Remember the ignorant orange's first occupation of the White House? Talks with China going well over trade, stock market would go up. Talks with China going poorly, stock market would go down.
For. Months.
I believe it's called manipulation.
They are the self proclaimed King of the World’s demand for groveling and tribute (from countries and US companies and US consumers). MAGA is dumber than a box of rocks. He is on a power trip and thrills at every bow and attack dog whistle responded to by his MAGA base.
The Repressive Sultan of Brunei got an exemption for $250K engines from Canada for Piper Aircraft. He wholly owns the company which makes private aircraft for the wealthy. This is the game. Our absentee MAGA Rep Haridopolis ran to Trump. He's a Trump lover so is rewarded..
Please don't just agree. Get on the phone or e-mail and tell your reps in DC to get rid of tariffs. It only takes a few minutes and it doesn't cost any money. We don't need money in politics. We just need people to participate. https://www.nationalfinancialplan.co
Do not forget his home/poor boys, running without oversight and no
loyalty to anyone except for the musky occupant in our White House.
Governing has cease beening done, road work building Stop,for
Who
This says it all.
This is the best government for him because he knows nothing about government except he sees money for the billionaires at the expense of
Who
We the people
Trump’s ‘deals’ are capitulations. he’s backing down for small changes that will do nothing but drive up costs for average Americans
Take his UK deal: the winners are the Rich who get to buy their Rolls Royces tariff free while the rest of us will see costs for anything from the UK rise by 10%
And they make any capital investment for American jobs literally impossible. Zero people would invest billions in some manufacturing opportunity knowing the tariffs can/will be undone in a whim.
Also a way to have the uber wealthy not pay any taxes (eliminate the IRS) while the poor and middle class do (tariffs to pay for government instead of the IRS). It's a bait and switch. A total scam.
Under Trump, the average tariff rate climbed to 11.1%, leading to a projected $740 billion reduction in imports by 2025. This 22% drop sent shockwaves through supply chains. While middle-class families & small businesses are bearing the brunt of these policies, corporate giants are doing just fine.
E X A C T L Y…Tr*mp is nothing but a wannabe mob boss and this entire import sales tax scheme was always nothing more than an extortion racket—he can’t NOT lie or grift.
And a complete distraction from the crime of arresting people and judges sending folks to gulags in other countries no due process attacking free speech. OMG every American should be in the streets.
Another grift from FLOTUS. Unfortunately the UK Government is so desperate they caved. The current UK is in local trouble at the moment so anything that looks like a win they will grab.
Exactly! This is why Trump has been obsessed with tarrifs. It’s a diabolical global extortion scheme that would make even Putin blush.
—paraphrasing Professor Scott Galloway.
You have to put yourself in his mindset and stop saying that he is doing it all wrong or poorly. Trump has different goals!
Trump’s tariff scam in a nutshell: I’ll break your legs and exploit your suffering. After you suffer, you’ll heal and walk almost as well as before I broke your legs. Rinse. Repeat.
https://Nokings.org @indivisible.org
Time to take action will you show up and defend your freedom. We are stronger together. The rich wage war and it the poor who die.
And that dementia-ridden convicted felon is enriching his PERSONAL fortune as a result.
But, SCOTUS has ruled he is EXEMPT from prosecution - "presidential duties," allowing an all out crime spree never seen before.
That is clearly one of the main reasons for tariffs. Don0ld will gladly grant exemptions for a nice donation to his retirement fund. Crooked as a dog's hind leg.
There is something, too many people raise their hands as they're dying because of waiting relatives for me to believe there's nothing. Too many animist beliefs.
But not heaven or hell.
Trump’s tariffs are specifically designed to create a market for tariff exemptions, provide the ultimate market manipulation tool, and to maximize the inherent payoff potential of his crypto ventures.
Worked as a
meat lugger
in a packing plant.
Paid for college.
Blood & fat covered us,
salt on slippery floors.
Beef quarters
tossed from hook to hook,
25 tons a day each.
For most of Minneapolis.
Work, we're told,
Americans won't do.
Pay them
& they will come.
