Trump’s Big Tariff Talk Crumbles. He’s Backing Down Big Time!

[krichton]

All you got. I’m so much bigger than you you can’t compete. Your material is aged talking points and all you got

The irony is, anyone who says they're "big" usually never is. You're small, because only really small people need someone they think is a "strongman" to lead them and do so unquestioningly. This describes you to a tee.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Then the site you were at was probably very heavily moderated against extremism, or there's just no one on that forum. The entire internet raged with morons talking vaccine conspiracies on FB and twitter, and that drizzled down into every major forum such as this one.

Fauci had other reasons for not recommending mask wearing in the beginning. It wasn't because he thought they were ineffective.

You are right, krichtton.

We have a lot of goofies here insisting the vax was a killer vax.

Dummies.

 

[otto105]

From Grok, the best search program available today:

Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20, 2025, several companies have announced plans to relocate to the United States or expand their operations there, often citing his administration’s policies like tariffs, tax incentives, and deregulation. Below is a list of notable companies based on available information from recent sources:
Companies Announcing Investments or Relocation to the U.S.:

1. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
   • Investment: Announced a $100 billion expansion of U.S. operations, building on a prior $65 billion investment in Arizona, totaling $165 billion.
   • Details: Plans include five new factories, two advanced packaging facilities, and a research and design center in Phoenix, creating thousands of jobs. This was partly in response to Trump’s tariff threats on foreign chips.
   • Source: Newsweek, March 21, 2025; Forbes, March 30, 2025; X posts.
2. Hyundai
   • Investment: Pledged $20 billion, including $5.8 billion for a new steel plant in Louisiana.
   • Details: Aimed at expanding U.S. manufacturing, driven by Trump’s tariff policies.
   • Source: X post by
     @martypartymusic
     , March 26, 2025; X post by
     @trump_repost
     , May 1, 2025.
3. Stellantis
   • Investment: Announced a $5 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing network.
   • Details: Includes reopening a manufacturing plant in Illinois to increase domestic vehicle production.
   • Source: White House X post, March 21, 2025; X post by
     @martypartymusic
     ; X post by
     @RepMTG
     , April 2, 2025.
4. CMA CGM
   • Investment: Committed $20 billion to U.S. shipping and logistics.
   • Details: Expected to create 10,000 new American jobs.
   • Source: White House X post, March 21, 2025; White House, March 12, 2025; X post by
     @trump_repost
     .
5. Apple
   • Investment: Announced a $500 billion investment in U.S. operations.
   • Details: Expected to create 20,000 new jobs, focusing on manufacturing and tech infrastructure.
   • Source: White House, March 12, 2025; Newsweek, March 21, 2025.
6. Nvidia
   • Investment: Plans to invest hundreds of billions over four years in U.S.-based manufacturing.
   • Details: Focused on tech and semiconductor production, supported by Trump’s pro-industry policies.
   • Source: Newsweek, March 21, 2025.
7. SoftBank
   • Investment: Pledged $100 billion over four years, targeting AI and infrastructure.
   • Details: Aimed at creating 100,000 jobs, announced after a meeting with Trump in late 2024.
   • Source: Forbes, March 30, 2025; Newsweek, March 21, 2025.
8. Eli Lilly and Company
   • Investment: Announced a $27 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing.
   • Details: Focused on pharmaceutical production.
   • Source: White House, March 12, 2025; X post by
     @trump_repost
     .
9. GE Aerospace
   • Investment: Committed $1 billion across 16 states.
   • Details: Expected to create 5,000 new jobs in manufacturing operations.
   • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
10. Merck
    • Investment: Pledged $8 billion over several years, including a new $1 billion facility in North Carolina.
    • Details: Focused on pharmaceutical manufacturing.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
11. GE Vernova
    • Investment: Announced $600 million over two years for U.S. factories.
    • Details: Expected to create over 1,500 jobs.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
12. Diageo North America
    • Investment: Committed $415 million for a new manufacturing facility in Alabama.
    • Details: Focused on beverage production.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
13. Eaton
    • Investment: Announced $340 million for a new South Carolina facility.
    • Details: For manufacturing three-phase transformers.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
14. Siemens
    • Investment: Pledged $285 million in U.S. electrical product manufacturing.
    • Details: Expected to create over 900 skilled manufacturing jobs.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025; X post by
      @trump_repost
      .
15. ABB (Switzerland-based)
    • Investment: Announced $120 million to expand production in Tennessee and Mississippi.
    • Details: Focused on low-voltage electrification products.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
16. Clarios
    • Investment: Announced a $6 billion plan to expand U.S. manufacturing.
    • Details: Focused on low-voltage energy storage, based in Wisconsin.
    • Source: White House, March 12, 2025.
17. Honda
    • Details: Expected to shift production of 210,000 Civics per year to the U.S. from Mexico starting in 2028.
    • Source: X post by
      @EricLDaugh
      , March 3, 2025; X post by
      @RepMTG
      , April 2, 2025; X post by
      @martypartymusic
      .
18. Nissan
    • Details: Expected to shift production to the U.S. from overseas factories.
    • Source: White House X post, March 21, 2025; X post by
      @RepMTG
      .
19. Volkswagen (VW)
    • Details: Considering shifting production of high-end Audi and Porsche brands to the U.S.
    • Source: X post by
      @martypartymusic
      , March 26, 2025; X post by
      @RepMTG
      .
20. Rolls-Royce and Volvo
    • Details: Noted as investing or moving production to the U.S., though specific investment figures are unclear.
    • Source: X post by
      @RepMTG
      , April 2, 2025.
21. Johnson & Johnson
    • Details: Announced increased U.S. investment, though specific figures were not detailed.
    • Source: Newsweek, March 21, 2025; X post by
      @trump_repost
      .
22. Worldwide Amazon Stores, Venture Global LNG, Pratt, Chobani, Bel, Schneider Electric
    • Details: Recognized by Trump for making significant new investments in the U.S., but specific details on investment amounts or job creation were not provided.
    • Source: X post by
      @trump_repost
      , May 1, 2025.

