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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 335 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Not to mention the "Governor Trudeau" extra-dumb.

God I hate politics-by-Twitter. I'm appalled that the US is turning into a fascist country, but I'm even more appalled by how pathetic, puerile and trashy the US' new fascist overlords are. At least Hitler dressed in Hugo Boss and made speeches that enthralled people: MAGA dresses like tramps, Steve Bannon-stylee and bullies other countries like kids on the playground.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 84 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I think this is Truth Social with is worse than Twitter somehow.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 88 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Twitter and Truth Social are two subtly different flavors of fascist excrement.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
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[–] takeda@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That shows clearly that these tariffs are there to distract (yes it they hurt Americans, Canadians and Mexicans, but he doesn't care) to make media stop talking about Ukraine.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (4 children)

And ukraine is there to distract from tax cuts, and tax cuts and there to distract from the lost of medicare and the lost of medicare is there to distract from them stealing everything, etc etc

maybe, just maybe, they are just dumb and evil

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[–] kia@lemmy.ca 218 points 1 month ago (7 children)

In 6 months, he's going to be talking about how Canada started this trade war.

[–] imvii@lemmy.ca 168 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's basically saying it now. He is calling his current tariff "reciprocal".

[–] match@pawb.social 99 points 1 month ago (4 children)

the classic American strategy of preemptive reciprocation

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Six months? At this pace I'm expecting tomorrow.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 173 points 1 month ago (5 children)

lol ours is retaliatory but theirs are reciprocal?

Eat shit asshole.

This guy doesn’t even understand those words. They’ve got someone writing his tweets now.

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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 154 points 1 month ago (9 children)

All Trudeau needs to do is implement a reciprocal tariff that also increases by like amount. Boom, now you have an infinite tariff loop and a single transaction in either direction is enough to create infinite GDP.

Checkmate, economists.

[–] WorkshopBubby@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ya honestly Trump is so fucking stupid that it's starting to feel like he's doing a bit. Like is he mocking his own supporters at this point? I think the world needs to respond to trump with something exactly like this. Infinite tariff loop is actually a policy I would support unironically.

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 46 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well his first though after he clashed with Zelensky was "That will be great television"

Sound to me like he is just thinking in tv drama plotlines, but unlike on tv you can't just cancel a show when everything goes to shit ...

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[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 143 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Ok it's starting to feel like a game now. Can we cause American hyperinflation by a targeted tariff feedback loop?

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 68 points 1 month ago

Or like the sort of thing a hostile foreign government might really want to have happen to the US...

Good thing we have agent Krasnov at the helm.

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[–] cheerytext1981@lemmy.ca 89 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

He also wants his face on currency. The man is a menace

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He also wants his face on currency

You have to be dead before that happens.

I'm sure someone would be willing to help

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 79 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Look forward to the day that orange shit stain is dead. Hopefully tonight.

Americans: Just imagine the White House is an elementary school…

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (20 children)

The real problem is that Trump's supporters don't understand tariffs, and wouldn't believe the explanation anyway because to them it just sounds like Orange Man Bad.

When the US imposes a tariff on Canada, importers of Canadian goods pay the tariff to the US government. To recover that cost they raise the prices they charge American customers. So Americans end up paying the tariff. The only damage it does to Canada is that the tariff could discourage US importers from buying certain goods from Canada if they can get them somewhere else without paying a tariff. That happens in some cases, but in others Canada is already the cheapest (or only) source of a high-demand item, so Americans will just pay the higher prices - the way they're still paying jacked-up COVID prices for so many things, for example.

Millions of Americans, being too dumb or unwilling to grasp this, think these tariffs are Trump heroically saving them from the evils of foreigners who want to destroy their Freedom.

[–] imvii@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 month ago

Millions of Americans, being too dumb or unwilling to grasp this

Reports from people who know him, Trump is one of these people. He clearly doesn't understand the process.

β€œI’ve been in the room when it’s been explained to him, and he doesn’t understand it, but he likes tariffs,” Bolton said.

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[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 75 points 1 month ago (5 children)

All this could have been avoided if one guy had slightly better aim.

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[–] kleb@mastodon.world 64 points 1 month ago (7 children)

@imvii Perhaps since little donny says he does not need anything from Canada we should shut off his electric and oil now. That would be before he could effectively replace it.

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 63 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This guy is gonna start a war.

[–] ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca 108 points 1 month ago

He already did. Tariffs are an act of war, especially when overtly related to annexation goals (as is the case here).

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 month ago

Economic warfare is warfare, just not with guns.

[–] EndofLife@feddit.org 61 points 1 month ago

Trump doesn't understand he's a bitch no matter what he does.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 month ago (17 children)

God I'm exhausted.

At this point, we just need to cut it all off completely. Oil shipments, electricity, lumber, aluminum. All of it.

I know that that's a hard ask for those industries that are affected, and if it means the federal goverment has to temporarily raise the deficit in order to subsidize those industries it'll be crazy expensive and inflation will shoot up. But I'm convinced that that would be only a short amount of time that that would actually be needed.

Let the United States go one week without our stuff. 100%...fuck 'em. They'll last one week. Maybe two. And when they quit their bullshit, make it clear that we are diversifying our business partners making it easier to pull it from them again anytime they let Trump open is fucking mouth.

Hold our resources hostage against them.

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[–] CheeseAndCatsup@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 month ago (22 children)

It will be a shit show until Canada and the rest of the western world work out agreements independent of the US.

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[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago

When you have a 25% tariff, additional tariffs really don't matter.

[–] Superheavy@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Bankrupting his country like he did with all his businesses, including a casino. Notoriously difficult to bankrupt.

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[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Speech from Trudeau gave me "we're at war" vibes.

It's incredible at which speed things are falling apart.

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

Dude thinks tariffs are Uno cards.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Shut the fuck up, Donnie. You're out of your element.

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[–] hmonkey@lemy.lol 44 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Fucking impeach this clown, what the fuck are people waiting for?

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[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love seeing that video of a journalist asking trump about what he said about some tariffs and him responding "I think the other countries pay them". He truly doesn't know how they work.

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[–] moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's like he doesn't understand tariffs... It's hurting your country.

If you put a tariff, it increases the price you're paying. It makes the goods more expensive for your industry and your population. It makes your industry less competitive as your industry has to sell at higher prices.

Then comes the reciprocal tardif what makes your industry even less competitive. Putting more tardif will hurt your industry.

Did he say "he was the champion of the industry" or whatever similar? Well people voted for the person who doesn't know what 2+2 makes.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 35 points 1 month ago

Thing is, America isn't Trump's country. Not in any patriotic sense. Far as he is concerned, it is just a random McDonald's he can ransack and sell off in pieces to whoever can pay him.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Error on line 1, maximum recursion depth exceeded.

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[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Canadians, join the EU, or at least sign a truly comprehensive trade deal. We have adults you can have actual conversations with.

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago

He may be dumb but not as much as the people who voted for him

[–] 0p3r470r@lemm.ee 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can barely afford to live here now asshole

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[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't wait for "ONE BILLION PERCENT TARIFF!!!!" in 12 hours

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[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

It hurts itself in its confusion

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

54k likes? These idiots don't realize that this man child is hurting them, too.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 29 points 1 month ago

Come on now, calling Trump the dumbest man on Earth is doing a great disservice to JD Vance who has put in an enormous amount of effort this last year to pip him at the post.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

100%....hmmm. Yeah 200%!

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