They would be, were those countries and businesses forced to pay those tariffs. How about a better movie analogy: the American people are the little girl at the start of The Untouchables.
May i nuance? The biggest impact will be on US citizens paying the tariffs and loosing their retirement plans. None of that will happen in EU or China.
A bit more nuance. 3200 Canadian auto workers were put out of work today. Two weeks to start. None of us, in any country, will get away without some kind of pain. It's a matter of how much and how long.
Thank you. Our auto sector is highly integrated with the U.S. There will be lost jobs on both sides of the border. Not just in auto manufacturing, but potentially all the industries thar serve it. Moving to move trade with the EU will take time.
May I nuance? I am Canadian. My retirement savings have lost 15% of their value in the past six weeks, all due to the criminal ex game show host running the US. Tens of thousands of Canadian auto workers stayed home today because their plants are shut. The damage is everywhere.
Narrator: Although they wouldn’t admit it yet, those horse heads would come from America decapitating itself.
Poor,
Poor,
America.
Elect a demented clown and his sidekick apartheid Nazi man,
You end up stuck in the clown car they drive over a cliff.
Why are we resisting? tRump, vAnts and little johnson must all resign effective immediately. fElon must be arrested.
When we march do so peacefully, make sure you have permits, march to your local municipal offices, local law enforcement, local law firms, to hospitals, schools: line the streets.
We need a "SAFE WORD" at our protests on Saturday.
Trump will take advantage of minor incidents or PLANTS who engage in violence to impose the Insurrection Act & use the military to put a halt to Americans from exercising their First Amendment rights.
They are a distraction and will soon be gone. The 10% across the board tariff will remain, it is new and will join tariffs from the first term, that tariff will be there forever. Like the others that are still there it will remain.
You have a good friend, he opens his home, his family, his business to you, you invest your money in his company, and when you're already dependent on him, he betrays you and leaves you homeless.
That "friend" is the United States today.
"Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief." - Chris Murphy (read his summary below)
King of US & annexed nations not good enough for him. He wants to control all nations' money, like a lawless monarch!
People should have gotten a clue about his obvious lack of financial prowess when he bankrupted 7 companies, incl 3 casinos. There's naive/gullible then there's just plain stupid.
Top and bottom *are* right and left. The ownership class versus the working class. The problem is that a lot of the working class don't understand that and they've been conned into defending their masters instead of throwing them down.
Meh. The working class voted for Trump in increasing numbers last November. Granted, I think the last election was not a “normal” one and there were extenuating circumstances that drove that shift, but the fact remains. Dems are no longer the de facto party of the working class.
That's what it's always been. The top controls the bottom by dividing us into groups and pitting us against each other. About time people wise up and rise together.
This. He's now offering terms that have no relation to trade (eg China TikTok sale for Tariff relief)...and I fear it's likely to work in many cases. But most don't want our country to be a country that operates like an organized crime syndicate. Enraging. Demoralizing. Sickening.
world leaders are livid but are simply looking around for other markets. Australia basically ignored the news and gave affected businesses grants to find other markets. Only 5% of exports from Aus go to america and I believe China,Japan and Korea are already negotiating new FTAs
Well hell, this really bad. But this is what Trump wants. He sees this as more ammunition for his rise to "Supreme Leader."
He's setting it up that if your country wants to survive his wrath, you'll have to bow down to him and kiss the ring.
Trump's Personality Disorders DEMANDs that he punish/destroy anyone that hurt his ego in any way. The American people voted him out in 2020, and not all MAGA's stormed the capital on J6th. His boss Putin's plan is to destroy the USA.
What is glaringly obvious are the countries NOT on the Tariffs list, namely Russia, Belarus, Hungary, and North Korea. Did I miss any evil dictators? Is this the Don’s Dictator Discount? #FollowTheMoney
BUT THEY DID THIS
The United States Office of the Treasury on Wednesday canceled sanctions on Karina Rotenberg a long-time member of the European jet set and wife to businessman Boris Rotenberg a billionaire oligarch and close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50191
I don't know. Those bare foot peasants in Bangladesh have been robbing us blind for decades. They have no overhead. They hand weave their colorful fabrics in the blazing sun and endure floods and famine with zero concern for how much a sun dress at Old Navy costs American consumers. Leeches! SAD!
More like a horses head in the beds of Americans. Don't hold your breath waiting for governments and CEOs to wake screaming at the horses head, and come with their tribute to the Don.
