The Trump administration’s revealed belief is that American workers & businesses are so economically inept that not only can they not compete against China, but they cannot compete against unionized European autoworkers or Canadian steelworkers or Korean chipmakers. I have more faith in Americans. - ThreadSky

josephpolitano.bsky.social • 12 days ago

The Trump administration’s revealed belief is that American workers & businesses are so economically inept that not only can they not compete against China, but they cannot compete against unionized European autoworkers or Canadian steelworkers or Korean chipmakers. I have more faith in Americans.

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rayhoang.bsky.social•12 days ago

The weirder part is that they're tariffing American cars made from mostly American parts... Assembled in Mexico.

jeromyo.bsky.social•12 days ago

I for one WILL NOT be Screwing in anything, I just cannot understand the American Electorate thinking that their children have to settle for this, going forward.

snabbkassa.bsky.social•12 days ago

They don't think that sort of work is fun, they think it's *romantic*. Romantic nationalism.

coloradomick.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is a good political message for Dems to latch onto

Narrator: They didn’t

kysakunatsume.bsky.social•11 days ago

Monbiot have a good take on that:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth

seppynon.bsky.social•11 days ago

The problem that nobody wants to touch - from which all others stem.

Crisies of trust, democratic decline, incapacity of foreward governance.

Symptoms of a widening gap between citizens that are equal, and citizens that are more equal.

mrmjc.bsky.social•12 days ago

Trump administration's waste, fraud and abuse

Elon is Waste
RFK Jr is Fraud
Hegseth is Abuse

hoppycroaklightly.bsky.social•12 days ago

The UAW doesn't.

foolme2xshameonme.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sorry, I have to disagree. After 77,302,580 Americans voted for this shit show, I have absolutely no faith f’ing faith in this POS country anymore.

timplex.bsky.social•12 days ago

We have been cutting taxes on capital for the last 44 years, while taking 15.3% of the top if you employ US labor. No wonder foreigners would rather buy our paper than our products.

vazquezochoa.bsky.social•12 days ago

ngl I’m a neo-mercantilist, AND i do think we need some protection(China does it, the EU too at a smaller scale). However, I don’t think the recent approach is effective.

kysakunatsume.bsky.social•11 days ago

They also can’t match Mexican steel workers. Trump probably thinks that the USS New Jersey and the USS Missouri were built in Acapulco.

snabbkassa.bsky.social•12 days ago

Dave Chappelle said Americans are too lazy to do those jobs, and the audience were laughing because they know he's right.

matus3000.bsky.social•12 days ago

And even if they can't then what's wrong with that?

pellat.bsky.social•12 days ago

I think that faith is misplaced... The loudest Americans that talk big about how productive they are have basically Email jobs and only subsist thanks to the global economy and the US Dollar reserve currency status

snabbkassa.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't think the reserve currency status confers as many benefits as people seem to think. Course, once that status is gone, you will find out.

gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social•12 days ago

Competition and freedom are the things that conservatives fear most.

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