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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My theory: tech CEOs threatened Trump to back off the tariffs and he initially caved in, BUT, then made a counter demand that tech CEOs bring all manufacturing back to America to which they immediately said bugs-no so now Trump is threatening to bring tariffs back.

There's probably a fuck load of infighting going on in the administration too, and ofc Trump's insider trading buddies who want this flip flopping to continue so they can keep doing market manipulation.

Truly America's Gorbachev era.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Xi just needs to say "we're halting all trade with the US until Trump decides something and agrees to just stick with it for 6 months".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

crisis of overproduction speedrun any%

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We certainly need to have semiconductors, and the downstream electronics supply chain move to the United States. What happened is- it’s not really an exception. That’s not even the right word for it,” Greer said. “So, it’s not that they won’t be subject to tariffs geared at reshoring. They’ll just be under a different regime. It’s shifting from one bucket of tariffs to a different bucket of potential tariffs.”

We at the US government believe in clarity in communication, so here's a clear explanation of the tariff exemption which we have walked back and are ready to implement. There will be a tariff exemption on electronics, only it's an exemption to the overall tariffs, in order to have a separate tariff regime for electronics. This tariff will be 0%. By that we mean 0% lower than a percentage that is not the regular 145% which is still in effect, but may also be paused like the other 10% tariffs which have been paused but will be in effect. In other words, electronics might have a tariff applied to them that may be higher than 0% and/or lower and/or higher than 145%, and this last tariff may be paused and/or raised to match the electronics tariff, which is a different regime.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago

The government just doesn’t want to put labels on things. Let’s just have fun ya know. Maybe we’ll tarriff some Chinese semiconductors if we feel like it but also maybe not.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 day ago

bruh the markets aren't open on the weekend. Take a break please

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Markets up...markets down. But low...sell high. These assholes are making bank while the rest of us watch in horror.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago

I'm kind of watching in detachment at this point

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I saw a video recently on tankietube that had some jillionare in white house bragging about how he made 2 billion while laughing few days ago.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

the rest of us watch in horror.

antelope-popcorn

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish I still had my account active from my brief foray into the stock market many years ago. The past two times this has happened I've thought about trying to catch the next upswing but I just don't have the money to gamble with right now.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

I'd be able to make like 34c from the 5$ i can spare

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

They call it the xbox 360 tarriff because when you see the price you do a full 360 spin and walk away

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

…so you walk right into the shelf?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

(it's a riff on an old copypasta from when the xbox 360 was released)

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

There aren't any products there so you can easily just pass right through

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Insider trading

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

The cruelest dream, reality

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I honestly don't even know what the hell is actually happening anymore.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

You know those trainer airplanes with two flight sticks? Imagine one piloted by two idiots and they're fighting for control.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

wen business plot?

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

Live Tim Apple reaction: elmofire

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

these numbers we made up are doing number things, the numbers are interesting but only because we decided they mean something

anyway your rent's going up again fuck you

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

are they still manly tariffs?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

Manly AND beautiful

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

~~#dickinbio~~

spoiler ~~#pussyinbio~~

~~#dickinbio~~

spoiler ~~#pussyinbio~~

#dickinbio :::

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes may I please book 20 rooms for my tarrifss? Ah yes sorry now may I please cancel the booking. The tariffs shan't be coming

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

No wait no wait they're coming again. Are those rooms still available?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hey sorry we had to cancel last minute. can we get a full refund?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

No, wait, I'm being told that double the tariffs are coming. Do you have any extra availability?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago

Hahaha, hell yeah.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Tariff, now no tariff, tariff, now no tariff, tariff, no tariff...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

Art of the deal? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

These fucking idiots