If Donald is such a great negotiator, why not just negotiate new trade deals? Because he wants money coming in (that we pay for, but he will claim is from other countries) so he can bamboozle MAGA into thinking passing $4.5 trillion in permanent tax cuts for 1% is a good idea & is paid for.
You are being too kind. This is the Biggest bamboozle job done to the people in American History. When it doesn’t make sense, they are up to something. Maybe creating a new world order?
Quote of the day:
The Economist magazine today said the president had "committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded."
Not just American pensions, this is affecting financial markets around the world. My pension has already dropped several percent since Trump came to power.
I heard he put tariffs on an island that literally only has penguins on it.
So an island strictly full of penguins (no humans) has been tariffed ..
I mean ..🤣🤷♀️
And the legislative branch - the folks who should deal with such things had the Republican majority cut their own balls off or painfully remove their spines
Looking at this vile anatomy deprived elf right here responsible for this
..And all but 4 Congressional Republicans stood up against it.
..Fox News very briefly talked around it.
..At the same time, our institutions are being dismantled by an unelected billionaire.
..Maybe as Republican voters in rural America are hit in the pocketbook, they will awaken & fight back.
The section reads, "Each day for the remainder of the first session of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on February 1, 2025"
Yeah -but it will help pay for his tax cut to the richest Americans. So they won't feel it. It will just be the rest of us. Middle class on down. What does he or his billionaire lackey care about the majority of the US population.
Yes! I love higher taxes! That's exactly what Americans want. I want higher taxes, higher prices, higher unemployment and the constant threat of war from enemies foreign and domestic. The perfect president (for Putin).
I want the tariff charge spelled out on every individual item everywhere. I don’t just want higher prices. Tell me where it’s from and what the tariff is. I want everyone to know why they are paying more and not be able to look away from it for one minute. Choke on it.
Which makes complete sense, in my view! Here in Germany when I go buy aspirin, the pharmacy always tries to push Bayer made ones, which cost like 800% more than the generics. Sod that.
Let’s remind everyone! These Corrupt M’F’kers and the 70 + million that voted for this Treasonous Traitor are responsible for the destruction of America!!!
Moscow Mitch is on the same team. He needs to be investigated as well. So, he was NEVER going to hold Trump accountable. SCOTUS tied the hands of prosecution, which was the final straw.
SCOTUS tied the hands of prosecution & law enforcement. After GOP failed repeatedly to hold him accountable. But they are on the same team, so that's no surprise.
Meanwhile, Congress Democrats in the House @housedemocrats.bsky.social and Senate @democrats.senate.gov is doing what to push back on this tax increase to Americans? HELLO? Anybody there working for the Americans people? CALL YOUR Representatives and Senators NOW. Resist.
Yes, Trump just imposed the largest tax increase in history on ordinary people, but Congress is responsible.
Congress could end Trump's tariffs with a veto override.
But it probably won't.
Why aren’t business big shots on the phone with the Republican congressmen they own telling them to stop the insanity? What’s the point of buying congressmen if you can’t lean on them when needed?
Tax breaks l and tariffs they want to bankrupt the working and middle class the extort our work and assets. Economic terrorism. Their greed will not end.
Trump throws multitudes of Federal Workers into the labor pool. Trump throws existing cheap labor out of the country.
Businesses affected by these tariffs will layoff more workers.
Any businesses left will have desperate people looking for work. Cheap labor! What geniuses, my patootie.
Here's the twisted logic behind this nonsense. Factories moved to other countries for their cheap labor. Third world and developing countries populations did not have bargaining power to unite for higher wages, healthful work conditions and reasonable hours. Exploitation at its most horrendous.
FOLLOW THE MONEY. Trump will impose tariffs and give carve outs and subsidies all to grant favor to his rich friends, punish rich people who have not yet publicly pledged fealty AND IN ALL CASES PUNISH 99% OF AMERICANS.
Here’s a thought, where’s all the revenue generated by the tariffs going to go? I’m sure they will find their way dispersed as Donnie Groceries deems fit.
I read somewhere that according to law it can’t be touched or recalled for a certain amount of time. However we are in a lawless period where laws no longer matter.
I read this piece… can you elaborate on what you meant, based on my statement? I am in no way advocating for Trump in power. He is destroying our country from the inside out.
I didn’t see Mexico or Canada on the list of reciprocal tariffs.
Also, I understand that if the countries on the list remove their tariffs on US goods & agree to stop currency manipulation, then the US will remove the reciprocal tariffs that are being imposed.
Little Trump
makes America
a smaller country.
Slashes health care
cuts education
blocks farm aid.
Pardons crooks,
gives a finger
to our friends,
gets a boner
for our enemies.
