This isn't a reprieve. It's a new form of taxation in which the car makers must either pay in obeisance or in cash. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u... - ThreadSky

bcappelbaum.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This isn't a reprieve. It's a new form of taxation in which the car makers must either pay in obeisance or in cash.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/politics/trump-lutnick-tariffs-reduction-canada-mexico.html

Comments

omertaandchill.bsky.social•3 days ago

OR it’s a concession to Trudeau in part of a larger negotiation strategy and/or it’s acknowledging the stress Canadian tariffs place upon US auto makers. I believe it’s both. You have to give the other side W’s to make deals. Both sides have to feel like they are getting and giving something.

dontvotesplit.bsky.social•3 days ago

Canada will never obey. We will NEVER become the 51st state, which is what Putin wants and therefore what Trump wants.

pgoldring.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly!

lonewolfkuda.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s not legal anyway none of things he is doing is ! He’s acting like a wanna be mob boss that forgets Hoffa was never found ,,,

bierquaffer.bsky.social•3 days ago

I am not entertained.

econtrarian.bsky.social•3 days ago

Again. Which US president signed USMCA and then revoked it? Sounds like a Putin treaty.

patrioticcats.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s a shakedown.

Exactly like his first impeachment.

hamptonsliz.bsky.social•3 days ago

erichluepke.bsky.social•3 days ago

Obeisance, that's a new word for me. What a racket this is!

jennwa.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not buying a new car until the one I'm driving falls apart beneath me, or a Democrat administration is in power again. I am turning turnip.

josalo.bsky.social•3 days ago

A hell of a way to let tipped off allies crank as day-traders.

00johndillon00.bsky.social•3 days ago

How many companies can pay? There will be carve outs for giants while small businesses die, get absorbed by the powerful. We live in the dumbest of times.

chiilla.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ejhop.bsky.social•3 days ago

If the car executes are smart, they’ve already scheduled their $5 million private sit down with Trump at Mar a Lago.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s one of the points of the tariffs. Maybe he can talk to a hundred executives 10 minutes at a time. That’s $500 million dollars. Then do something else that requires 100 more guys to come to you. Raise your rates. He’s not interested in what they say but whomever pays gets better treatment.

tbakerbroadmoor.bsky.social•3 days ago

And how many $5 million dinners at Mar-a-Lago did that take? Wake up CEOs the blackmail will never end.

bouvierdogmom.bsky.social•3 days ago

He is treating bring President as if he is a contestant on his crappy show, “The Apprentice” he is throwing spaghetti noodles on the refrigerator to see which one sticks. Only his decisions are killing people.

mkddebbie.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'd like to see his (and all the rich people around him) stock purchases since he took office and began manipulating the stock market again.

rowyourbot.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh they have made VAST sums already. They will all make billions.

idoamir.bsky.social•3 days ago

There are easier ways to make car makers bend the knee.

Trump really believes if he puts tariffs on the car industry, it will make manufacturers come to build cars in the US.

& he's just delaying the tariffs because he thinks if he tries it later, people will eventually accept it.

darkglade.bsky.social•3 days ago

In spite of the fact that you don't actually have a manufacturing base to DO that any more... It's not like you can just start up the presses again, it's going to require building significant new infrastructure, nobody's going to do that when you're an unstable powderkeg waiting to tank the economy.

idoamir.bsky.social•3 days ago

See, YOU know all that, but Donald Trump doesn't care about pesky details. He wants what he wants, and he thinks what he thinks, and unfortunately, everyone but him always suffer the consequences.

darkglade.bsky.social•3 days ago

Indeed.