International Government Commitments:

• United Arab Emirates: Pledged $1.4 trillion over a decade for AI infrastructure, semiconductors, energy, and manufacturing after talks with Trump..
• Saudi Arabia: Announced $600 billion through its Public Investment Fund for U.S. projects over four years..
• Japan (Nippon Steel): Offered $14 billion for U.S. investments..
• Taiwan: Pledged to boost U.S.-based investments, though specific figures beyond TSMC were not detailed..

Context and Considerations:

• Trump’s Policies: These announcements align with Trump’s “America First” agenda, including tariff threats (e.g., 25% on steel, aluminum, and imports from Canada, Mexico, and China), tax cuts, and fast-tracked permits, which encourage companies to relocate or expand in the U.S. to avoid import costs and benefit from a favorable business environment..
• Skepticism on Outcomes: Past promises, like SoftBank’s $50 billion pledge in 2016, had mixed results, with some projects failing to materialize. TSMC’s $100 billion may include prior commitments, raising questions about new impact..
• Economic Concerns: While these investments are significant, some surveys suggest that high U.S. manufacturing costs may push companies to lower-tariff countries instead of the U.S., and automation could limit long-term job gains..
• X Posts: Sentiment on X reflects optimism about Trump’s tariff-driven approach, with users like
  @RepMTG
  and
  @EricLDaugh
  highlighting companies like Honda, TSMC, and Stellantis. However, X posts are not conclusive evidence and may reflect political bias..

Critical Notes:

• The data is based on announcements, and not all pledges may fully materialize, as seen in Trump’s first term..
• Some companies, like TSMC, were already investing in the U.S. under prior administrations, and new commitments may overlap with existing plans..
• The list is non-exhaustive, as additional companies may have made announcements not captured in the provided sources.
• I critically examined the sources to avoid overstated claims, ensuring only verified announcements are included. However, the long-term economic impact remains uncertain due to factors like automation, global trade dynamics, and potential recessions.

You post does nothing to refute the price increases.

 

[jc456]

The irony is, anyone who says they're "big" usually never is. You're small, because only really small people need someone they think is a "strongman" to lead them and do so unquestioningly. This describes you to a tee.

Blah blah blah. Again nothing.

 

[krichton]

Why would small business pick up China's Tariffs?

Small businesses across the US need Chinese manufactured goods for their business, even if it's just jars to put their hot sauce in, or whatever the case may be. For other businesses they have their entire product line made in china and then shipped here for sale. People's entire livelihoods are going to go up in smoke in a matter of a few weeks if not already. A big company like GM is reportedly going to lose 4-5 billion in just this year alone, from tariffs.

 

[krichton]

Blah blah blah. Again nothing.

Truth always hurts

 

[Blisterfinger]

Trump is currently being held on contempt of court by a federal judge. Not unusual for a once convicted felon and lifetime criminal.

So suspending the 5th Amendment of the constitution and defying the judicial branch of government is the answer? Sure, if fascism is the goal all along.

Trump being held in contempt by some Rogue democrat Federal judge, too fucking bad, you can stop crying now we don't care. Trump was elected to affect immigration policy not that judge. You can act a pussy but we won't. MAGA.

 

[Blisterfinger]

Nope, he's just an imbecile and a child

Are you denying that MS-13 was not tatted on that gangster kilmar? Are you a tat gang denier? LOL

 

[krichton]

Try to man up and reign in the lib hysteria till you have something to be hysterical about

Our economy has not collapsed

Why weren't you manning up instead of complaining about egg prices or paying an extra dollar for gas when Biden was president? Where were you to "rein in the hysteria" then? This is trivial compared to what's going on now.

Not yet, but it will. Prices are already spiking, businesses have already been ruined, the bond and stock market are jettering on the edge every single day. You're blind to all of this because of your worship of man. You're are in a cult, sir.

