsky.social•13 days ago

Exactly this

bellathelab.bsky.social•13 days ago

Peter Thiel’s ventriloquist dummy—JD Vance.

johnfw.bsky.social•13 days ago

Remember Vance is the man who said this about judges.... hard to believe he was a lawyer

marksugrue.com•13 days ago

Trump's single transferable policy

joiningupthedots.bsky.social•13 days ago

“Without us Canada really doesn’t have a country” says Captain Crayons. Spoken like a true idiot but oligarch nonetheless. Why is the world taking so long to wake up to the danger of his ambition. Trump’s Sing-Song intonation can make him seem palatable but make no mistake this is a threat.

ziggysden.bsky.social•13 days ago

I see Private Bone-Spurs has had a promotion 😀

supergoofnz.bsky.social•13 days ago

The problem with being everyone's useful idiot is that he's still an idiot.

rudelyvangelder.bsky.social•13 days ago

So Trump, during his first term, said NAFTA was shite, moved a few deck chairs around to make it spell USMCA and said it was the best trade deal ever, and now in his second term calls it the worst thing to happen to the US since the beginning of time and wants to completely trash it? Is that right?

marcbutterly.bsky.social•13 days ago

What about the comedy map of the Gulf of Mexico straight out of a homemade game of risk. Pure diversion the whole thing.

barry1.bsky.social•13 days ago

Just imagine you're in Trump's inner circle and you can fill his mind with extremist,
unobtainable policy goals. Musk is in heaven.

robani.bsky.social•13 days ago

Well there’s Musk grabbing all the headlines and poor Donny isn’t being paid as much attend as he’d like … so he had to do something…

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