Hubris and willful ignorance.

craigwinston.bsky.social•3 days ago

or Trump's or his family's meme coins.

turnipfutures.bsky.social•3 days ago

lamestream calling trumps actions policy when it is stupidity

coconutlizard.bsky.social•3 days ago

The point?

bcappelbaum.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's just enormously important to understand that the goal of this tariff policy isn't to raise money or to increase manufacturing in the United States. The goal is to make some of the nation's largest companies subject to Trump's personal discretion and dependent on his favor.

ralence.bsky.social•3 days ago

Rudiger Dornbusch on corruption: "Whenever someone has discretion, someone else will pay them to exercise it."

mkolanda.bsky.social•3 days ago

Absolutely. And I’m assuming a little grift on the side.

kestrel61.bsky.social•3 days ago

Correct, it’s a shake down racket.

omertaandchill.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s enormously important for you to make people understand this theoretical rationale so they have a leg to stand on when they argue against reciprocal tariffs on allies. While it could it be true, you can’t be certain. There are many angles, all of which have varying degrees of merit.

justicepescelove.bsky.social•3 days ago

Really interesting insight thank you

hard-driver.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm certain if the proper payments are made, Trump will get it lifted. No different than a building inspector asking for $10K to issue a permit. Pure extortion. In the movie the Shawshank Redemption, Trump probably believes the Warden did nothing wrong.

dontvotesplit.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, he wants to annex Canada- this is what Putin wants, he works for Putin.

Destroy our economy in preparation of violent invasion/annexation.

He has said it himself over and over again. Americans not believing Trump is how we got here in the 1st place.

roncampbell.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, but unlike the warden, Trump enjoys immunity. And CEO's are lining up to give him a cool $1 million apiece for the privilege of dining with him. Bribes, you say? No, perfectly legal gratuities, according to SCOTUS.

msdobalina.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's now $5 million for a private meeting at Mar a Lago

roncampbell.bsky.social•3 days ago

True. I was referring to the price of a dinner. Not sure if the dinner option wins you a tariff exemption or if you have to splurge and pay for the private meeting. Either way, it's a SCOTUS-approved, perfectly legal gratuity! And to think, Jimmy Carter put his peanut farm in a trust.

checking-in.bsky.social•3 days ago

... And don't forget, no taxes on gratuities!

contrails.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mob boss.

msderohanes.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is exactly why the Constitution distributes this power of taxation among lawmakers in Congress & specifically takes it away from the President.

Exactly to NOT give him this much power, so it will not be abused as such.

samokablamo82.bsky.social•3 days ago

Kiss the ring… disgusting

ralphhhenson.bsky.social•3 days ago

Duh?

dontvotesplit.bsky.social•3 days ago

Worse. Believe what Trump says. He works for Putin. He wants to destroy Canada's economy in preparation for annexation, which would be violent invasion because we will resist. It's straightforward, & Trudeau- who has access to intelligence-outlined it in his speech this week. Resources/ending NATO.

raechelg.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think the invite from King Charles isn't what many might think. He'll probably have something to say about annexation being a no-go.

dontvotesplit.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't count on it, but it would be appropriate

bergmayer.net•3 days ago

same with all the tech companies illegally hosting and providing services to TikTok

que.one•3 days ago

Boom!

stevegarrett.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think if that were the case he would be more targeted in its use. A stick isn’t effective if everyone is getting hit and there is no way to stop getting hit.

I think he believes he can tax the middle class with them while cutting taxes on the wealthy.

jimcashel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Correct.

https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

boofyre.bsky.social•3 days ago

What it's meant to do is bankrupt small businesses, so his buddies can buy up all of the buildings and move into those markets

lindavt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same with farms.

boofyre.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yup. That happened last time he was in office. A crap-ton of family farms went out of business.

lindavt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pure evil.

manhasnoname.bsky.social•3 days ago

And to publicly dominate Canada and Mexico.

Trump speaks with the arrogance of a Roman, dictating the terms of a relationship.

He sees no equals, only supplicants.

bierquaffer.bsky.social•3 days ago

Correct. It is a shakedown.

nathkovich.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t think there has to be one goal. It can be many and none at the same time. Trump has always ranted about tariffs. Even as far back as the 1980s. He’s not systematic in his thinking. He’s opportunistic.

karacasanova.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bingo! This is the ONLY reason why Trump is destroying the economy, and it infuriates me that MSM are not hammering this home every day.

prsf04.bsky.social•3 days ago

Stock market=inside trading. Who’s making all the money when stock prices fall?

ifkat.bsky.social•3 days ago

💡🔌💡🔌💡🔌💥💡🔌💥Plucked In Yes ! 💡🇺🇸🕯🤲

jmwarren.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds like fascism

mattjohnston.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is also to weaken the Canadian and Mexican economies, and, in Canada’s case at least, therefore making it “easier” to annex.

airycastles.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's wild that a lot of Americans don't see this.

