So we went from 145 percent tarrifs against China to 30 percent tariffs after Trump told us for months 145 percent tariffs and no ships coming to port was brilliant? We screwed with the lives of workers and small biz owners and shattered consumer confidence, and got what exactly?
This exchange was revealing. He said Americans will pay more to trust our higher regulatory structure on things like lead. Then said we could afford these because they'll be... SLASHING REGULATIONS.
This whole saga is so strange because it’s not like the American public held any animosity toward Canada. Neither did the elite GOP establishment. All of this is happening because of the whims of one man, who might literally be the only person in the country who believes this
White House admits they sent their list of demands to Harvard by mistake, but are standing by it
White House admits that they deported Abrego Garcia by mistake, but are standing by it
White House got mathematical formula wrong for calculating reciprocal tariffs, but stood by it
@soullesstraitor @Mikehalllv@BBGreatMoments You realize this huffing and puffing on a beautiful Friday evening is just really pathetic. Lmao. Go outside.
This battle over Abrego Garcia is simple. It doesn't matter that he was here illegally. It doesn't matter if he's a gang member or if he's a wife beater (both of which are disputed). It doesn't matter if you think he deserves to be deported or to be in prison. / thread
lol Commerce posted today that they’re looking into tariffs on the **machinery used to make semiconductors**
This will just make it **harder** to make semiconductors in the US. It is so unbelievably stupid that I cannot put it into words.
Yesterday I bought a cup of coffee for $3
I now have a $3 trade deficit with the coffee shop so I am imposing a 50% trade tariff on them.
Today my coffee cost me $4.50
#winning
it's kind of insane that Trump ended up in a policy equilibrium where he put a 104% tariff on China but won't ban Tiktok. it's the one stove he won't touch.