Lets hacks
run the FBI & DOJ
& incompetents
fumble around
at the Pentagon.
The USA shrinks.
Well, half of America does, that’s for sure. Many of the rest of us are out in the streets. I think the dumb half may possibly feel the wrath of the world. But trump isn’t good for the world either. What if the USA told Europe that Hitler was their problem. We didnt.
Two thirds of you either voted for him or couldn’t be arsed to get off the couch and vote against him, so can we stop with this “half of us don’t want this” bs? Your country fucked up and the rest of the world have wear it. And let’s not pretend this hasn’t been decades in the making.
'...What if the USA told Europe that Hitler was their problem...'
Actually, this is EXACTLY what America said, and would have continued to say, had Japan not helped them to pick a side. And even then they bitched about being forced to choose a side rather than continue to sell to both.
Not in the end jackass. Your post and attitude is offensive to the many US WWII veterans who gave so much when they were called. If you cant see by now that the top deciders in govt dont always speak for The People, you are a moron. The People did send their sons and dtrs to defeat Hitler. Fuck off
First of all, Europe is not one country. Just in the EU are 27 member states, with different languages, cultures, and independence. You can't compare different realities.
To understand what I am speaking about, you need to read the Versalles Treaty, the conditions imposed, and Germany in the 30s. Then you'll understand that you are trying to compare the incomparable...
Yes I still have sympathy for the innocent but "I have become comfortably numb" to the pain the cult will endure because of their vote. It may be the only thing that removes his grip on electorate, corporations and congress but only if they know who is to blame.
I still have to pinch myself to believe I’m in this alternate universe with everyone else, but he really is that fucking stupid. How is it possible to elect such a dumb mother fucker as president. It’s incredible
It's NOT just trump! The blame should be placed on ALL Republicans, without whom this would not have been possible. DO NOT let the sycophants off the hook!
No one else to blame. He owns the outcome.
He tosses around the fiber of our lives like balloons at a party. He infuses them with explosives & gives shrapnel in goody bags. We’re expected to thank him as we bleed out.
Stay focused. Live simply. Lower your consumption. People matter most. Be wise.
Me, too. Not this bad but bad enuf. I can’t witness the hardship my kids & grands will deal with as this cascades down & across the economy, our lives & hopes. This Regime is the black hole sucking up all goodness & humanity to crush us w our own virtue. Be angry, be wise. Resist.
He’s not the leader of the free world. He’s not even a leader in his own household. He’s a demented fat old man who screams at the TV, throws ketchup and wonders where his wife is. (In NY doing who knows what).
MAGA does not care that they are paying more because for a brief and shining, once in a lifetime moment they got to own the libs and nobody can take that away from them.
Woke has replaced their preferred phrase, “the South will rise again!” and burning the country down is their vengeance about William Tecumseh Sherman’s march to the sea.
At the end of the day, the regular citizens pay the price and this was all so unavoidable. This is one man devastating an entire country and the world.
TRUMP IS TRYING TO BANKRUPT THE MIDDLE CLASS. HE WANTS THE PEOPLE POOR, SICK, DESPERATE, AND POWERLESS. AMERICANS HAVE BECOME THE BIGGEST SUCKERS ON EARTH. SAD☹️.
Congress could step in at any time but Republicans are too craven to act. Too fearful of losing their seat or having a target painted on their backs by their dear leader
Let's get everyone to call all Congressional Reps including Rs and demand they support a discharge petition to bring SJ Res, Kaine National Emergency Declaration to the floor and vote for it. We start by eliminating Trump's authority to impose tarriffs on Canada. And go from there.
Yes. I hope the millions of gullible morons who voted for him now feels as stupid as they are.
I don't feel the least bit sorry for them. They had it coming. Stupid comes with a price.
I’m shocked to say this, but Rand Paul is right: this is taxation without representation. No single person can raise taxes. We had a whole fight with the British Crown and George III about this.
George III had porphyria that badly affected his ability to govern by causing severe mental problems including confusion. Trump has probably got malignant narcissism, a personality disorder. Basically you have someone apparently as psychiatrically compromised as George III running America.
Hell, even earlier Parliament had a whole fight with the king about this back in 1688. He's taking us back to the absolutism of the Stuart kings, by comparison to whom George III was a flaming liberal.
My only problem with this is Rand Paul is introducing legislation to lift Canadian tariffs - because Canada is hurting Kentucky’s economy. He’s not trying to lift them across the board. He’s obviously only concerned about bourbon sales.
Star Wars said it right in one of them movies. We can never fully trust politicians. They will say whatever they believe they need to say in order to stay in their jobs.
We really need Congressional term limits and a ban on equity and FOREX trading outside a trust that does dollar cost averaging.