Trump: I want to annex Canada
Canadian Government: He is trying to annex us. His first step is weakening us economically, he has told us this
Americans: it's actually 5d chess to extort American businesses

texasmetalhippie.bsky.social•3 days ago

I had not considered them through this lens. Thank you.

marymarta.bsky.social•3 days ago

Claiming this war is over Fentanyl coming from Canada 🇨🇦 is like claiming the Iraq 🇮🇶 war was because they had weapons of mass destruction!!

somesteve.bsky.social•3 days ago

And, hear me out, Trump is stuck on this "tariff" concept as a magical negotiating tool, a revenue generating machine, and repatriating lure. It's an economic Swiss army knife floating around in his head until the rubber hits the road. He occasionally pauses when shown a disastrous possibility.

hamptonsliz.bsky.social•3 days ago

mprclntrlst.bsky.social•3 days ago

The supplication is the point

cousincat.bsky.social•3 days ago

…also this? 👇

alienaire.bsky.social•3 days ago

Now youre gettin it

susersuzanner.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s also to get rid of federal income tax. That’s why he says he loves the 1890s.

angold.bsky.social•3 days ago

He wants to be the nexus of absolutely everything that happens. He wants those $5M one-on-one meetings to be a prerequisite for any favor. Pay me for the specialty bolt cutters to cut off the lock I put on your gate. Deranged-ass mobster shit.

lizzieohreally.bsky.social•3 days ago

A blunt tool for the consolidation of power.

did-i-do-that.bsky.social•3 days ago

And create a recession, which would lower interest rates.

skeep229.bsky.social•3 days ago

The income tax was instituted in part to counter the rampant corruption of this same kind that tariff’s promoted in the days so beloved of the Don.

leeobrien.bsky.social•3 days ago

it’s extortion …everything is extortion

kimokirkpatrick.bsky.social•3 days ago

Even if that's so it's still a half-assed approach.

elanc.bsky.social•3 days ago

The goal is to replace the income tax with a consumption tax.

kwalls.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t think he has a plan
Just an obsession with tariffs because he enjoys chaos and inflicting pain on others. A callous disregard for the truth.

reliablenarrator.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is totally fine, but if he forgave any student loans.....

yentl77.bsky.social•3 days ago

I believe he can’t just decide on his own to slap tariffs on other countries. It’s not legal. Correct me if I’m wrong.

cgtygesen.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's why he has manufactured a fantasy national security crisis. Why he's so raring to prevent less than. 1% of the Fentanyl coming into the US, because (checks notes) "Americans are dying". 1 million dead from COVID but 40lbs of Fentanyl is a national emergency.

snhoj.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s the thrill he gets of pushing a button and see something happen, preferably chaotic. Like playing a video game where you purposely walk your character into a fire or off a cliff.

bessieglass11.bsky.social•3 days ago

it is indeed

fluffymart.bsky.social•3 days ago

The only desired outcome is to continue to make very, very rich people even more wealthy. Stock markets function best in chaos, so there's peaks and troughs to bet against. Trump is fanning the flames of chaos

keylime22.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s just another gig in Trump’s revenge tour.

ebzar.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s extortion. “You don’t want me to do it…? PAY ME!!”

charliemas.bsky.social•3 days ago

Nice business you got here. It would be a shame if anything should happen to it, like if your supplies and parts suddenly cost 25% more.

But don't you worry. You just call me and I'll take care of it. I'll make sure that doesn't happen to you.

