I literally dont understand what they are doing. Sometimes trumps decisions seem truly random. Why did they put tarrifs on israel? Arent they huge zionism fans?
Companies will be selectively opted out for dropping DEI and replacing it with a christofascism-approved alternative of pushing out everyone not christian, white, able-bodied, cishet, etc., all under the name of “faith protection” and “meritocracy”.
Countries will likely be opted out if they stop “censoring big tech”. (They should just kick them out altogether.)
Because America has a trade deficit with them. If a country exports more to America than they import back then Trump sees that as losing. He can’t understand the situation any other way. He sees all deals as a power balance and the one who gets more money is the winner. All these seemingly random ass tariff rates are designed to erase any trade deficits with brute force, because that’s the only thing Trump understands.
I know Trump is dumb. I know his administration is dumb. I still can’t fathom that someone is this stupid. Does he really think all goods that are currently being imported will magically start being produced in the US, just because he puts import tax on them? I just can’t wrap my head around someone being so incredibly naive so he either must be
Actively trying to destroy the american economy, probably because Putin wants him to
There is some other plan that we just don’t see yet
Or 3. He really is that stupid.
Anyway, they clearly have no idea what they are doing. Absolutely no idea. But this one seems to be calculated by an academic that used an impersonal objective formula that he expects to zero the trade deficit.
Somehow, it’s one of the economists that don’t know that tariffs don’t have a direct impact on the total trade deficit. Probably, an “economist”, but I didn’t check.
It requires things you intuitively gain in preschool if you have any empathy. If you lack that, you keep making these mistakes and running nations and companies and people into the ground unless someone stops you
I literally dont understand what they are doing. Sometimes trumps decisions seem truly random. Why did they put tarrifs on israel? Arent they huge zionism fans?
Companies will be selectively opted out for dropping DEI and replacing it with a christofascism-approved alternative of pushing out everyone not christian, white, able-bodied, cishet, etc., all under the name of “faith protection” and “meritocracy”.
Countries will likely be opted out if they stop “censoring big tech”. (They should just kick them out altogether.)
It’s all done with a crude metric - half the current “tariffs” on American goods to a minimum of 10%.
Russia are, presumably, not on the list because they are sanctioned and there is no trade.
But there is and what’s remaining in trade is exempt from Trump’s tariffs because of him being a Putin fanboy.
Because America has a trade deficit with them. If a country exports more to America than they import back then Trump sees that as losing. He can’t understand the situation any other way. He sees all deals as a power balance and the one who gets more money is the winner. All these seemingly random ass tariff rates are designed to erase any trade deficits with brute force, because that’s the only thing Trump understands.
I know Trump is dumb. I know his administration is dumb. I still can’t fathom that someone is this stupid. Does he really think all goods that are currently being imported will magically start being produced in the US, just because he puts import tax on them? I just can’t wrap my head around someone being so incredibly naive so he either must be
While not supporting the idea, this video gives some insight into what the actual plan may be.
Just discovered this channel, worth watching.
Lol. Did you still expect to?
Anyway, they clearly have no idea what they are doing. Absolutely no idea. But this one seems to be calculated by an academic that used an impersonal objective formula that he expects to zero the trade deficit.
Somehow, it’s one of the economists that don’t know that tariffs don’t have a direct impact on the total trade deficit. Probably, an “economist”, but I didn’t check.
It requires things you intuitively gain in preschool if you have any empathy. If you lack that, you keep making these mistakes and running nations and companies and people into the ground unless someone stops you
Crash the economy so the rich can buy everything at cheaper prices