Want to know whether Donald Trump or Xi Jinping will win the trade war? China just signed the world’s largest free-trade agreement with Japan and 14 other Southeast Asian Nations. These 16 nations hold $ Trillions in USA Treasury Bonds. How much of their long-term debt is the USA holding? None.
Drumpf claims these tariffs will bring jobs back to the US. That’s bull——. Those jobs left the US bc oligarchs don’t want to pay American wages. Those products cost less to produce overseas where wages are low. That shipped sailed off and is never coming back. Rs and greedy oligarchs did that.
Exactly... anybody hear Ross Perot's warnings from the not-to-distant past??? Question: Are Trump-branded merch-made-in-China exempt from tariffs? Has Trump brought manufacturing his cheap crap back to the USA for job "opportunities" for Americans? Anyone seeing a double standard here?
American business has an obsession with slave labor. Remember when unions were strong? The only way to afford American manufacturing costs is to raise American wages. Yet, the minimum is $7.50 for decades. Think about the wealth gap. Who got richer?
It is a 10% VAT, a federal sales tax, effectively. As the low and middle economic classes have low savings/investment rates, they are the consumer class. Most goods are imported, meaning g most items are effectively taxed. The income tax breaks for billionaires are paid by the consumers this way.
My POS congressman, Mike haridopolos, FL8 is boasting about saving 1,000 local jobs that would have been lost due to the tariffs, by getting an exemption from Trump admin. Same guy praising trump and tariffs at his canned town halls.
The whole thing is an extortion racket. Everything he learned from the mafia-controlled real-estate business in NYC in the 80s. Literally Don Diaper Don.
Hell, trump's whole admin is a shakedown. I am certain that that 747 he is being gifted from Qatar has NOTHING TO DO with the deal he and his sons recently cut with Qatar.
I would follow the money. Any country that makes a "deal" with the tRUmp regime obviously has no problem sliding him money or other emolluments to him to get what they want.
The shakedowns aren’t working because because he didn’t realize that he holds zero power over how other countries conduct their business. Because he’s an idiot.
I went to the store and I was surprised products without tariffs are just high.
You see once they realize that you have to pay higher prices, they're out to reap in profits with no shame.
Why?
It is the criminals in a presidential leadership.
So let's get some from;
Who
We the people
Or give him a resort.
It's why tariffs are not a commonly used executive intervention or are routinely run through Congress--because even the appearance looks corrupt.
UK tariff deal is to lower tariff from 25% to 10% on UK cars Rolls Royces, the Range Rovers, The Bentleys, etc. That clearly only benefits the rich Americans who buy those cars. And for working middle-class Americans, it's a new 10% on all other things from UK like shoes, food, clothes, etc. 😡
I need countries that have trade exemptions , and I'm not talking about countries that , " Grab his dick and lifts it just so they can lick his balls " countries !!!
Just asking as a concerned global citizen
Or extortion and threats. They are essentially baiting the hook for relief if other countries take SkyNet (I calls 'em like I sees 'em) net online for Earth Emperor Doughboy. No, he would never use it to assume absolut power with spying, data theft, control of government/military, threats/extortion
Calling tariff exmp "shakedowns" highlights the perception they are not genuine trade policy rather a tool for political leverage, favoritism, & corruption. Unlike trade deals, exmp are unpredictable, opaque, & often tied to political influence, undermining fair & stable international commerce
Trade deals by the president alone arent trade deals. They need to be approved by congress. Nor are tariffs. Congress is abdicating their responsibilities.
trump only puts in tariffs because he is a bully and he wants other countries to then come to him begging to have the tariffs reduced. That is how he gets his ego stroked and emotional satisfaction. He doesn't do it for economic gain, only for his own fragile narcissist ego.
I would go a step further to identify where the 'shake-down' ransom goes. Wanna bet that substantial amounts go directly into trump's own cryptocurrency?
Rolls Royce must have purchased some Trump cryptocurrency
so this historic news Trump touted ended up being the UK trade deal which DIDN'T include a deal but a "promise" to someday in the future have a meeting to discuss trade and nothing was changed EXCEPT Rolls Royce got an exemption
They've lightened tarrifs for countries that signed up with Starlink.