Be sure to see the cashier on your way out.

alexbrandenburg.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is certainly the way our asshole president operates!

greyghost11.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bribery soon to follow. A new level of pay to play

coreymutter.bsky.social•3 days ago

If he was smart, which is not in evidence. Though if/when he does take bribes for exemptions he'll be very blatant about it, "visit bribetrumpfortariffexemptions dot gov"

magiprocessioner.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ok, but have you considered that trump is very stupid and doesn’t understand what tariffs or trade deficits are?

kittenclaws48.bsky.social•3 days ago

But, also remember, he’s not the one running the country. He just does what Elon “suggests”.

jfsdonovan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Could not agree more

earachemyeye.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course. This is how he gets his cut.

hkishigobenese.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wall Street: Can we have a word?
Trudeau: Your government is doing this to you.
SCOTUS: Put it back. Put it all back where you found it.
F47: I’m going to pause tariffs for 30 days. We’re going to focus on a matter of national security-transgenic mice!

eastendclam.bsky.social•3 days ago

The carve outs have already begun.

farmersdaughter1.bsky.social•3 days ago

😲

1984georgeorwell.bsky.social•3 days ago

... and use the proceeds of the tariffs without involvement of Congress.

twoifbyland.bsky.social•3 days ago

But in all honesty. Trump isn't smart enough for this. Who is giving him these ideas?

cjtoronto.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't think anybody really sees what's happening here.

This is Putin.

He's now 100% in control of Trump, and the economic destruction of the West has been his goal since the Berlin Wall came down.

This is the fulfillment of a 35-yr dream.

You cannot make sense of it any other way.

airycastles.bsky.social•3 days ago

How is this so obvious to everyone except for Americans?? It's infuriating

meganbrady.bsky.social•3 days ago

More obvious than ever considering the "reprieve" for the auto industry. Now they are grateful to Dear Leader

angerunlimited.bsky.social•3 days ago

💯

airycastles.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Canadian government confirmed that he is serious about trying to annex us. This is bigger than strong-arming American businesses. Please take his threats seriously, we are scared.

daiserflab.bsky.social•3 days ago

How many auto company CEOs paid $5 million for one-on-one dinners with Trump?

pjmasheville.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bullseye—more of his mob boss shakedown routine

nancyannn.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Nice company ya got there…”

corruption47.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly

idoamir.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump's economic plan:

1. Cut gov depts, Medicare, Soc. Sec. = cut spending

2. Put 25% tariffs = increase gov income

RESULT: No deficit, but surplus he & his oligarchs will take for themselves.

Simple.

The fact the economy doesn't work that way doesn't bother him one bit.

Things will get bad.

idoamir.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not sure. The price is angering the entire US population as well as rich people who will be very angry their stock will be worth less.

The tariffs do one simple thing: Take enormous amounts of new tax money from the bottom 90%, ie the consumers, and give it to Trump & his oligarchs in tax cuts.

kittenclaws48.bsky.social•3 days ago

That was always the plan. Last time around there were guardrails, ie, people with scruples, but not this time.

kittywampuss.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ido, don’t imagine that the ultrarich will be hurt by anything Trump does. They have ways of shielding themselves. Those at the level of Musk are so rich that more money isn’t their goal anymore. They wish to exercise boundless power & found new, uncountable “network states” beyond national control.

idoamir.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wasn't talking about the ultra rich, rather the mid level.

oldpond.bsky.social•3 days ago

If only it were that simple. "Flooding the zone", as Bannon calls it, or preparing the ground as the CIA calls it in their coup plan, involves spreading so much fear and chaos that voters will trade their freedom for normalcy. That's what he's doing, and it's going to get worse.

tlevan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or….. it was to crash the market so people with money buy a ton of stocks for cheap and then ….WHOOPSY So sorry! I made a mistake! Reverse the tariffs! after everybody’s made a killing?

ncirving2.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes, bribe Trump and you get an exemption.

freedomsurfer.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think him and his friends are just pumping and dumping. Easy money if you control the levers.

unclejoe52.bsky.social•3 days ago

Moving manufacture to the US will directly increase the cost/price of those items. That is why the Corps make them elsewhere. Duh.

pilgrimsoul.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pay to play crony capitalism. Disgustingly corrupt.
https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

carlagmail.bsky.social•3 days ago

📌

gm415.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hmmm we think it's also to destroy Canada's economy & force us to become a vassal territory.

recoveryfrom.bsky.social•3 days ago

I thought it was to crash the economy while simultaneously prop up crypto to his personal benefit.

mloa.bsky.social•3 days ago

I am still waiting to hear that Tesla is exempt from tariffs. Seems like Elon would be in support of tariffs to create chaos in the automotive sector as long as his company is exempt. Can't believe he is in a position to take out competitors, and increase market share (in many areas)

theodelic.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ah
thank you for making it all make sense now.

