Every conversation I've had on the topic goes something like this-
Me: You support more manufacturing in the United States to reduce our dependence on imports?
Person: Yes, of course. Americans making things for Americans is great.
Me: Even if that increases prices substantially, greatly...
People should read the Dallas Fed comments. The whole country is deeply jittery about Trump's plans.
https://www.dallasfed.org/research/surveys/tssos/2025/2503#tab-comments
some gems:
Yeah playing smol bean with that tin pot Bukele but swinging dick across the rest of the planet sure is a coincidence.
At the rate things are going forcible regime change in certain Central American countries is going to need to be a core plank of the next D campaign.
Apart from the Trump musings on this the legal academy coming out and being like "well maybe if" on an incredibly clear cut issue is infuriating.
Any lawyer who pens an op ed or substack post to that effect should be welded into the hold of an old freighter that the Navy then uses for target...
Cops lying about who is in a gang is one of the older bits in existence and ironic since the cops themselves can often be characterized as one.
They don't care if it is true or not, they just care that they get to use their power.
The year is 2026. Quebecois insurgents have blown up the electrical transmission lines to the US. The Free Quebec Forces continue their brutal siege of Burlington, VT as the USS Carl Vinson is dispatched to Newfoundland to repel privateer raids on the US eastern seaboard.
As Trump ramps up to a May 1 deadline for Iran to come to some kind of agreement the Iranians threaten to build the bomb.
The only way to really stop them would be a ground invasion which I doubt we could gear up in time.
I've already been seeing chatter about US companies losing out on contracts to Europe, South America, and China because of trade unpredictability. Basically if an alternative exists from a non-insane country that option gets picked even if it costs a little more in transport.
Finland to withdraw from Ottawa Convention on landmines. Boost defense spending to 3% of GDP.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-plans-withdraw-landmines-treaty-prime-minister-says-2025-04-01/
A few MAGA's I know just dismiss it as Trump having fun or trolling, as if being an asshole doesn't have tangible costs. When I try to explain that Canadians hate America now and it's going to cost us money they simply don't believe it.
One thing I keep hearing Trump supporters parrot (even as they get laid off) is that we are going to have short term pain for long term gain without any ability to explain what the middle step is that makes such a thing possible a la the South Park underpants gnomes. It is purely based on their...
Trump is basically running down the checklist of complaints contained within the Declaration of Independence that made British subjects say "Fuck that, die assholes" to King George.
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