Trump blinks

[CowboyTed]

Declaring a trade war against the world is one of the most stupid decisions any president can make.

Tariffs against China make sense; against the entire world, it is idiocy.

Of course, the pause is only for 90 days, so who knows?

Trump is more erratic than a loose missile.

Tariff against China the way he is doing it is pretty stupid as well, just not as stupid as the other decisions...

The funny thing is that he had the solution in 2017, the Trans Pacific Partnership, which he threw out the window on day 3 because he associated it with Obama (Bush actually set it up)...

We can trace the line to there...

 

[SeaMajor7]

He is a product of his parents telling him he was smart too many times...

Trump plays snap when the game is chess...

China will chew him up, it isn't really a fair fight... Xi can wait him out, Trump will get killed over the summer for high prices.. XI don't have opinion polls or Congress...

This is what Trump doesn't calculate in (ie playing Snap)......

He will hush it up and proclaim victory... His sheep will believe anything at this stage, they are too invested. To admit Trump failed now, would be to accept that they have picked a turkey. They can't accept they are turkey pickers and that their opinion is wrong and possibly all future opinions...

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”​

― Mark Twain

Oblivious denial of reality.
Just like Mac.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Cellblock2429]

90-day pause on some tariffs.

Incredible.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/stock-market-today-live-updates-.html

/----/ Trump imposes tariffs - ORANGE MAN BAD.
Trump pauses tariffs - ORANGE MAN BAD.

 

[CowboyTed]

Short term pain for the long term gain of ending the hosing of America. It takes maturity to endure and libbies have none

Sorry but every serious economic analyst says US is on a lose - lose....

There is no long term gain... Might be for Europe and China but not US.... US is running an economic isolation policy, look how that works out... There is plenty of history on it...
And they all started out with comments like 'Short term pain for the long term gain...'

 

[DonGlock26]

 

[SeaMajor7]

Sorry but every serious economic analyst says US is on a lose - lose....

There is no long term gain... Might be for Europe and China but not US.... US is running an economic isolation policy, look how that works out... There is plenty of history on it...
And they all started out with comments like 'Short term pain for the long term gain...'

Nice SPIN.
Keep on turning..
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Turning round round round round round round.
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[martybegan]

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We will judge success or failure at the end of his term. Once again the 1 week look ahead agenda of the Dems is shown.

 

[martybegan]

Who's expanding? Or are we now expanding? Yesterday we were only interested in buying American. That means only selling to Americans right? Because if we only buy American, then I guess Europe only buys European, Mexicans only buy Mexico, etc.

Trump was going for isolation yesterday. Today you say expansion? Got it. It'd be nice if he wasn't all over the place and even freaking out Elon.

I was responding to a statement on the qualities of fascism.

Try reading the whole post.

 

[martybegan]

"Buy my book, The Art of the Deal, so you can learn how to negotiate your way to losing money on a casino!"

Again, he's the only businessman to lose money with a Casino?

 

[martybegan]

No it's closer to 90% because what do people do when they win, yeah they plow the money right back in and lose it. Government gambling preys on the poor and low income people who are desperate for a miracle lotto to change their life, it's sickening. It's theft of the first order.

Did you know that they had to amend the Oregon constitution to permit state run gambling. To get people to vote for that they 'promised' to allocate all the winnings to schools. Wait for it...yep they moved all the state gambling winnings into the school budget, then REMOVED the general fund money from the school budget and spent that on other shit, aka they put it into their own pockets in bloated salaries, pensions and benefits. So where did the state run gambling money really go, that's right into their greedy pockets.

Yep. It was better when the mob ran it.

To be fair I play $40 a week in the big games, mostly because that's enough "action" to suit my gambling needs.

I like gambling, but I'm more of a "find a $5 blackjack table" gambler than "find a $50 blackjack table" gambler.

 

[Moonglow]

90-day pause on some tariffs.

Incredible.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/stock-market-today-live-updates-.html

Just a little manipulation of the stock market.

 

[SweetTea]

Sorry but every serious economic analyst says US is on a lose - lose....

There is no long term gain... Might be for Europe and China but not US.... US is running an economic isolation policy, look how that works out... There is plenty of history on it...
And they all started out with comments like 'Short term pain for the long term gain...'

Then most economist analyst are dead wrong.

The US is not trying to be isolationists. If we were, we would just cut off trade entirely. The world cannot economically survive without the US consumer. For some reason, that escapes most of you and many of these “serious economic analyst”.

How is there no long term gain by negotiating up with 75+ countries for better deals and leaving China to fend for themselves? You don’t think China will come to the table and that we will ultimately reach a deal that works out better than we currently have? I can guarantee you that will happen. EU absolutely needs the US consumer and they know it. They rely on our consumers and our military. They want no part of not being a partner with the US.