sherryintally.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bingo! You’ve nailed it! Thanks, this explanation makes a lot of sense for a nonsensical situation.

thebiggietall.bsky.social•3 days ago

Indeed. Approach the King (or “godfather”), ask for consideration, bend the knee, favor granted and you are his forever…or else.

danylwms.bsky.social•3 days ago

I thought they were to help with childcare
Because childcare is childcare right?

graez.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also, to put many farms and businesses in dire straits so his rich buddies can buy them cheap.

mofeece.bsky.social•3 days ago

No disrespect, but really? These motives have been entirely obvious for a long time. This kind of “revelation”is why we’re in this mess.

alansmithest.bsky.social•3 days ago

“That’s a nice corporation you got there. Shame if anything happened to it. Do I smell a tariff?”
— Mafia Don Trump

julyeblue.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or just to show the world that he is king and they will bow down to him when he snaps his fingers.

encore57.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bingo! That is the best explanation of the inexplicable 'Trump tariff policy' I've heard. Case in point, big 3 automakers get a reprieve on tariff impacts - for now, but don't cross Trump or else. He is a master of extortion.

hjtjcj1997.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well said.

ghostwarrior.bsky.social•3 days ago

'Zackly! 🤬

voter.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes he's corrupt. But he's also stupid.

lascienza.bsky.social•3 days ago

Any shift in mfg plans started during covid and will be done when it makes the most sense for the companies involved. They have to plan, raise capital, buy or modify a site, order machinery, get permits, do test runs, get certified, hire, train, install wiring, wifi, software.Not possible in 1mo

lascienza.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not to mention the pool of humans needed to do these tasks doesn't exist. Everyone would be competing for the same skillsets.

Oh and most of the world's businesses run on SAP and are currently in the middle of a giant upgrade that is taking tech resources.

sfjulio415.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why don’t they just say FUCK YOU???

peatbogrealtor.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yep yep yep

mister-sterling.bsky.social•3 days ago

Precisely. And it is working. This isn't about illegal drugs. It isn't about migrants. This is Naomi Klein's Schock Doctrine in action. We're being shocked to become a Hungarian style autocracy.

mister-sterling.bsky.social•3 days ago

In other shock news, Columbia University, including Barnard and its medical center / medical school, have stopped stocking pantries. No more coffee and pastries at grand rounds. No more coffee pods in the kitchenette down the hall. And acceptance letters to some PhD candidates are being rescinded.

mister-sterling.bsky.social•3 days ago

Columbia University is becoming the Lehman Brothers casualty of this administration's war on higher education. Disclosure, I worked at Lehman from 1998 to 2008.

wgeffen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Soon most nations in the world will form a trading organization named USA NOT ALLOWED TO JOIN

markhoofnagle.medsky.social•3 days ago

Stonecutter energy.

haveyouanywool.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is exactly what Stephanie [email protected] has been saying for the last year, repeatedly, on MSNBC.

musicma.bsky.social•3 days ago

100%

bsrabin.bsky.social•3 days ago

Agreed! He's going to make businesses grovel one by one until he deigns to give them an exclusion. Awful!

bethwithcats.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is a one trick pony, and that trick is extortion

andrenaline.bsky.social•3 days ago

Call it what it is - the merger between the White House and the Trump Org Racketeering division.

It's been six weeks, and even the Russian version of this looks more ... subtle.

kittywampuss.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m wondering how long until literal defenestrations begin.

It’s all hideously corrupt. I despair of my country. I want to fight back, but how?

rcopelander.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is also a grift for backroom payoffs for procedural carve outs.

amphis-baena.bsky.social•3 days ago

Anti free markets. Anti innovation. Pro barriers to entry. Not a capitalist. Not a fiscal conservative.

theebogusman.bsky.social•3 days ago

And yet no major media outlet will cover the tariff policy gyrations through this lens, even though it’s the only way to make sense of them

realbenisons.bsky.social•3 days ago

I agree
And you aren’t responsible for “straight news” headlines
But “cost-cutting initiative” is at best a partial truth and should be dropped

dr-ann1953.bsky.social•3 days ago

Enforce Emoluments Clause!!!

dominiondem.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think the goal is more tax revenue so they can eliminate the income tax and pay down the $4.6 Trillion tax cut for the rich.