As the markets crash, alliances fracture, and fear simmers across the globe, Trump boards a plane—waving like a conqueror, his back turned on the fires he started. 🔥 Imposing meaningless Tariffs on ghost islands-‘Liberation Day’ for a war that never was. Nero played the fiddle…Trump plays golf.
Don't give tRump that much credit. This will be the impetus other countries needed to bypass America completely on the world trade stage. Coalitions will form, economies will strengthen and we'll be left out of all of it. We'll be a banana republic with no one but dictatorships for trading partners.
As long as it doesn’t come to kinetic war, the world might be surprised how easy it it to do without the US. We don’t trade with Russia which is a large country and it doesn’t keep me awake at night. 🤷♂️
As a non-USA citizen, what I find interesting is the rest of the world is not imposing extra tariffs on each other.
Wonder if this will strengthen the World economy at the expense of the USA.
My country, Australia has been looking at expanding economic links with other Nations Away from the USA.
Canada has been the focus of a tech conference all week in Germany. Lots of investors are interested in finding the next big thing from a country that's highly educated and not currently setting its own dick on fire.
Probably. I've been calling that from the outset. I even came up with an analogy for it.
Say America is a Walmart and China is a sketchy grocery store in a bad neighborhood. Most people are going to shop at Walmart because it's convenient and thanks to all it's varied suppliers it have more stuff.
It also feels safer to shop at than the other place which people suspect is taking advantage of its employees and stealing people's credit card numbers. It's also more convinent any way, so why wouldn't you?
But then Walmart suddenly starts jacking up it's prices way higher than any other store.
Additionally, they hire gangsters for security and let the gangsters harass and assault (and possibly even murder) customers.
Suddenly that sketchy store isn't looking so bad. Their prices are reasonable, their employees aren't people you know, and at least their not murdering people. So you switch
Even if later Walmart like "Hey we got rid of the gangsters and dropped our prices back down" people aren't going back. They got used to going to the sketchy store, but isn't so bad. I mean, it even has some better stuff and doesn't feel nearly as sketchy with prolonged contact.
This. Is so much like. The Brexit.
The Sick Man of Europe regained this title within 4 years after leaving the EU after 47 years of being an Influential member.
🇮🇪🇪🇺
I think two factors will be the resilience of the citizenship of each country and the amount of hardship they are prepared to tolerate.
The US is actively hurting their citizens' resilience and the US doesn't have much tolerance for more pain on top of the pain caused by their govt.
There's also the necessity of the pain. As an American I see no reason why I should be suffering pain right now. 4 months ago our economy was booming and growing. Other countries will suffer some pain to stand up to a bully. I have no resolve to see these tariffs through.
Rather we are forming our own alliances on trade and industry. And removing our reliance on military.
Congratulations Trump. You just turned allies into competitors.
I can't stress this enough. The rest of the world should seriously avoid the United States as long as we have a corrupt FOTUS for a president. Save yourselves.
The end game is for the corporations to come begging one by one for carve outs/exemptions…which come at a price. And the Corporations know there will be no consequences if there is ever another free election and Dems win because they always are ready to forgive, hug and move on.
Back to the good old days where the heads of horses, cows, pigs and sheep were part of a staple diet. Plus the root vegetables currently given to animals for their feed.
I'm no economist, but a self-inflicted wound to an economy that was described as "the envy of the world" seems insane. And what about all those so-called business friendly Cabinet that's advising Trump?
This is a provocation to every country in the world that has a nastier secret service than the USSS. Which, given their record, is pretty much fucking everyone except Heard Island.
That is amazingly well put. Also, so utterly ridiculous a foreign-policy position as to be laughable. Except now I won't be able to afford coffee. And that's no laughing matter.
He talks like the guy, and he acts like the guy and he’s always demanding respect…
But instead of being invited for coffee, he wants you to lick his boot and kiss his ring
Read these books by Dr. Bandy X. Lee: The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump and her follow up book: The More Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. Psychiatrists discuss his severe mental illness. He is unhinged and can’t function in the real world. What Trump is doing is madness. Please tell people!
It’s far worse than that. This is an attack against ALL workers. They want to crash the economy, break the system, and beat us all back into submission, while they the pick up the pieces for pennies on the dollar.
That’s one of those things I’ve seen so many times I just unconsciously assume it’s real. I should know better, of course, and should question anything that’s too perfect like this.
I can practically hear his voice saying it!
But still I’d like to figure out how to delete cuz there is enough true “evidence “ without promoting alternative facts😁
Hopefully, when countries plan their retaliatory tariffs, they will focus on individuals and corporations that backed Trump as well as Red State products and services. Hopefully they will also expel these companies and maybe even nationalize Trump properties.