Fuck Rand Paul. His self interest happens to align narrowly with the general welfare in this case but he’s still an absolute piece of shit who cashes government checks while telling all of us we’re on our own.
His priorities are him, his career, his pocketbook, his party, and his health. He’s so divorced from the worries of the lower and middle classes that it’s often absurd to observe. March madness has never been so aptly named.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. He’s just the one being quoted but we can find that truth about taxation and representation from other more sane and less assholey people
Look if he’s going to do everything by executive order, why the hell do we need the Senate the house and their staff? I can recommend a way for DOGE to find waste and fraud.
You better start talking about TRUMP MUSK PUTIN GOP HERITAGE ES&S KnowInk Polymarket BallotProof China Iran Turkey ELECTION HYBRID HACKING OF 2024: which INCLUDES AMERICA!
@boyer-speaks.bsky.social
See all the thread’s posts. This is a fraction of what I’ve collected. Career analysts, @smartelections.bsky.social @electiontruth.bsky.social @spoonamore.bsky.social @raylutz.bsky.social
(Their substacks have more I didn’t post yet.) go to @thomhartmann.bsky.social
2/-and @gregpalast.bsky.social youtube & websites. See @manasco.bsky.social ‘s TikTok & Nicole Plays Piano TikTok. The evidence continues to pile.
These analysts are using official Sec of State Data-the SAME numbers DJT relies-on for his “win”
KnowInk also told Congress they save ALL USA ELECTION DATA TO BOTH AMAZON & MS AZURE CLOUD services-presumably at diff times. Both Gates & Bezos have offices at WH & more power. Over 100 Russian Non-credible bomb threats only in SWINGS. GA & PA STILL SHUT DOWN VOTING FOR 2 hrs-zero chain of custody.
There are at least a dozen Duty To Warn Letters from NSA, Cyber specialists, NASA, Election Board Members from GA & CO, IT-SEC ppl & of course Canada/Romania/Rep of Georgia investigations all feature same players, tactics, & Russian Tail.
https://youtu.be/BOp8IiRaS1U?si=n1M-0S_T8_Hf_gEv
3.2 million black & brown votes unlawfully discounted. Restoring these gives KH 286 Electoral College, popular vote & 4 SWINGS. THAT’s how badly DJT LOST. Even with suppression, machine hacking, racist legislation, GOP law breaking, mailing ballots to wrong state-TRUMP’s
https://foreigninterferencecommission.ca/
Canada’s official report-minus the USA DOSSIER which CANADA GAVE TO BIDEN BEFORE J6-in real time. The intel the found on Musk/Putin/China, Turkey, Iran & DJT was so alarming they gave it to BIDEN IN REAL time before their report was released! BIDEN ASKED THEM NOT
https://civil.ge/archives/631251
When it happened EVERYWHERE PUTIN HAS A DESIRED STAKE-IN, it’s called a “Wide-Scale Rigging Scheme”; happens here?: “a fair & free election!”
It's incredible. Trump just unilaterally introduced tariffs on the whole world, radically changing the nation's tax system. And Congress is sitting there silently.
Stephen Colbert Tuesday Night said : " Permanent tariffs would cause the economy to tumble into a recession that would last for more than a year so if you have a retirement account, No, you don't."
I have this feeling in the back of my mind that the people actually pulling the strings behind the royal orange are putting way too much faith in his ability to follow their plan without going off on his own to say and do something incredibly f'ing dumb.
Well, you can thank those that wanted to teach Biden a lesson. Those assholes that thought that Trump would save GAZA, Jill Stein voters, lazy asses that stayed home and of course the intellectually impaired MAGA voters.
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Call tariff’s what they really are
The Economist magazine today said the president had "committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded."
Can’t blame Biden or Obama
So an island strictly full of penguins (no humans) has been tariffed ..
I mean ..🤣🤷♀️
FAFO MAGAts!
Looking at this vile anatomy deprived elf right here responsible for this
..Fox News very briefly talked around it.
..At the same time, our institutions are being dismantled by an unelected billionaire.
..Maybe as Republican voters in rural America are hit in the pocketbook, they will awaken & fight back.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/legislative-maneuver-house-republicans-block-vote-trump-tariffs/story?id=119758683
He is going to openly lie about it. Therefore, let the consumer see it on the product.
Me? I'm gonna buy seeds and pots and try and grow my own produce.
the stormy daniels quote still makes me chuckle. "it was like a wardrobe falling on top of you, with the key still in the door"
My insurance doesn’t even cover it if a generic is available.
It's in the Constitution.
Not the President, Congress!
Executive order, schmeckitive order -- it's as worthless as his NDAs.
SCOTUS allowed this to happen.
Frankenstein killed his creator (Roberts)
But the townspeople killed Frankenstein!
