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How are Americans preparing for the Trumpist supply shock? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From what I'm reading, the troubles should start to pick up now; harbors being quieter, truckers not having work, ... Are any shortages noticeable yet?

ETA:

Source: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-a-virus

Businesses have been filling their inventories. That's ending now. Economic pain in terms of job losses should accelerate now. It will still take up to a few weeks before inventories run empty, and the full impact hits consumers. Even a full reversal of Trumpism couldn't prevent knock-on effects that last into next year.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

There will be no drama, as it happened with eggs some weeks ago. I don't mean it will not be a problem for someone, but media will inflate how people will be affected or not be affected

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

How you figure? Trump will just fold?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (5 children)

We're not. All of the panic I've seen is on Lemmy. I haven't seen it anywhere else, even reddit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

The sentiment on r/wallstreetbets is that "we're cooked", but the market is still "running on hopium" that Trump will fold.

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

They kicked us off of Reddit, dude.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have installed a bidet in case toilet paper gets panic bought again

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

I got a hefty stockpile of food. Probably gonna grab some extras of random consumables in the next couple days. Maybe an extra kilo of 3D printer filament mostly just for fun but also in case I need some random plastic whosywhatsit that can't be found any more.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Most importantly stock up on toilet papers to resell for massive filthy profits, take advantage of filthy buts!! With that money you can send your children through college and save lives and end world hunger! even fund research to cure cancer!!.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A lot of toilet paper is actually manufactured in the US which is why us shutting things down during Covid impacted supply so much, the tariffs won’t impact TP since it’s domestic production.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Toilet paper shortage in stores was a global phenomenon. It’s seems like during times of crisis, people buy toilet paper. The grocery stores just weren’t prepared for everybody to buy toilet paper at the same time. They couldn’t keep up with the restocking.

There was no real shortage in toilet paper in terms of production.

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

It occurred just like gasoline shortages occur. If the media doesn't make headlines that suggest buying as much as you can immediately, even if there is a supply chain problem things can adjust to meet normal demands. But when everyone takes all the stock at the same time, even a running production can't keep up with that demand in a just-in-time system. I experienced a local fuel shortage before because of news of a damaged oil pipeline far away, and gas became unavailable for a few days, then started filling back up, all long before the pipeline issue would have affected us.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."

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

during times of crisis, people buy toilet paper

Well yes. How else would you clean the fan when shit hits it?

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

It was a global impact, the US is a significant exporter of toilet paper. 99% of our domestic use is locally manufactured AND we export a considerable volume to the rest of the world.

Believe it or not TP is big business here in the US and one of a few industries where we still have a lot of traditional manufacturing jobs. Georgia-Pacific and Kimberly Clark for example.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia,[2] and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and related chemicals, and other forest products—largely made from its own timber.[3][4] Since 2005, it has been an independently operated and managed subsidiary of Koch Industries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia-Pacific

Kimberly-Clark shares are mainly held by institutional investors (The Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and others).[32] Its subsidiaries include Kimberly-Clark Professional. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly-Clark

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

Hail corporate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

when price of other tariffed products, equipment, staff salary goes up. It means your expenses are more even if your business is not affected by tariffs. ie prices will go up even for non-tariffs items.

Imagine if trump only tariffed imported chicken, but my business is selling pen and pencils which are not tariffed, I would still have to raise prices of pen and pencil because the price of my food just went up, I would need to make more money to eat chicken meat and have the same purchasing power . No one is going to reduce their income/profit/salary/purchasing power in fact people will take advantage and increase.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was looking at a reolink camera last night.

About $80 on Amazon.

On aliexpress (where the reolink website itself directs you for check out), the same camera is over $200.

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

Ali vendors were jacking up prices long before the exception removal date and before even some of the tariffs went into effect.

[+] [email protected] -44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

the shortages and disruptions have been happening and Trump is not the end all be all of all things just another puppet that was ~~voted in~~ selected by the elites

been an issue worse since covid and not just because of tariffs or what presidential puppet sits in the white house

no preparing for something when we have nothing to start preparing with in the first place

at least in the United States you have lots of people at the bottom, some in the upper middle, and very few elites that control it all

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What on earth did i just read? None of that was even coherent.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On the bright side, it probably wasn't AI-generated.

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

That's a low bar

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Neither A nor I, in fact!

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

I think we do have a few things worth preparing for.

For most people, the federal government doesn't really exist in their lives. They only see it at tax time. The rest of their lives are mandated by local and state government.

The regime has defanged the legislative and judicial branches now. It's all down to states. Unless a better framework is proposed fast.