O’Leary: All the yoga mat factories, 400% tariffs on yoga mats. They all get unemployed. They go to the streets, they scream at supreme leader, I'm starving, riots. That's when he wakes up and says, wow..
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As a 5yo, my mum made me watch Watergate live. Said it was important. I grew up with "news." Watched the Vietnam Vets come home on Saturday mornings. I remember when "neutral" meant telling the truth. Now, it's been bastardized to mean opposing viewpoints regardless of the truth. It makes me sick.
My mom was a politician locally. She passed this year before Trump and Harris, back when it was Biden. We talked regularly. Where we are now and where we were just last year is shocking and sad.
A main problem is you wouldn't seem fair and balanced nowadays because the GOP is a cesspool.
I'm not missing the point. I'm pointing out that O'Leary is an even dumber idiot than what was already being pointed out. Tariffs only 'work' if the price gets so high for the product that a company won't buy that product from that country.
Infuriating...so EASY for millionaires and billionaires to spew this insensitive, arrogant gibberish. When you have lots of zeros after a number in your bank account you feel required to be a know it all. Drowning in "sitting easy commentators".
It’s difficult to put into actual words how profoundly stupid this take is. These #tarrifs are going to crater what is now the greatest economy on the planet thanks to the Biden administration. We are the envy of the rest of the world for a reason
He is full of it -no more likely yoga enthusiasts in North America will be howling to reduce the tariff so they can buy a mat and when trump wakes up and says, wow…
Great…now the maga rubes will confidently repeat this plan of seeding worker unrest to incite a Tiananmen Square-like uprising, good grief.
Chinese manufacturing/exporters were able to practice measures against this in tRump’s last term. They’ll see the corruption in the US, not CCP this time.
Not only does Abby Phillips have the worst of the worst pundits on her 10 PM fisticuffs show, but her very competent holiday replacement host s forced to have the most moronic MAGA sycophants on that CNN can find.
@cnn.com seriously, what the fuck is this shit? Why is this guy on a panel for your “news” network? You’ve fallen so far. No journalism, just people arguing for ratings.
I watched this show tonight and found O’Leary and Scott Jennings so condescending to the women at the table. The ladies were coming with facts and the men would roll their eyes and be dismissive.
How successful is this guy? He made a few hundred millions in the late 90s, had dubious investments later, was involved in FTX and became a TV personality advocating for Cryptocurrencies.
On the other hand he does not know anything about the economy.
Kevin thinks the US is the only country China needs to sell to. They can sell to the rest of the world, the US will be begging China for the lower cost goods.
For all the business acumen that he has, he really selected the worst example. Did he look at a room full of women and think “yoga”?
They'll just route them through Vietnam or Indonesia to hide the country of origin. Prices will still increase for consumers, but not enough to significantly affect demand.
He ran for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party in Canada in 2017, then withdrew from contention when he realized the CPC had no chance of beating Justin Trudeau’s liberals with him at the helm.
What's the point of having guys like this on your TV show? Why not just pick random people off the street and invite them onto the panel each day? They couldn't say anything more nonsensical than this, and there wouldn't be any false pretense that they're experts with special insights.
Every time O’Leary bleats out another idiotic take it’s always with such conviction and air one can almost forget he called bitcoin useless and worthless - while allocating 3-5% AUM to it and buying Defi …
First, the yoga mat factory workers aren’t going to influence Xi one bit. More telling: why pick that product? Because it won’t affect the MAGA Mob. If you have ever seen the crowd at a Trump rally, it’s obvious those fuckers aren’t doing yoga or much movement of any kind.
And here I was thinking that it might be high-tech materials, turns out Kevin found the Chinese have millions of Yoga mat workers, who only sell to the US.
What’s to stop retaliatory tariffs against US industries from causing our workers from taking to the streets against the Orange Dear Leader?
MAGA sees heavy handed tariffs as a negotiating masterstroke by Trump when it really just proves that he’s a sh*tty negotiator who relies solely on bullying.
OMFg. Trump's going to see Mr. Wonderful on TV talking Chinese yoga mat 18D Chess Brilliance and ...and ... he's going to be Trump's trade negotiator. Iddint he.
Hear me out, being rich doesn’t always equate to being intelligent. MSM needs to stop turning to rich white men for insight on topics of which they have no understanding.
The republican minds, a marvel of intelligence. How about China selling those mats to other countries? Meanwhile what happens to the 1M of ppl that used to buy those mats every month? are they happy they now have to pay 3x times more?
This is a roundabout way of supporting his boss versus using logic. It will be us who complain. It will be our prices going up. You think there are complaints about prices being too high now? Wait till the tariffs go into effect.