Such a policy is a direct attack on the working class that pays the tariff tax, a regressive/unfair tax. Bonus for the rich is eliminating the federal income tax.

merrow56.bsky.social•3 days ago

And to create chaos in the markets that the uber rich can take advantage of.

littlewashita.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s a protection racket. He’s running the country like a mob boss.

openartdata.bsky.social•3 days ago

This should be the NYT headline, large letters, above the fold.

ravenna321.bsky.social•3 days ago

He is such a needy narcissist. My 12-year old is more emotionally mature.

lpp2200.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or to play the market dips

livebyreason.bsky.social•3 days ago

This became apparent when Trump handed out exemptions to auto companies. The message is clear - fall in line, get exemptions.

Taxes on some companies and not others is the very definition of government discrimination.

anhos.bsky.social•3 days ago

What about the small companies?They just go out of business.

tubbles.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's the idea, Republicans have never cared about small businesses.

anhos.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s most of the economy,and they didn’t fully recover from the pandemic.

tubbles.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm aware, and Republicans have always been absolutely atrocious for the economy. Everything they do destroys the economy so a couple rich people can buy the rubble for pennies on the dollar.

various-threnodies.bsky.social•3 days ago

Business leaders should have seen this coming but preferred to drink the kool-aid and clap themselves on the back about ending "woke". Hope they're enjoying the results.

jilliehunter.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's a racket, then they can pay him to exempt them. Get the thug out of office now!

maryjoy.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://news.lehigh.edu/politically-connected-corporations-received-more-exemptions-from-us-tariffs-on-chinese-imports

eacamp.bsky.social•3 days ago

And they will all go along with it despite their internal compliance policies forbidding it.

olympic52.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm beginning to believe you're right. Trump is using his power to get people to bend to his will. Just recently we saw Zelensky, now we're seeing threats to immigration judges.

mypdt.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mypdt.bsky.social/post/3ljpfa5cc6k2w

combaticus.bsky.social•3 days ago

What an utter moron you are. Russia has not been communist for decades and there is nothing leftist about Trump. Holy moly you need a political re-education pronto!

mypdt.bsky.social•3 days ago

I should have said authoritarianism. I fixed it.

zuma888.bsky.social•3 days ago

Some Wall St analyst actually took the time out to suggest recession is the goal.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-the-white-house-trying-to-engineer-a-recession-this-wall-street-pro-explains-the-vision-fb3b4106

god-of-abf.bsky.social•3 days ago

This may indeed be a ("positive", from his POV) side-effect of the tariffs; but Trump is way too stupid to have planned it out, in the calculated manner you represent.

He's a (malicious, cruel and evil) idiot, stumbling from disaster to disaster, while his dumb-as-a-post voters, cheer him on.

alexbrandenburg.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think he tends to bluster into shit, and then think, what would the mob do? Although do not forget, the man is a Russian asset and has handlers giving him ideas. He's easy for the worst people in the world to manipulate.

god-of-abf.bsky.social•3 days ago

Your characterization of Trump, while plausible, relies on unproven assertions.

In explaining his (stupid and self-destructive) behavior, I fall back on Occam's Razor.

To wit -- the simplest and most straight-forward explanation is,

"Donald Trump is an idiot, and so are his voters".

Thanks. 😉

carlam1949.bsky.social•3 days ago

Less than 1/10 of one percent of all the fentanyl that flows into America across our borders comes from Canada less than 45 pounds! Give me a break!!

carlam1949.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is tremendously important to know that legal tariffs can only be implemented by Congress, except when a president deems at a tariff is necessary for our national security. Canada are closest and most supportive ally is not a threat to our national security.

dontvotesplit.bsky.social•3 days ago

These tariffs and threats of "annexation" are ALSO illegal under UN Charter, Article 1

Lock him up

carlam1949.bsky.social•3 days ago

Great to know! Thanks!!

