Doomsday Prediction: Musk makes quick work of IG Boy, whatever his name is, the other Co-Chair of D.O.G.E putting him in a submissive role, then quickly expands the power of the office until the Doge is more powerful than the President Musk recently bought.
A dude in my mountain rescue team created "boards and standards committee" within a year he was overruling, vetoing and contradicting everyone the actual Board did
Umm, if you read her letter, you'd know that there are no more migrant caravans, and haven't been in a while. Biden's policies and their cooperation did that, not Trump.
"How crazy would it be if China, Mexico and/or Canada initiated tariffs before Trump took office." It would be even better if they state the intended political targets before implementing the tariffs so as to generate even more public awareness
Regardless, the ones who pay are us, not wealthy people, the middle & lower class who already live paycheck to paycheck. I’m are tired of never seeing a raise that I get because I’m paying higher prices & it’s only going to get worse!!
Did we learn nothing from the Covid lock-down, when the modern “just-in-time” supply chains failed miserably and production was halted in many manufacturing sectors for extended periods needlessly.
Yet another inflationary policy proposal from #Trump Administration that hasn’t been thought through!
As a US citizen, they should. Make us feel it as fast and as bad as possible. If it’s a slow ache his voters will not concede. Only swift pain will suffice. It has make them go “it doesn’t matter how tariffs work, we want it to stop.”
The Canadian Prime Minister and provincial Premiers met today to talk strategy... Trump tried to threaten Canada before...they fought back..and they will again.
Yup, 2nd time around so no surprises. MX President issue a statement; explained actual border situation; drugs & US demand & how American firearms flowing into MX fuel the gangs & drug trade. She’s also threatened retaliatory tariffs.
Is this all because MX/CAN/US trade agreement ends in about a yr?
Taking your word for it. As a lowly American retiree I cannot subscribe to everything. It has a paywall.
After “kind” conversation the MX Pres had with Donnie, I see MX Pres says no potential tariff war; MX has already dealt with border. Historic low for crossings. Donnie says he won as anticipated.
Mexico is already making noise about all the illegal weapons crossing the border from the U.S. They have it in their power to make gun manufacturers liable for the harm their products cause in their country.
Republicans will convince half the country that Biden/Harris caused the trouble. Somehow Republican voters believe Democrats are bad for the economy. They'll believe. Those voters believe almost everything they are told by anyone claiming to be a Republican.
Trump will soon renege on his stupid promises as soon as he hears what damage he’s doing to his political career and have some lame excuse why he won’t do them.
Stay tuned, starting with his fucking tariff plan, then the border.
What damage? He incited a insurrection, did treason, 30 felonies, did jack his first four years, is above the law, cult leader and is a lame duck. Destroying America and the government is a feature, not a bug.
It’s such a long list of terrible terrible “accomplishments”. Of course he also destroyed my belief that overall humans are good and ultimately do the right thing and evolve into better civilizations
Thing is he only says that to our neighbors to pressure companies to bring their business back home. US companies. Not gonna happen and the little people get the shift with higher prices.
US exports yes, but also imports lots of products from China, Canada & Mexico. If Trump were to start a tariffs war with all 3, if they used a scalpel for maximum effect, on what products from each would the counter tariffs be?
If only Trudeau wasn’t so feckless!! The Pres of Mexico - a woman no less- ripped trump a new one - if Trudeau had her balls - this would terrify trump as he be sandwiched between too feckless leaders /trading partners- who border the US!
I actually think it would be a better idea for all countries to immediately end trade with the United States. Order all container ships to turn around right now. They can work out trade deals amoung themselves and Americans can learn what it means to see empty shelves in stores.
For you retirees? You've made your money and had it stashed away and have paid off your homes. Millennials have been trying to make a living for 20 years now and keep getting hit by recessions. Try barely treading water during your most productive years.
I think you mistake me for someone who has money. I worked all my life and raised my special needs son by myself and because of medical bills have never been able to put anything aside so I only have my retirement to live on. I have been barely treading water for over 50 years.
Treating Chinese people, and other people, like nowhere people who have nothing, can do nothing, and who
are nothing is completely inappropriate
in today’s environment.
It gives me a little hope that you,
Mr. Cuban, are able to imagine a
world where people are treated
with the respect they’re owed.
Of course.
Next an embargo of certain IA chips
Then invading Taiwan which starts a US-China war in the region
Escalation to cyberattacks on both sides
Threats about using intercontinental ☢️
AI 🤖 taking charge of things
Alien 👽 intervention
Way to go trumpenstein
With 25% on Mexico and Canada, 10% on China, terms of trade are better for China than without the tariff changes, and by ending USMCA China is further strengthened as a trading partner since the US can't be relied upon in trade agreements.