They’re already starving with those yoga mat jobs, but I’m sure O’Leary knows that. He has plenty of factories in other countries he’s happy to gear up and take China’s place for $.02 on the $.14 of the US dollar vs the Yuan. People are sooo short sighted.
This is why you can’t run a country like a business, because people die. Instead of yoga mats use an example such a prescription meds. Put a 400% tariff on eliquis when it already cost over$400 with insurance. How many people will die because of this tariff?How many are we willing to sacrifice
And just what the fuck do you think is gonna happen here when dumb-ass starts deporting people? Stop thinking so small. Just because I see a bigger picture than you doesn't mean I'm a clown. It means you're stupid.
He's got "a bad face." Arrogance, greed, fraudulence, contempt for others, a grasping nature. To some of us it's all written in his face and expressions. A bad face; it has nothing to do with being conventionally attractive or not (he's not).
This pathetic, stupid & ignorant O'Leary calling our Prime Minister Trudeau useless and says Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative party of Canada (doesn't even know how to pronounce his name) should go down to MAL to negotiate with trump instead. GFY Kevin O'Leary!
"Blow up your t.v. , throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find jesus on your own"
OMG....LMAO... this guy has spent waaay too much counting his pennies and doesn't have a clue about intl trade or econ...
@crampell.bsky.social how do you maintain composure
This yet another reason why I don’t watch mainstream media. This guy is an idiot. Remember everyone he passed up the sponge daddy and RING. Shows what an idiot he is in business
Not to be pedantic, but he was referring to the workers in the “yoga mat factories” (that’s a thing?) revolting - and that subsequently causing Trump to win the trade war…
What Mr. Happy neglects to mention is that the company here in the USA importing the Yoga Mats goes out of business FIRST, THEN the company in China starts to feel the loss of sales. Riots happen here first....
isn’t this guy on a tv show that’s like “Queen for a Day” for delusional Americans who believe they are inches away from being a bazillionaire—the pinnacle of our culture’s ideal of a life’s achievement?
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Americans made a mistake by not voting in the last election (not who they voted for) and because of that, stupid, short sighted people got their way.
A main problem is you wouldn't seem fair and balanced nowadays because the GOP is a cesspool.
They put on right wing hacks on because they know shouting matches will happen. It’s not news, it’s Jerry Springer.
And calls in the police to crack down on dissent.
And this helps how, Mr Wonderful?
Chinese manufacturing/exporters were able to practice measures against this in tRump’s last term. They’ll see the corruption in the US, not CCP this time.
They are more likely to impose retaliatory tariffs and other measures forcing a meltdown in trade and commerce.
"Yoga mats. Supreme leader". Geeze. Try consumer electronics and mechanical components....
1) Loudly claim he has answers on a 'Problem' and say he's the only one who can fix it.
2) Implement his plan in the dumbest way possible.
3) When it fails -- loudly say 'Nobody knew 'Problem' was this complicated'.
#O'LearyIsCanada'sShame
On the other hand he does not know anything about the economy.
None of this will happen.
It'll just make the stuff Americans buy 4x more expensive.
For all the business acumen that he has, he really selected the worst example. Did he look at a room full of women and think “yoga”?
(and probably steal it, at some point 😉)
We don't want him, you can keep him.
He's another money hungry POS I hope goes broke
Oh wait...people VOTED for Trump...
Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank could come up with regarding tariffs on China is yoga mats? How about smartphones & game consoles?
MAGA sees heavy handed tariffs as a negotiating masterstroke by Trump when it really just proves that he’s a sh*tty negotiator who relies solely on bullying.
That’s why I don’t watch you anymore. 🤦♀️
He's proven to be more grifter than entrepreneur, time and time again.
The CCP might then just start a war, to control their own population.
This is CNN? It might as well be Fox.
CUT THE CABLE and starve these networks of viewers until they stop promoting conflict and arguments and start showing us some news!
CNN has lost all respect for their former viewers.
Rioting.
Who is this idiot?
Incoherent like #SpawnoftheFred
A peaceful world is a prosperous world.
Perhaps Kevin missed that part of the story.
@crampell.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social
The nation will fall apart but at least i can feel smug as his approval rating tanks.
"Blow up your t.v. , throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find jesus on your own"
from Spanish Pipedream
@crampell.bsky.social how do you maintain composure
And the Turks 🤷🏻♀️
Still very insane.
He's an idiot
I get these shows are trying to fill content 24/7, but they have lost the plot on whatever mission statement they started out with.
Just the worst people getting a platform at this point.