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[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They can move to the U.S. and then pay tariffs to import the parts, and have a smaller international demand for the product do to retaliatory tariffs and just straight avoidance of U.S. products while making their product in a higher cost to operate area. OR they can build a mine, pay higher lifting costs, higher wages, produce a much more expensive product of shitty quality to keep the price hopefully low enough that they can still have a demand for the product abroad, but everyone will coorelate their American products as shit because they cut corners to try to keep the costs low enough while having higher expenses. So no one wants their product. Or they could not cut corners and make a great product that costs so much that their market shrinks down to inoperable levels and go out of business.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 months ago

You’re not getting it. He said it in ALL CAPS, so the globally-connected economy doesn’t actually exist. Tariffs punish BAD GUYS and have no effect on GOOD GUYS. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had.”

Professor William T. Kelley, who taught marketing at the Wharton School of Business and Finance when the orange one was a student there (source)

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (5 children)

He also doesn't read. Ever. The only book he is known to possess (a gift) is one with speeches by Hitler. He probably hasn't even read that one. He had also real trouble reading the teleprompter during the campaign trail and seemingly ignored it most of the time.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I read that too. Not the president the US needed, as he is simply unsuitable for this office due to his lack of education alone, but apparently the one the country deserves, as he was elected despite everything everyone can and should know about him.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

Over half of US citizens can't read over a sixth grade level. So he really does represent a majority of US Americans in that regard.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, sure. Spend billions on moving factories to a xenophobic, undereducated, and burgeoning fascist society instead of expanding into more stable, emerging markets without an unstable fuckwit for a leader.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, that's exactly what happened with China

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Yeah because it was cheaper labor. The US does not have that level of cheap labor.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't have that level YET.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

That's also not how that works. China can get away with having cheap labor because it also has cheap cost of living. But the cost of living in the US is ridiculously high. These tariffs are only going to make the cost of living go up.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago

Yeah they need to move their forests and mines to the USA!

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oh, so immigrants are ok if they're companies?

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

his audience wouldn't notice the issue with this claim

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Mainly because they are SO SO SO fucking dumb.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dude, they did, under Biden's IRA. The one you just tore up.

Jesus, dude. This guy is too old, stupid and evil to lead.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

This guy is too old, stupid and evil to lead.

Putin: perfect!

[–] blarth 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump always talks like a dummy who is fed half baked ideas by someone only slightly smarter than he is.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Isn't that exactly what's happening?

He sounds like a toddler who learnt a new word explained to them by their slightly older cousin.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I thought he was against immigration.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

Or they can just stop providing products and services to america and expand in Asia, Europe and Australia

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Lol... that's insanely hilarious.... or is it hilariously insane? I can't keep track with this nut job

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So he wants me to migrate to the US and start a business?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only if your complexion allows you to use mayonnaise as foundation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No migrate, just start business è_é

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does he really think businesses pay the tariffs? I doubt it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

He knows they don't but he doesn't have to pay them and he couldn't bring himself to care about anyone else.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

When your president failed ~~law school~~ kindergarden.

Here, corrected that for you

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He means he'll drop tariffs in companies start building here. Problem is, factory owners aren't stupid enough to invest in a factory that will become obsolete when these idiot tariffs are dropped.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Even if I had absolute confidence that the tariffs weren't going to get dropped there would still be no point moving a factory to the US because you would still end up paying the tariffs to get imports of components from China. Because you are definitely getting your components from China.

That's why tariffs have to be used with tact and they only target very precise items. If you want to increase the number of televisions produced in the United States you only have a tariff on completed televisions, not on displays, and not on microcontrollers. The Trump tariffs are on everything though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Tariffs do not work.

Even if you just target one item, like this moron did with washing machines 8 years ago, what happened?

Imported washing machines went up 25% in price.

Domestically produces machines went up 25%, because why wouldn't they gauge more money??

Tariffs only hurt the consumer.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Our president is still trying to make this moron understand that he needs to be less of a bully with his country's friends. She is the only hope, short-term, to avoid severe consequences of tariffs in North America. I hope she's got intelligence and patience for both of them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean Claudia Sheinbaum? (It isn't clear who you're talking about from your comment, but she would make sense.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, Sheinbaum. Sorry, I thought being her the only other president in North America would make it more clear.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

... I was wondering if it was a musk joke...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well naturally, if all the companies move to the US, there won't be tariffs because there won't be trade. With the way the US is going these days, I'm wondering if the US might come to the companies instead

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Failed law school? He failed elementary school

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

IF US COMPANIES HAVE NO MATERIALS, THERE ARE NO JOBS.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

He actually thinks companies can say "hey, let's move all our shit to the US!" and they can snap their fingers and they're instantly here. Like they don't have to buy land, build factories, setup supply chains and work out logistics that would take a long time to do. Fucking moron.

Dumbass didn't learn from the Foxconn shit in Wisconsin lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If the rest of the western powers divest amd braindrain from the US, can they afford to upkeep their nuclear arsenal?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

If the tariffs work, then how are tariffs going to fund the government? Seems like a lie

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