China can afford to watch because tariffs have greater visible negative consequences on the US than itself and it can move it currency to compensate. Retaliatory consequences of matching tariffs would not be acceptable in Canada or beneficial to Mexico. China would gain in the near term.
Do we know how the Chinese company closely associated with Musk companies and now neighbors in Bastrop,Texas will fare? For these Chinese companies get a pass? Link to article next.
Already in the playbook. Each country has issued a statement to what they will do. Hard lesson for Econ 101… maybe everyone skipped that class in highschool
I hope those countries and all others fight back hard instead of giving in to him. Fight back and let everyone experience the pain - let that be his legacy and guarantee no more MAGA!
Seems to me the Canada and Mexico would be better served waiting until Jan 21 if starting the leverage game is the goal. Biden gets the blame otherwise.
Trumpets will always blame someone else. Canada and Mexico could explicitly state that they are imposing tariffs preemptively due to Trumps threat and Trumpets would still blame someone else.
Trade warfare is old and outdated like Trump. It's an authoritarian approach to get a quick result, which often doesn't work. In a global economy, the repercussions can be enormous both internally and externally.
This next administration will always be in “F around and find out” zone. Sadly at the cost coming out of our pockets. Oh well, there’s accountability with electing bad people. Here we go…
Yes we will, he's trying his best to make #Canada look weak to the rest of the world like we won't "fight back" he did this before, it's not our first rodeo with that clown
Hey talk hard..read Andrew Coyne's article from yesterday in the Globe and Mail
We all have to calm down...cool heads and intelligence will throw Trump off his game.
How great if Mexico decided to put tariffs against the US and they would stay until the USA stopped the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico. Might be interesting
I hope the hell this works. However, with these retailers being told to start this fakeflation, does anyone really think they will lower prices after reaping untold millions in extra revenue due to the fake inflation? I'm not cou ting on it.
Fight fire with fire. The far-right, MAGA, Russia, China, Iran and North Korea all have made huge investments in internet warrior / bot / troll farms that have seeped through all our communication spaces, social media, comments boxes etc, many pretending to be on our side. We should do the same.
Trump's tariffs is an excellent opportunity for Canada to reinvigorate manufacturing and invest in Cdn business. If they had a PM that understood economics.
Our inside market is way to small. What coupd happen over time with Canada and Mexico if US hit them all the time, they will just make deal elsewhere (I am talking like 25 years in time). That could become a problem for US.
I think you underestimate what happen with NAFTA. And the tariff will destroy the car industry in Ontario. If you want to deserve domestic market only .. our GDP would decrease by 40% ...
I was in business when Mulroney signed NAFTA. I know EXACTLY what it did to the consumer and manufacturing. It cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs. Please don't try to tell me what I lived through.
Once again it takes a woman to stand up to trump . Yes the Jewish Mexican Woman President of Mexico is standing up to the Orange turd in the punch bowl
You tried to explain this weeks ago @mcuban.bsky.social but I just don't think those that need to listen have the cognitive perspective to comprehend the consequences but clearly they are about to.
That’s what I was thinking,China,Canada and Mexico getting together,but also Trump imposing tariffs on our two biggest trading partners just opening the door even wider to China to those two markets.
Didn't the price of materials to build homes go up during COVID? Did they ever go back down? Who's to say prices will ever go back down if there tariffs are removed? Won't we just forever be paying more? Just like groceries haven't gone down but inflation did.
Part 2 you would think that he wouldn’t want to upset the markets, but with his new love of bitcoin possibly he will crush the market on purpose just to make a killing on bitcoin. He’s dangerous and unstable money being his first and only love
I could be wrong but I believe the last time he became President he put a tariff on Canada. I’m a Canadian and I remember that he did it or threatened to do it. There was a retaliation and it was resolved. He likes to grandstand for his followers .
Although I don’t care for Trump whatsoever;I can see what he’s trying to do,but I think he’s clearly going about it the wrong way.The American people have suffered enough.
What happened to sitting down and discussing alternatives to tariffs,and working out meaningful solutions?Seriously🤔.
Trump has no idea what “He” is yet at almost 80 years old,so of course a tariff to him is maybe a side salad or a sandwich without mayo or something😂😂😂😂😂😂.Who knows?😂😂😂😂
We seem to agree? I’d like to understand what your perspective is on why you see what he is up to? As I am truly at a loss as to why this is even a consideration.
Trump doesn’t know how to negotiate in a sensible manner.He’s our incoming President,but he can’t bully his way through life and especially with other countries.