You and the “serious” people are just flat out wrong, but I feel like I am talking to an indoctrinated 21 year old who is taking an economics class and believes he is suddenly an expert because he has absorbed information and propaganda from his leftist professor. That same 21 year old goes on to grad school and becomes a professor himself and spreads more of the nonsense to the next generation. He has never run so much as a lemonade stand, but he is an expert because he has his PhD. You can go on believing these ideologues and I will stick with the opinions from those with real-world experience.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Yep. It was better when the mob ran it.

To be fair I play $40 a week in the big games, mostly because that's enough "action" to suit my gambling needs.

I like gambling, but I'm more of a "find a $5 blackjack table" gambler than "find a $50 blackjack table" gambler.

'/---/ I don't gamble. I trade stock options, and I'm guaranteed the payout every week, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, but I always get the premium.

But my late wife loved the slots, and I took her and her girlfriend to the local casinos on Long Island and in Westchester. Anyway, when they had the old coin slots, I'd get a roll of quarters, walk down a line of slots, put one coin in each, and pull the handle. At the end of the line I'd have won about $5 or $6. I gave the profits to my wife to play.
That stopped when the slots went digital.
I miss her, but not the casinos.

 

[martybegan]

Then most economist analyst are dead wrong.

The US is not trying to be isolationists. If we were, we would just cut off trade entirely. The world cannot economically survive without the US consumer. For some reason, that escapes most of you and many of these “serious economic analyst”.

How is there no long term gain by negotiating up with 75+ countries for better deals and leaving China to fend for themselves? You don’t think China will come to the table and that we will ultimately reach a deal that works out better than we currently have? I can guarantee you that will happen. EU absolutely needs the US consumer and they know it. They rely on our consumers and our military. They want no part of not being a partner with the US.

You and the “serious” people are just flat out wrong, but I feel like I am talking to an indoctrinated 21 year old who is taking an economics class and believes he is suddenly an expert because he has absorbed information and propaganda from his leftist professor. That same 21 year old goes on to grad school and becomes a professor himself and spreads more of the nonsense to the next generation. He has never run so much as a lemonade stand, but he is an expert because he has his PhD. You can go on believing these ideologues and I will stick with the opinions from those with real-world experience.

Remember the movie "Back to School" and the antagonism between Dangerfield's successful businessman character and the economics professor?

 

[martybegan]

'/---/ I don't gamble. I trade stock options, and I'm guaranteed the payout every week, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, but I always get the premium.

But my late wife loved the slots, and I took her and her girlfriend to the local casinos on Long Island and in Westchester. Anyway, when they had the old coin slots, I'd get a roll of quarters, walk down a line of slots, put one coin in each, and pull the handle. At the end of the line I'd have won about $5 or $6. I gave the profits to my wife to play.
That stopped when the slots went digital.
I miss her, but not the casinos.

My dad is a penny slot jockey. But he's retired so good for him.

 

[Billy000]

Complete? Ever heard of 1923? Incoherence is your middle name

Rent free in your head

Oh so the stock market is fine to you so long as it isn’t as bad as 1923 huh? That’s your standard? Does that mean the stock market did great under Biden. Gee I’m sure you thought that all along.

 

[berg80]

Kevin Hassett, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, said on “Squawk Box” that the volatility in the bond market was not a direct reason for the Trump tariff pause, but likely added “a little more urgency” to the decision.

“Everything was moving forward in an orderly fashion. There’s no doubt that the Treasury market yesterday made it so that the decision that, you know, it is about time to move was made with, I think, perhaps a little more urgency. But it was going to happen,” Hassett said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/china-trump-tariffs-live-updates.html

Hassett is the guy who caused that temporary bounce in the market the other day when the Dow had a 2,300 point reversal. It was due to Hassett saying trump was considering a pause in his idiotic tariff plan.

I don't think Kevin is going to last much longer in the regime. He's too honest.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Kevin Hassett, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, said on “Squawk Box” that the volatility in the bond market was not a direct reason for the Trump tariff pause, but likely added “a little more urgency” to the decision.

“Everything was moving forward in an orderly fashion. There’s no doubt that the Treasury market yesterday made it so that the decision that, you know, it is about time to move was made with, I think, perhaps a little more urgency. But it was going to happen,” Hassett said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/china-trump-tariffs-live-updates.html

Hassett is the guy who caused that temporary bounce in the market the other day when the Dow had a 2,300 point reversal. It was due to Hassett saying trump was considering a pause in his idiotic tariff plan.

I don't think Kevin is going to last much longer in the regime. He's too honest.

Spinning
Whirling
Still Descending
Like a spiral sea
UNENDING

 

[Polishprince]

Libs are doing their damnedest to sink America's economy.

They feel Americans deserve that punishment for rejecting their socialism in the landslide last fall.

 

[Nostra]

Did he? Seems like he give all of the countries that wanted to discuss their tariffs a chance to do so. The others trying to play hard ball not so much. It’s crazy how you don’t understand these negotiations.

Mac is just stupid. Trump’s plan is going perfectly.