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[–] 337 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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

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

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years 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.

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    [–] 220 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

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    [–] 174 points 2 years 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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    [–] 156 points 2 years 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.

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

    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.

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    [–] 144 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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

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    [–] 90 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

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

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    [–] 79 points 2 years 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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    [+] 75 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)
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    [–] 75 points 2 years 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.

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    [–] 64 points 2 years 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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    [–] 63 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This guy is gonna start a war.

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 56 points 2 years 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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    [–] 55 points 2 years 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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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago

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

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

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

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago

    Dude thinks tariffs are Uno cards.

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

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

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

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    [+] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
    [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 44 points 2 years ago (10 children)

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

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 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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    [–] 40 points 2 years 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.

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Error on line 1, maximum recursion depth exceeded.

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    [–] 38 points 2 years 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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    [–] 34 points 2 years ago

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

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

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

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can barely afford to live here now asshole

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    It hurts itself in its confusion

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years 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.

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