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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[–] 190 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Does it feel like Trump just learned the word "tariff" a couple weeks ago or is that just me?

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

    Did you really just forget his entire first presidency?

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

    “If you step out of line, so help me, I will TANK MY OWN ECONOMY!”

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I’m sure this will help drive BRICS closer together as they feel attacked by America. Allowing Russia to poach powerful allies away from the US.

    Trump must be Putins greatest dream.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Trump 110% still believes that other countries pay these tariffs.

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    [–] 41 points 2 years ago

    Bro is undermining the dollar himself.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Remember how China's CCP keeps trying to have its way by using threats to bully other nations into submission and all it does is rally everyone against them instead? Watch the world turn its back to the US even faster now.

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

    Yup. The first Trump presidency is why North Korea is blowing up roads and sending weapons and military units to Russia. Just read the open letter Kim Jong-Un sent to Trump after their Infamous meeting. Kim essentially called Trump a lier and that Kim wouldn't be made the fool again. Trump spent less than 12 hours with Kim and destroyed any possibility of reunification of Korea. Dude is a cancer

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    What the world must learn is that, in the American system, the word of a sitting president or from his secretaries are worth next to nothing in the medium to long term (ie beyond 8 years) until it passes congress and becomes law. I would say the world is a sucker for believing that promises made by the executive would stick beyond their own terms

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  • [+] 37 points 2 years ago (6 children)
  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    He doesn't understand, he just does what Putin says

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Man’s really out here acting like tariffs are a cheat to fix everything. This whole move screams “short term flex, long term mess.” BRICS isn’t gonna back down just because Trump said so on Truth Social.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    It's going to be fun when americans understands this.

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

    Wait until someone tells him that that tarrifs can go above 100%

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    [–] 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Man the rest of the world should just cut the US out of trading completely and become more self sufficient. This shit is way beyond ridiculous.

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

    The thing is, they have no real reason to care about the threat of a tariff. It makes domestic US prices increase. For a lot of things, there isn't the ability to start making it domestically in a timely fashion, so either demand drops for a bit or if it's something vital, then the producer never even notices.

    It's threatening the shoe store by waving a chainsaw at your legs. Sure they'll have some reduced sales, but you're mostly hurting yourself.

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

    Ooh! Donny boy found a new hammer. Hitting anything now

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Only 100%? How about billion bazillion percent instead Donald? And make them buy you a pony too while you're at it, that'll show'em!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    For someone who isn't Putin's puppet he does and says a lot of stuff that makes him look like Putin's puppet. If it quacks like a duck....

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Oh no, these countries wanna be less dependent on the US? Better try and bully them with what little leverage we got left, great plan. Honestly, if he actually does it and it screws over the economy, maybe people will finally wake up and do something about him.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Even though it would affect me as an American citizen, I wonder what will happen if all countries decided to sanction the U.S.? Presumbly to rebuke a near-fascist leader coming to power. How many countries would actually do it is another question.

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