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Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar (apnews.com)
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His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

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[–] 29 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

Americans have an amazing capacity to not understand things for centuries after the fact. Some of them are still in denial about why the civil war happened.

When the consequences of Trump's tariffs become clear, they'll just blame the closest Democrat.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Something I think Trump is great at is pointing at other factors for why things would be bad. For instance he will point to the imigration and other thing instead of his own actions. I fucking hate this guy but I have to admit he is good at what he is doing and that is lying.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Mostly because even the mainstream media will never call him out on it. There's never been a headline like 'Trump lies about ___', despite him constantly, knowingly lying.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    That is not really true. Also if the news would have to constantly say he was lying (which they do) then thry would use all there time on it because he lies constantly.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/trump-debate-immigrants-pets.html

    ‘They’re Eating the Cats’: Trump Repeats False Claim About Immigrants

    Not 'lies about immigrants', it's 'repeats false claims', implying that he has no agency or responsibility when he does this, just the same passive voice reserved for officer involved shootings and spontaneous explosions in Gaza.

    They never dare to use 'lie'. If you're going to write the article anyway, call things what they are.

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