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this quote applies to America as well now👇
I wish that Canada gets associated to EU. But yes, in the short term, you’re on the front line.
The US and Canada will still trade, but we won’t have the close trade relationship of last year.
As we trade with other countries, our economy will get Stronger
Canada will be OK
America is …
Maple syrup will become more affordable here in France 🥰
I wish that Canada would become an associate to EU. I hear talks are under way. But in the short term...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOHbyuanbY
Poor,
Poor,
America.
Elect a demented clown and his sidekick apartheid Nazi man,
You end up stuck in the clown car they drive over a cliff.
When we march do so peacefully, make sure you have permits, march to your local municipal offices, local law enforcement, local law firms, to hospitals, schools: line the streets.
Trump will take advantage of minor incidents or PLANTS who engage in violence to impose the Insurrection Act & use the military to put a halt to Americans from exercising their First Amendment rights.
If you see troublemakers, call out "PENGUINS."
That "friend" is the United States today.
Please cure cancer for us. We were so close.
Goddam
Even the ones he touts, are just shell games. Moving the deck chairs.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/2/are-us-car-plants-being-built-at-record-rates-as-trump-claims
People should have gotten a clue about his obvious lack of financial prowess when he bankrupted 7 companies, incl 3 casinos. There's naive/gullible then there's just plain stupid.
He's setting it up that if your country wants to survive his wrath, you'll have to bow down to him and kiss the ring.
Not Iran
Not North Korea
The United States Office of the Treasury on Wednesday canceled sanctions on Karina Rotenberg a long-time member of the European jet set and wife to businessman Boris Rotenberg a billionaire oligarch and close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin https://www.kyivpost.com/post/50191
The most senior Russian official to visit Washington since the start of the Ukraine war said Thursday he had discussed potential cooperation with the United States in the Arctic and on rare earth metals https://www.fbherald.com/news/national/russian-envoy-seeks-cooperation-with-us-at-landmark-washington-talks/article_c9bc71c4-03c2-568f-b50a-49db786c0e4c.html
… and a number of uninhabited islands!
But notably, not at Russia and N Korea
🤔
Oh, and at least the mafia don kept his word.
It's a Shakedown.
Absolute Incompetent Administration.
Absolutely no Accountability.
Absolute Worthless Twats.
Fight Fascism with everything you have.
Freedom, Liberty,
and Democracy will Prevail.
#Fight #Fascism
#Freedom #Liberty #Democracy
It IS, however, a horse's head in the bed of every American!
Cannot fucking wait.
Wonder if this will strengthen the World economy at the expense of the USA.
My country, Australia has been looking at expanding economic links with other Nations Away from the USA.
Say America is a Walmart and China is a sketchy grocery store in a bad neighborhood. Most people are going to shop at Walmart because it's convenient and thanks to all it's varied suppliers it have more stuff.
But then Walmart suddenly starts jacking up it's prices way higher than any other store.
Suddenly that sketchy store isn't looking so bad. Their prices are reasonable, their employees aren't people you know, and at least their not murdering people. So you switch
The Sick Man of Europe regained this title within 4 years after leaving the EU after 47 years of being an Influential member.
🇮🇪🇪🇺
The US is actively hurting their citizens' resilience and the US doesn't have much tolerance for more pain on top of the pain caused by their govt.
He is under the impression he is powerful in the world.
HE IS A LAUGHING STOCK!
Rather we are forming our own alliances on trade and industry. And removing our reliance on military.
Congratulations Trump. You just turned allies into competitors.
sorry for misunderstanding
ELBOWS UP
Fuck em
Join a protest on April 5
Live free or die 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 🗽
Peter Schiff Says Nike 'Won't Build Factories' In US, They Will Sell To Countries Like China: A Much Better Strategy Amid Trump Tariffs https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/25/04/44640220/peter-schiff-says-nike-wont-build-factories-in-us-they-will-sell-to-countries-like-china-a-much-better-strategy-amid-trump-tariffs
But instead of being invited for coffee, he wants you to lick his boot and kiss his ring
This is a COUP.
Maybe more folks will come out to vote next time???? 🤪
at record highs,
DOW @ 43,488.
Too soon?
Oh, the humanities....
This is just Trump scattering dead horse parts around his own house.
lol
we are so fucked.
#FAFO
But still I’d like to figure out how to delete cuz there is enough true “evidence “ without promoting alternative facts😁