Why We Should Be Very Angry About the Tariffs — and Why Trump Is Right Again

[schmidlap]

Poor schitlip. Be patient child. The adults are taking over.

The cult's messiah destroyed Giuliani, Lindell, and seriously damaged his oligarch.

His own collapse is now inevitable.

 

[SeaMajor7]

The convicted felon/sexual abuser/business fraud's crapping on so many American ideals is repugnant to any patriotic American, but it is the cult messiah's crackpot tariff fixation that is auguring his imminent descent.

Trump has seen a 14.9% erosion of his popularity in just over ten weeks.​

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Much of this deterioration is with the independent voters who were crucial to the 47th president’s 2024 victory. ​

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An April 2 Reuters-Ipsos poll, for example, showed Trump deep underwater with independents for a job-approval ratio of 37% positive and 59% negative.​

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Pavlov blushes.

 

[Mac1958]

That is a straight up lie.

It's the excuse.

 

[theHawk]

Poor lefties. Their favorite woke, anti-American companies are losing profits. What will the giant corporations do? Maybe don’t depend on sweatshops in third world shit holes?

 

[schmidlap]

Pavlov blushes.

I take no solace in the recognition that the cult's messiah is self-destructing after so many have suffered.

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[SeaMajor7]

I take no solace in the recognition that the cult's messiah is self-destructing after so many have suffered.

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IRONY

 

[80zephyr]

The stuff everyone sells in other countries gets that tax added to the price. There’s no advantage. It’s not a tariff.

Maybe. Unless the American stuff is priced higher to begin with.

 

[Marener]

ask countries in the EU ..

Seems you’re the only weirdos making the claim so I guess I have to ask you.

 

[Marener]

Maybe. Unless the American stuff is priced higher to begin with.

It’s not providing a competitive advantage. If it applies to everyone, it’s not a tariff by definition.

 

[schmidlap]

IRONY

I intend to endure the damage Trump is doing to America, and take no pleasure in the cult's messiah's imminent downfall.

Recovery won't be easy, but it wasn't easy after WII when America's enlightened policies allowed it to achieve the decades of greatness that is now being eradicated,

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

MAGA is dramatically overstating the amount of tariffs other countries apply to our products.

They’re morons who only believe what they’re told to believe.

Nope. That’s my line for leftists. Get your own material.

 

[SeaMajor7]

I intend to endure the damage Trump is doing to America, and take no pleasure in the cult's messiah's imminent downfall.

Recovery won't be easy, but it wasn't easy after WII when America's enlightened policies allowed it to achieve the greatness that is now being eradicated,

Hey fat fuck, you demented avenger subverted demoralized Stalinist Marxist Leninist zombie ASSHOLES are THE MINORITY.
YOU fucking brainwashed losers are THE CULT.
Trump was elected by the MAJORITY ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.
Go piss up a rope with your PROJECTION.

 

[80zephyr]

It’s not providing a competitive advantage. If it applies to everyone, it’s not a tariff by definition.

Hmm, so if an American product sells for 10,000 with a VAT tax of 20% being a total of 12,000, versus a home made product that sell for 8,000 with the 20% tax being 9,600? It certainly adds to the cost.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I hope it works, and we finally get an even playing field when it comes to tariffs.

Problem is, how long will mom and pop America be willing to watch their retirement income go up in smoke?

How many days of watching the market lose money, will we tolerate, before we gather pitchforks and torches and take to the streets?

 

[Marener]

Hmm, so if an American product sells for 10,000 with a VAT tax of 20% being a total of 12,000, versus a home made product that sell for 8,000 with the 20% tax being 9,600? It certainly adds to the cost.

Then you’re not comparing apples to apples. Either way, it’s still a 20% price difference.

It’s not a tariff and you’d have to be pretty desperate to trip to claim so.

 

[Marener]

Nope. That’s my line for leftists. Get your own material.

Trump thinks Vietnam has a 90% tariff on our products. You don’t believe that stupidity, do you?

 

[JWBooth]

 

[westwall]

The cult's messiah destroyed Giuliani, Lindell, and seriously damaged his oligarch.

His own collapse is now inevitable.

No, that was fascist lawfare. You clowns are hilarious. In four years this country is going to be doing great, and Trump is the reason.

You treasonous pieces of poo are going nowhere.

 

[schmidlap]

Hey fat fuck, you demented avenger subverted demoralized Stalinist Marxist Leninist zombie ASSHOLES are THE MINORITY.
YOU fucking brainwashed losers are THE CULT.
Trump was elected by the MAJORITY ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.
Go piss up a rope with your PROJECTION.

Your whiny vituperation is duly noted.

Compose yourself. Have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

. Rather than spew your vapid bluster, consider the reality.

How much will tariffs raise prices?​

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Just where in the world did those numbers come from?

Trump claimed that these "reciprocal" tariffs reflect how other countries already tax American products. "That means they do it to us and we do it to them," he said. "Very simple."

That is not true. These are not reciprocal tariffs. They do not correspond to the tariff rates in other countries...

Trump has variously denied that tariffs would raise prices or has said that he "couldn't care less."...

Trump's "math" assumes that only a quarter of the tariffs would be passed onto American consumers in the form of higher prices. But economists who have studied Trump's tariffs in 2018 — on steel and aluminum and various products from China — calculate that almost all of those tariffs ended up being passed onto Americans.

Aside from that, Trump's tariff math also ignores the broader economic consequences of these sweeping new tariffs. They will have an effect on the overall American economy. They will influence exchange rates. And they will likely provoke retaliatory tariffs from other countries...

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/g-s1-58094/tariffs-price-raises-economists

 

[SeaMajor7]

Your whiny vituperation is duly noted.

Compose yourself. Have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

. Rather than spew your vapid bluster, consider the reality.

How much will tariffs raise prices?​

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Just where in the world did those numbers come from?

Trump claimed that these "reciprocal" tariffs reflect how other countries already tax American products. "That means they do it to us and we do it to them," he said. "Very simple."

That is not true. These are not reciprocal tariffs. They do not correspond to the tariff rates in other countries...

Trump has variously denied that tariffs would raise prices or has said that he "couldn't care less."...

Trump's "math" assumes that only a quarter of the tariffs would be passed onto American consumers in the form of higher prices. But economists who have studied Trump's tariffs in 2018 — on steel and aluminum and various products from China — calculate that almost all of those tariffs ended up being passed onto Americans.

Aside from that, Trump's tariff math also ignores the broader economic consequences of these sweeping new tariffs. They will have an effect on the overall American economy. They will influence exchange rates. And they will likely provoke retaliatory tariffs from other countries...

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/g-s1-58094/tariffs-price-raises-economists

Buy domestic, dummy.