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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why did Trump impose the current tariffs? Was it:

A. To enrich himself via insider trading.

B. To compel pledges of loyalty from companies and industries.

C. To extort other countries, including allies.

D. All of the above

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

A... C... A... B

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, if C is a goal then he is even more stupid than he looks like.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 day ago

Of course, they fucking are. All of them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The second reason seems more evil, so that's more likely for him.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

My brain every time Trump does something:

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Betteridge’s law in shambles

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I thought the major point of announcing tarrifs a month in advance was to give people the chance to sell their stocks so they can buy the dip. Remember just a week or two ago that Tesla's boardmembers sold off a ton of over-valued stock?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Fire sale, insider trading, stock manipulation, price manipulation... pick a scam/con. It's at least one of them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Now this way they can raid private retirement funds as well as social security.