I guarantee by next week, in exchange for tariff relief, Trump will be demanding from companies political donations to far right causes, rollbacks of DEI, purging LGBTQ employees, and cessation of funding to civil society orgs that support progressive causes. - ThreadSky

esqueer.net • 1 day ago

I guarantee by next week, in exchange for tariff relief, Trump will be demanding from companies political donations to far right causes, rollbacks of DEI, purging LGBTQ employees, and cessation of funding to civil society orgs that support progressive causes.

Reposted from Alejandra Caraballo

These tariffs are going to be one of the most corrupt extortion rackets ever conceived of. Any industry that wants to be exempted will be forced to donate to Trump or otherwise bribe him. Political allies will be spared while opponents will not.

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jaidne.bsky.social•1 day ago

exactly. there is no grand plan to convert the government. he just wants all the institutions to bow down to him. he wants them to kiss the ring to give him power and feed his ego

notgoinback.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Fucking mobster.

ericmarts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep

kernersville.bsky.social•1 day ago

But it won’t go
Into the treasury . So the only one getting rich are the trumps

oldsquida.bsky.social•1 day ago

coercive control on a large scale

mtdomain.bsky.social•1 day ago

If UK exports goods to US, the tariffs paid will be used to support the mad Right Wing there, with a total disregard for the law.

Should we not be putting sanctions on US rather than making trade deals?

etcandsoforth.bsky.social•1 day ago

But! But! That would undermine the rationale of “economic emergency” justifying the tariffs in the first place. Surely THEN republicans would… express tepid discomfort…or something spineless-er
🙄

winterayars.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh no, they're all in on this kind of thing.

goodbye.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tariffs are a cudgel towards American companies. People are going to feel it and then what? It's All to elect a CEO at the president's pleasure and I sound like a fucking tinfoil hat lunatic

cmhoskins.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think it's already happening.

winterayars.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah at the least they're obeying in advance.

cmhoskins.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sigh. Hard to watch, can't imagine what it feels like.

winterayars.bsky.social•1 day ago

As one of the people who they're gonna come for pretty soon... doesn't feel great!

cmhoskins.bsky.social•1 day ago

Get a passport, move closer to the border. Investigate immigration policies. Best advice I can give you. Stay safe. Love Canada. <3

nekokunoichi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Some will give in right away. Others will try to hold out but eventually will crumble. Only a small amount will not give in. アメリカはもう死んでいる

rachaellll.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Not American but we just unfortunately need to treat your country like North Korea now and sanction, embargo and move trade and services (military, health, finance and consumer) elsewhere. Which is not good for the people of the USA but marginally better for everyone else.

goldsquid.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm not sure how well Trump will make it work, since I don't think he understands how globalized businesses work.

tripoley1966.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The world is already moving on without us. We are an unstable trading partner. Canada is boycotting everything US. They quit buying Florida orange juice and OJ concentrate futures dropped in half.

thegreatwroggi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Stop giving them ideas.

barisonzi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes , the tariffs are a consolidation of power. The companies will line up to accede.

kaylee-kerin.bsky.social•1 day ago

And so many companies will capitulate, then say "Thank you sir, may I have another"

stealthisbook.bsky.social•1 day ago

With literally no legal justification, it's just a matter of exercising power.

Has anybody asked what happens when people say no and just soldier along? Who *legally* enforces that?

risettemd.bsky.social•1 day ago

And the rest of the world will say "fuck you"

esqueer.net•1 day ago

It's not up to them. He can exempt specific companies. This is basically his way of getting leverage overall of corporate America in the way he's leveraging colleges and law firms.

risettemd.bsky.social•1 day ago

I get it but in this particular case I don't think he's playing 4D chess. I think he legitimately fucked up but his yes men / Weekend at Bernie's props won't tell him

cmhoskins.bsky.social•1 day ago

The vulnerable Americans should really start considering an emergency border crossing plan. By sea, by air, by any means if necessary. I fear there may come a time when it's too dangerous for some people to stay in America. Sad.

seanorange.bsky.social•20 hours ago

It’s almost as if Democrats in Congress should be suing the administration over the blatant misuse of power instead of asking us for campaign donations for races that won’t happen for the next 2-6 years.

fabster12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mexico did it today. As a Mexican I felt icky about it.

jimblesnarks.bsky.social•1 day ago

What did Mexico do?

fabster12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

During their daily morning press the Econ minister said something about us having preferential treatment over everyone as a good thing. They're trying to keep their party from panic on tariffs. But we're not there because the 1/2

fabster12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

agreement with Canada/USA/Mexico keeps it that way. They're still laying 25% on aluminum and cars but they're not saying that out loud

fabster12345.bsky.social•1 day ago

On the flip side you have Canada. He fucking said sounds good we'll be the new leader on this side of the ocean.

nboyer.bsky.social•1 day ago

You are right - That is why he was waiving around that $5 million dollar “trump gold card” tonight on the plane in his way to Saudi LIV Golf at his Doral tonight. The entry fee for a tariff relief bribe

pumabare.bsky.social•1 day ago

And yet congress could stop this at any time, so wtf are they doing sitting with their thumbs up their arses?

calamity2007.bsky.social•1 day ago

And with the rest of the world being more anti LGBTQ, good luck

weedleplop.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's followed this playbook so many times - introduce something awful, offer to take it away for other concessions, and then crow about how he's 'saved' America from the awful thing (he introduced)

jamu212.bsky.social•1 day ago

These countries are sending lobbyists to Palm Beach this weekend lol

dominiqueqc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or countries will just dump the US$ as the world money. The US is a big market but it’s not the whole world and the politicians are about to find out.

jise.bsky.social•1 day ago

100% and they will probably line Trump's pockets directly with something like Amazon buying TikTok and merging it with Truth social in 50/50 split..

ericjhensal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Only the best. https://erichensal.substack.com/p/the-three-stages-of-trumps-tariffs?r=a1vrs

sintra4.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

epicmorgana32.bsky.social•1 day ago

this is just disgusting

klogoldman.bsky.social•1 day ago

We may also be looking at the sale of prisoner labor on a much bigger scale than what goes on inside the prisons currently. All I keep hearing today is how this "plan" to bring manufacturing back will never work unless we can provide labor at or below the rate that the countries we exploit provide

decitect.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Shock Doctrine

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