These leaders around the world don’t fear Trump,at all.
They feared Reagan,Truman,but Trump is Putin’s toy,and it shows.Tariffs not at all
The underlying premise that the other country pays for the tariffs is simply wrong. We will see prices spike and the money will come out of the pockets of the American people. Not what we need.
Exactly.Same thing happened with the border wall.Trump said that Mexico would pay for it,but Mexico didn’t.The American people paid and are still paying for it🤔.
You witness the greatest redistribution of wealth imaginable as the poorest in society pay 25% more for everything they buy whilst the rich coin in even more money.
Surely not🤔.Donald Trump will live forever,because he’s Donald J. Trump and he’s got Elon Musk to pay so that he and Elon both live way after the rest of us are gone 🤔.
Trump has negotiated with God and that’s what Donald Trump does best;talk his way out of everything🤔🙈😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🙈😆😆😆😆.
He’s wrong on the facts at the border. He’s wrong about the causes at the border. He’s going to (again) end programs that take pressure off the border. He’s also wrong about how tariffs work. I’m thinking none of this is about what he claims it to be & we’ll get better info from Pres. Sheinbaum, MX.
That’s usually the case.Some people however,believe that Trump can walk on water,and they treat him that way.I beg to differ though,because I do not believe that anyone is above the law,especially when one has been convicted of 33-34 felonies and found guilty and liable for sexual assaulting a woman
In a trade war that’s brewing bright,
China strikes back with all its might.
With sanctions on drones,
And cutting off phones,
It's a holiday clash, full of fright!
Mexico won’t. She thinks he’s making a mistake and She won’t Move against the American pip unless she has to. Mexico will be the leading economy soon and The US is making it easier for them. Med Age is 26 while the US is 35.They’re united and have a clear vision For their pip.
I doubt they would, but I also think they would be foolish not to reciprocate. If I was in a position of power in either nation, I would be establishing a new trade agreement now and planning shipping routes that bypass the US.
MX said it will retaliate. She takes no guff. She estimates US would lose 400K jobs.
Last time farmers were decimated. A lot of their customers went to other countries. Crops rotted in the field. We paid for a farmer bailout that Forbes said it cost $28B. More than US nuclear defense for a year.
32% of our food is imported. Fortunately from a variety of places. If he does 10% on all imports. OK sugar, cacao & coffee. But 35% of veggies; Seafood 65+% etc
& our farmers go under? Big problem
Crude oil? CAN & MX provide 25% to US refineries.
China, CAN & MX import the most agriculture product
Trump has his undereducated supporters believing tariffs will instantly rev up American manufacturing, shrink the deficit, lower prices on goods made in the US, and on and on - basic economic be damned.
Do you think that ultimately business leaders in trump’s ear will flatter him enough to stop him from doing this?
If not, what purchases (big or small) do you recommend before they hit? I mean cars, and what not…but what else?
They didn't stop him from doing anything in this realm the first time. He's stubborn when he thinks he's right. I also think the people influencing his views on tariffs are folks who want a world war.
You can counter stupid really easily: with smart moves.
That said, one thing Trump and the US gov’t at large is ignoring is how less important they are to China - who owns the second largest amount of American debt - so you know, gives more value to Brics. Again, stupid is as stupid will be.
This is what MAGA voters and those who didn't give a damn and the wealthy fst cats wanted right , hey we all about to FAFO and this ain't on the Biden Administration it's all on Trump and his merry babc of thieves in the oligarchy and Republicans. Point the blame where it lies.
Wonder how badly Apple will be impacted. Not to Mention Tesla, which is pretty surprising that Elon has hooked up with a tariff terrorist. Rare earth elements should be a whole different concern.
actually our awesome PM Justin is in meetings right now with ministers about what trump did to us.
And after JT announces what he plans to do against trump i will have meetings on how to move my Canadian company forward
Smoot-Hawley contributed to the early loss of confidence on Wall Street and signaled US isolationism. By raising the average tariff it also prompted retaliation from foreign governments.
The foreign policy establishment views trump as dangerous and completely out of step with US interests.
Trump is like a teenager, adults tell him what will happen, but he still proceeds, and when as predicted the fallout, in his case he will find a scapegoat
Oohhh, we have a plan in place. We tried diplomacy. He played tough guy. Now, our government says we're going to get tough, too. Uh oh trumpler. Ruined before you even get into office. The world already has dictators, and they've decided there will be no more. Especially someone who is mentally ill
I think it’s interesting that he’s gonna place twenty five percent on Canada and Mexico and ten percent on China
One can only assume that’s a tip of the hat to musk.
imo trump is trying to squeeze China. canada and Mexico is facilitating the drug crisis. if only they can stop talking about retaliation and listen to what trump is asking. help coordinate and squash all the precursors coming from china through Mexico and Canada.