They could end this at anytime but they’d probably have to impeach a lot of their own…
Norway is being slapped with a 15% tariff by the incompetent Donald Trump!
https://e24.no/internasjonal-oekonomi/i/8qK2zQ/dette-er-trumps-tollplan?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vg.noæ
Sorry. This is a serious issue that shouldn't be made into a joke.
Trump’s economic policies will collapse our once great are economic engine
Trump’s plan is our doom to unintended consequences
Trump’s plan will be our economic pain
I just don’t know how folks could agree with Trump’s economic chaos
This will cost jobs for US.
This is ALL on Trump.
Congress could end Trump's tariffs with a veto override.
But it probably won't.
Businesses affected by these tariffs will layoff more workers.
Any businesses left will have desperate people looking for work. Cheap labor! What geniuses, my patootie.
It was reported after that the Pentagon had offered Trump various options for retaliating against Iran
That strike was the most extreme option put in front of him and was done so just to get him to choose the moderate option
They were horrified when he chose it
Also, I understand that if the countries on the list remove their tariffs on US goods & agree to stop currency manipulation, then the US will remove the reciprocal tariffs that are being imposed.
Is this a reasonable expectation?
makes America
a smaller country.
Slashes health care
cuts education
blocks farm aid.
Pardons crooks,
gives a finger
to our friends,
gets a boner
for our enemies.
Lets hacks
run the FBI & DOJ
& incompetents
fumble around
at the Pentagon.
The USA shrinks.
🤢
Signed : One of the rest of the world.
Actually, this is EXACTLY what America said, and would have continued to say, had Japan not helped them to pick a side. And even then they bitched about being forced to choose a side rather than continue to sell to both.
Grow up America ! It's time to stop being a childish little shithole country full of cowards and snakes.
He is obviously demented
https://flip.it/kwFObj
'Not America' is fucking tired of your whiney arsed shithole country trying to remain relevant while the civilised world moves on.
He tosses around the fiber of our lives like balloons at a party. He infuses them with explosives & gives shrapnel in goody bags. We’re expected to thank him as we bleed out.
Stay focused. Live simply. Lower your consumption. People matter most. Be wise.
The results probably will be the same.
Say it over and over and over again
Also, USA was flush 💸 💰 🤑 from free slavery labor and servant level wages from the rich in the late 1800s/early 1900s JUST WOW ON THAT
I sure do miss the old DEI days...
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/02/stock-market-today-live-updates-trump-tariffs.html
"Trump says he gonna make you so rich.
Tomorrow's stock market will definitely say otherwise.
It's not a law without the Senate
Plus, the Senate can RESCIND the President's right to issue tariffs
Call call call!!!
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48435
They did it for Canada they can do it for EVERYONE.
The real FACTS …
#NotMyPresident #ImpeachTheMF #Resist #LiberationDay
Freaking Trumptards
Would Republicans have stood by and watched Pres. Biden impose huge tariffs?
We know what to do, People.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/legislative-maneuver-house-republicans-block-vote-trump-tariffs/story?id=119758683
A firing squad better be outside the courtroom if each person is guilty.
I don't feel the least bit sorry for them. They had it coming. Stupid comes with a price.
We really need Congressional term limits and a ban on equity and FOREX trading outside a trust that does dollar cost averaging.
"Starting NOW, doesn't include me"
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/1?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22term+limits%22%5D%7D&r=2&s=1
See all the thread’s posts. This is a fraction of what I’ve collected. Career analysts, @smartelections.bsky.social @electiontruth.bsky.social @spoonamore.bsky.social @raylutz.bsky.social
(Their substacks have more I didn’t post yet.) go to @thomhartmann.bsky.social
These analysts are using official Sec of State Data-the SAME numbers DJT relies-on for his “win”
3.2 million black & brown votes unlawfully discounted. Restoring these gives KH 286 Electoral College, popular vote & 4 SWINGS. THAT’s how badly DJT LOST. Even with suppression, machine hacking, racist legislation, GOP law breaking, mailing ballots to wrong state-TRUMP’s
Canada’s official report-minus the USA DOSSIER which CANADA GAVE TO BIDEN BEFORE J6-in real time. The intel the found on Musk/Putin/China, Turkey, Iran & DJT was so alarming they gave it to BIDEN IN REAL time before their report was released! BIDEN ASKED THEM NOT
WHERE IS THE CANADIAN REPORT???
When it happened EVERYWHERE PUTIN HAS A DESIRED STAKE-IN, it’s called a “Wide-Scale Rigging Scheme”; happens here?: “a fair & free election!”
Just like in EVERY SWING STATE: THE RUSSIAN TAIL
WTF is wrong with them?
AMERICANS
+
TRUMP
=
COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Except for #Russia .. exclusively
Pay attention to what its really about