Musk knows Tesla can't be saved. he's forcing services on entire countries now to protect his wealth.
Trump’s tariff scam in a nutshell: I’ll break your legs and exploit your suffering. After you suffer, you’ll heal and walk almost as well as before I broke your legs. Rinse. Repeat.
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For. Months.
I believe it's called manipulation.
Ron Filipkowski
mafia bosses=shakedowns
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loyalty to anyone except for the musky occupant in our White House.
Governing has cease beening done, road work building Stop,for
Who
We the people
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This is the best government for him because he knows nothing about government except he sees money for the billionaires at the expense of
Who
We the people
Take his UK deal: the winners are the Rich who get to buy their Rolls Royces tariff free while the rest of us will see costs for anything from the UK rise by 10%
people a vodka chaser to go with
their agreement to be malleable.
Nobody wants those STUPID
Trump hats.
But also Mainly because they aren’t paying attention and because their racist Nazi leader can do no harm.
It’s tough to break a cult. But not impossible.
you know #1 trump caved #2 money greased a lot of pockets
usually a trump kid or inside associate
( trump's Newly opened The Executive Club in D.C. to lure politicians )
By the way, the world is not stupid and they’re taking notes
#JokesOnUS
Literally everyone in the media knows he’s extorting foreign governments with the Tariff shenanigans and yet…
—paraphrasing Professor Scott Galloway.
You have to put yourself in his mindset and stop saying that he is doing it all wrong or poorly. Trump has different goals!
https://Nokings.org @indivisible.org
Time to take action will you show up and defend your freedom. We are stronger together. The rich wage war and it the poor who die.
But, SCOTUS has ruled he is EXEMPT from prosecution - "presidential duties," allowing an all out crime spree never seen before.
Me? 🍊
But not heaven or hell.
He's moving taxpayer dollars around without congressional approval like a three card monte grifter.
Fuck Trump and his little butt-lickers, too.
Oldest sales trick in the book and Starmer got conned!
meat lugger
in a packing plant.
Paid for college.
Blood & fat covered us,
salt on slippery floors.
Beef quarters
tossed from hook to hook,
25 tons a day each.
For most of Minneapolis.
Work, we're told,
Americans won't do.
Pay them
& they will come.
Such a deal!
Shaking down the US consumer! Sneaky way to tax the middle class. Plus it’s a regressive tax. The worst.
#TheArtofNODeal
You see once they realize that you have to pay higher prices, they're out to reap in profits with no shame.
Why?
It is the criminals in a presidential leadership.
So let's get some from;
Who
We the people
These are proper shakedowns by a depraved thug.
#TrumpTariffs
Trump will lift tariffs for your industry if you write a great big check.
It's why tariffs are not a commonly used executive intervention or are routinely run through Congress--because even the appearance looks corrupt.
It's a way to replace the Federal Income Tax and do away with the IRS.
Republicans have whined about this for many decades since the establishment of the IRS on July 1st, 1862...
Trump yells ,' look at all this money, I told you we would be rich' !
To his donors and friends.
Just asking as a concerned global citizen
https://youtu.be/CODFD3j623E?si=ziGvAyssn9YYEVN6
Pump & Dump.
They terrify the people, smash institutions, overload the courts, ignore the rule of law, bend Congress to their will.
Because crime thrives in chaos.
Then they make out like bandits, in an orgy of indulgence, thinking the system will be too broken to deliver justice.
Once a mob boss, always a mob boss
And I wish Trump and his voodoo economists will explain, or calculate and tell us;
@deadder.bsky.social
THIS 👆🏻
THIS 👆🏻
so this historic news Trump touted ended up being the UK trade deal which DIDN'T include a deal but a "promise" to someday in the future have a meeting to discuss trade and nothing was changed EXCEPT Rolls Royce got an exemption
Musk knows Tesla can't be saved. he's forcing services on entire countries now to protect his wealth.
Jesus hugging Trump:
"And that's when Jesus realized that his wallet was missing"
At this point, I'll consider it a vacation and not an abduction.