How come Elon and Trumpy don’t care about tariffs. Trumpy’s crappy products are all made in China. Elon has a plant going up in Mexico and is buying parts from China???
Can this be sone people think the tariffs are a good idea?
Perhaps the threat of tariffs is just to get illegal immigration to stop. He will cripple the country with tariffs..which will cause unrest... maybe his own people will turn on him.
I read where a lot if his voters know tariffs would increase prices so what’s going on?
I do know he will try deportations in blue cities first. The red states can’t afford to lose workers. Maga won’t turn on Trumpy but maybe RFK & Elon.
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We don’t want Biden to get
Blamed
Trump is winning from his couch !!!
You can’t still believe this …
This is why MSNBC and CNN lost their viewers since the election … because they lied to you
I read the Mexican President's letter.
And no, I don't believe trump... he didn't eliminate the deficit and Mexico did not pay for the wall.
Yet another inflationary policy proposal from #Trump Administration that hasn’t been thought through!
Is this all because MX/CAN/US trade agreement ends in about a yr?
After “kind” conversation the MX Pres had with Donnie, I see MX Pres says no potential tariff war; MX has already dealt with border. Historic low for crossings. Donnie says he won as anticipated.
Do we really want that?
We should do it here, if the #GQP wasn't so beholden to the gun lobbyists
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/secret-metal-helped-win-wwii-000000457.html
Stay tuned, starting with his fucking tariff plan, then the border.
are nothing is completely inappropriate
in today’s environment.
It gives me a little hope that you,
Mr. Cuban, are able to imagine a
world where people are treated
with the respect they’re owed.
https://medium.com/@tonygoldenps/electromagnetic-continuum-of-business-qualitative-economics-6f4a4091a948
Next an embargo of certain IA chips
Then invading Taiwan which starts a US-China war in the region
Escalation to cyberattacks on both sides
Threats about using intercontinental ☢️
AI 🤖 taking charge of things
Alien 👽 intervention
Way to go trumpenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyyAh2lQXF8
Let’s watch them suffer together.
Legislative Branch? Executive Branch? How can this money be spent? THIS is the other 1/2 of the tariff story no one is talking about
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#FuckTrump
#cndpoli
#CanadaStrong
#OhCanada
#cndpoli
We all have to calm down...cool heads and intelligence will throw Trump off his game.
I guess I’m giving less and stocking up on my items like I during the PANDEMIC!
We are in for MAJOR sticker shock!
People may revolt!
What happened to sitting down and discussing alternatives to tariffs,and working out meaningful solutions?Seriously🤔.
These leaders around the world don’t fear Trump,at all.
They feared Reagan,Truman,but Trump is Putin’s toy,and it shows.Tariffs not at all
The underlying premise that the other country pays for the tariffs is simply wrong. We will see prices spike and the money will come out of the pockets of the American people. Not what we need.
minded.
Trump puts tariffs on US goods. 25%
Lowers or removes taxes for the rich.
You witness the greatest redistribution of wealth imaginable as the poorest in society pay 25% more for everything they buy whilst the rich coin in even more money.
There you go. That’s the strategy.
It will wreck the US economy but I don’t think he cares. He’s reaching end of life anyway.
Trump has negotiated with God and that’s what Donald Trump does best;talk his way out of everything🤔🙈😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🙈😆😆😆😆.
China strikes back with all its might.
With sanctions on drones,
And cutting off phones,
It's a holiday clash, full of fright!
Last time farmers were decimated. A lot of their customers went to other countries. Crops rotted in the field. We paid for a farmer bailout that Forbes said it cost $28B. More than US nuclear defense for a year.
& our farmers go under? Big problem
Crude oil? CAN & MX provide 25% to US refineries.
China, CAN & MX import the most agriculture product
If not, what purchases (big or small) do you recommend before they hit? I mean cars, and what not…but what else?
That said, one thing Trump and the US gov’t at large is ignoring is how less important they are to China - who owns the second largest amount of American debt - so you know, gives more value to Brics. Again, stupid is as stupid will be.
And after JT announces what he plans to do against trump i will have meetings on how to move my Canadian company forward
The foreign policy establishment views trump as dangerous and completely out of step with US interests.
One can only assume that’s a tip of the hat to musk.
Can this be sone people think the tariffs are a good idea?
I do know he will try deportations in blue cities first. The red states can’t afford to lose workers. Maga won’t turn on Trumpy but maybe RFK & Elon.