Can We Now Consider America To Be An Enemy of Western Political Thought ?

[COYBL25]

That's the 'borosilicate glass sippy cup' market destroyed then. Shame.

Scott Bessent was on TV saying Trump's tariffs of 20% on China in his first term resulted in a less than 1% price increase to the US consumer. If(and I realise that's a big if)accurate then these tariffs are not going to have huge impacts on consumers. If they have minimal impacts on consumers then importers can survive.

These are high risk moves from Trump. Let's see how they play out in a year or two. I encourage everyone to stop panicking in the meantime. And certainly pay little attention to business men and women posting on instagram who have barely felt the consequences yet of these tariffs.

Where were you folk when people were losing well paid manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA or being fired enough masse for not taking a vaccine?

HOLY MOLY

 

[Rita_Poon]

Imagine parroting the current president about 'taking medicine' with his well known ideas (intravenous bleach) for curing covid.

And eggs, remember them, maybe he will cut the price of eggs in the u.s. but only comparatively, if he can inflict financial ruin on other countries, basic groceries there will sky rocket and thus he can brag 'at least you don't live in El Salvador, a dozen eggs there now costs a months wage!'.

I wonder at which point a few countries club together and work trump and his acolytes over.

 

[Rita_Poon]

bleachy veins has responded to retaliation tariffs by the Chinese by threatening a further round of tariffs against them. How amusing.

 

[Vintage]

Let me consult my Tariff cards

 

[SerenityNigh]

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it's really hard for me to parse what is bait, what is shock, and what is just stupid; maybe sometimes it's all 3?

 

[SerenityNigh]

Trade negotiations as not going well.

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AT LEAST THE PENGUIN WORE A TUXEDO!

 

[Bryan+]

They should let these guys run some sort of government efficiency program.

 

[SerenityNigh]

What a time to be alive. I only hope I continue living long enough to be able to enjoy it all.



Of course, there was also a meme I saw from TWD (or similar zombiepocalypse show) suggesting it was all worth it "for the memes"/"to own the libs"

I have a feeling "Owning the Libs" could mean something else entirely in a not very long time.

 

[Taifi gorm]

Our trains don't run on time and the WC next year is going to suck.

We don't even know how to fascism here.

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"The bestest 'soccerball' ever. That's what they're saying. They even use their feet. That's why they're here to learn how to play football"

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Maybe the EU should put in place their own tariff's on imports from outside the EU. Oh wait, they already do.

I appreciate you’re posting in your second language comrade but you’ve used an apostrophe erroneously.

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

The left call for greater tolerance, in fact they demand it of us. Yet, they are all too quick to throw out the gay slurs at people they disagree with. Weird.

Why is being called gay a slur in your head? Do you think there’s something wrong with homosexuality?

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Where were you folk when people were losing well paid manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA or being fired enough masse for not taking a vaccine?

Ah, you’re an anti-vaxxer. This all makes sense now. No further questions.

 

[dylsexicbleu]

I appreciate you’re posting in your second language comrade but you’ve used an apostrophe erroneously.

I'm glad you alluded to Russia. Oil price now at a four year low and hopefully continuing to fall. This puts a further squeeze on Russia. For all the egghead policy wonks telling us how best to deal strategically with Russia the best way to keep Russia in its box is simply to maintain low oil prices.

Russia is a slowly declining world power when oil prices are high, it's a seriously failing state when oil prices are low. Russia can keep the lights on at $100 a barrel. At $60 a barrel it can't do sh*t.

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

I'm glad you alluded to Russia. Oil price now at a four year low and hopefully continuing to fall. This puts a further squeeze on Russia. For all the egghead policy wonks telling us how best to deal strategically with Russia the best way to keep Russia in its box is simply to maintain low oil prices.

Russia is a slowly declining world power when oil prices are high, it's a seriously failing state when oil prices are low. Russia can keep the lights on at $100 a barrel. At $60 a barrel it can't do sh*t.

What’s your take on the moon landings, fellow Blue Boy?

 

[NeilMorepies]

Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act and make a grab for martial law by April 20th.

The fences are going up already.



MARK MY WORDS LIDS!!!