nathanfrommi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Doesn't matter, as there's no one with guns to stop him, he's getting his way (even court orders are just more toilet paper for Trump/Musk)

havenofear.bsky.social•3 days ago

If we actually get to the point where "guns" are needed, there are roughly 90 million Americans walking around with the constitutional right/means to fight back against this illicit government. Trump is not only tyrannical, but he and his administration are outright breaking constitutional laws.

nathanfrommi.bsky.social•3 days ago

To be clear, I was talking law enforcement to serve contempt charges...

justthatmillenial.bsky.social•3 days ago

My eyes are peeled waiting for this to happen

breeon.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s an encouraging thought but do we think 90 million people with small arms and limited to no military training in this divided country will all agree at the same time who the tyranny is?

havenofear.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes

grumpyuncle007.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sure, the first guy missed.

citymonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

The ACLU will shut it all down when the federal judges continued to be ignored.

kdmacleod.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hence the pathetic pretext that it's about drugs and illegal immigrants.

citymonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bingo

just-ric.bsky.social•3 days ago

Peter Navarro thinks Canada is run by Mexican cartels. They will spin that to fit their national security justification.

citymonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well said.

tryingtohelp.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump ordered the car manufacturers to basically get out of Canada and move south in 30 days
Now tell us how the US is not an economic terrorist

markrutledge.bsky.social•3 days ago

And even if it all worked out as some brilliant plan and all the cars and trucks were built in the glorious USA, you’d never sell another Ford F150 because they’d cost $300 Grand.

tferguson2018.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.msnbc.com/post/3ljnqoce2l22e

dabizomb.bsky.social•3 days ago

These companies build out their business based on previously negotiated trade agreements, how are they supposed to move manufacturing on the fly, let alone for the whim of somebody that will change their mind 3 times by tomorrow?

writerboyz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Time for Canada to slap excise duty on a carefully targeted handful of locally produced goods heading south. You know, to help fund its new Fentanyl Force. Seems only fair.

samd.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also the uncertainty imposes costs in and of itself. Nobody is going to spend billions investing in a new auto plant if the rules are going to be completely different by the time it’s built in a few years

antiquequaalude.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's unreal that Congress is just allowing this. This is so obviously going to lead to our destruction. You can't operate business like this. Our GDP is going to crash.

richknobsales.bsky.social•3 days ago

LOCK HIM UP!!!

mhp47.bsky.social•3 days ago

We are witnessing the trump version of a shakedown.

citymonkey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Get out the popcorn.

liseabetta.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/canada-won-t-scrap-tariffs-unless-all-us-levies-are-lifted-official-says

theriverrubicon.bsky.social•3 days ago

DJT didn’t back down. He’s now negotiating with car manufacturers to relocate their operations to the U.S. Ontario and Canada are getting screwed. This is zero-sum economics—there have to be winners and losers. It’s time for Canada (and the rest of the world) to move on and stop relying on the USA.

sonofherby.bsky.social•3 days ago

He's not even that smart. He saw the Fox segment on how a truck price increased $20K. Fox knows how to play him.

thiasd.bsky.social•3 days ago

I 100% agree this is what happened.

thiasd.bsky.social•3 days ago

(The interview on Bartiromo's show)

peterlorenz.bsky.social•3 days ago

Smells like insider trading.

lillysrouter.bsky.social•3 days ago

1) it takes years to build new manufacturing facilities
2) trump is deporting the people needed to build them
3) the US doesn't have enough workers to staff those facilities
4) no one is going to buy cars that are 25% more expensive

brucearthursaz.bsky.social•3 days ago

"intermittent reinforcement", classic abuser behavior.

reneepool.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wish I would see questions being asked/framed re: if these are tariffs in name only but in policy/purpose a VAT/National sales tax -

designed to be paid for by consumers to help offset top 1-5% tax cuts, imposed by fiat and w/o Art 1 tax representation.

grunteledboomer.bsky.social•3 days ago

NO company is going to increase U.S. production in THAT short time, but the Markets LOVED the delay. MEANWHILE, Budget, in 1 week and 1 day... OR, government shutdown.

darkglade.bsky.social•3 days ago

They A) can't because the infrastructure to do so does not exist and B) won't because the country is now so unstable nobody in their right mind will make substantial capital investments in new plant.