 

[Blisterfinger]

Maybe because we have a constitution, and we still need to follow it, because once you stop doing that, then what you have is a dictatorship, but I guess that's what you want.

Yeah no, Biden violated the Constitution by letting them be here. Making America great again is not creating a dictatorship, I'm not the slightest bit concerned about that from a patriot like Trump. I am about you Democrats. Lawless, lying, dishonest Democrats who only care about power

 

[jc456]

Small businesses across the US need Chinese manufactured goods for their business, even if it's just jars to put their hot sauce in, or whatever the case may be. For other businesses they have their entire product line made in china and then shipped here for sale. People's entire livelihoods are going to go up in smoke in a matter of a few weeks if not already. A big company like GM is reportedly going to lose 4-5 billion in just this year alone, from tariffs.

That doesn’t answer the question. China pays

 

[jc456]

Truth always hurts

Must be why you can’t debate

 

[Paradoxical#1]

By recognizing you are an erring human who needs to care about others.

You are in the category of a Stephen Miller.

So sad.

Your criticism is taken to heart, oh great one in authority. I will strive to be as good and holy as you. Stephen Miller is one of my heroes and I implore your majesty to enlighten me as to why you think he deserves my hate.

Then the site you were at was probably very heavily moderated against extremism, or there's just no one on that forum. The entire internet raged with morons talking vaccine conspiracies on FB and twitter, and that drizzled down into every major forum such as this one.

Fauci had other reasons for not recommending mask wearing in the beginning. It wasn't because he thought they were ineffective.

he lied then?

 

[Paradoxical#1]

So suspending due process and the 5th amendment is not illegal? Yes or no

Doesn’t apply to illegals.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

You post does nothing to refute the price increases.

Never said it did. Pay up. Buy American. Be a patriot or leave America.

 

[Mac-7]

Why weren't you manning up instead of complaining about egg prices or paying an extra dollar for gas when Biden was president? Where were you to "rein in the hysteria" then? This is trivial compared to what's going on now.

Not yet, but it will. Prices are already spiking, businesses have already been ruined, the bond and stock market are jettering on the edge every single day. You're blind to all of this because of your worship of man. You're are in a cult, sir.

I assume you dont mean me personally but instead mean all the MAGA's

I saw egg prices as an act of nature that was not biden’s fault

But not high gas prices

Biden swore to kill fossil fuel and it was easy to hang high prices at the pump around his neck

 

[krichton]

Tariffs mean manufacturers relocate here with some have already done. Tariffs mean that citizens of the United States get jobs. This is the way it was in the 1950s and 60s until we allowed China to fly to America with cheap goods. Unions were strong and regular citizens, including blacks got jobs rather than illegal aliens. When that happened, they undercut American workers you, this has been going on for decades now.

Prove to me that companies have "moved" here within a span of 3 weeks and tell me why would a company do such a thing, if it were even possible, when Trump can change his mind on tariffs at the drop of a hat.

We don't have the infrastructure in place, nor the skills needed in order to replicate China's manufacturing base. It's impossible. Apple doesn't use china purely based on their cheap labor which isn't so cheap anymore, but because they have endless amounts of skilled technicians, engineers and workers who can handle the complex machinary used for making all our electronics. None of that exists here. This goes for our textile industry as well.

 

[krichton]

I assume you dont mean me personally but instead mean all the MAGA's

I saw egg prices as an act of nature that was not biden’s fault

But not high gas prices

Biden swore to kill fossil fuel and it was easy to hang high prices at the pump around his neck

But when Biden wasn't doing that why continue to hate on a narrative that only exists as a talking point? Every day Biden was doing something to do destroy America economically, which is something I used to hear. I want you all to remember those arguments when you go to buy food and all you see are empty shelves and what you do see still on the shelves are jacked up prices on stuff you used to buy because it was cheap. This goes for electronics as well, and clothes and gas. Always remember the doom and gloom Joe Biden is destroying America rhetoric after the stock market has crashed and we're taken back to a 2008 great recession all over again.

 

[Paradoxical#1]

Prove to me that companies have "moved" here within a span of 3 weeks and tell me why would a company do such a thing, if it were even possible, when Trump can change his mind on tariffs at the drop of a hat.

We don't have the infrastructure in place, nor the skills needed in order to replicate China's manufacturing base. It's impossible. Apple doesn't use china purely based on their cheap labor which isn't so cheap anymore, but because they have endless amounts of skilled technicians, engineers and workers who can handle the complex machinary used for making all our electronics. None of that exists here. This goes for our textile industry as well.

What infrastructure? In any event I have a full list yesterday of the new propositions of companies investing here.

 

[Mac-7]

But when Biden wasn't doing that why continue to hate on a narrative that only exists as a talking point?

Unlike many on the left I dont have a crystal ball that informs me of everything going on everywhere behind the scenes

All I know is biden swore eternal warfare against fossil fuel and Voila! gas prices at pump shot through the roof

And I know a little bit about how things are in DC, and there are subtile ways a president can influence events