The Trump Tariffs thread

[sdifox]

Hello sir. I was going to ask you, what recipe you suggest for my first pork belly attempt this weekend? I'm going to take one of my recently Frozen pork belly portions out of the freezer from Costco.

Umm depends on what you feel like? Also, look in the food thread perhaps?

What Kind Of Meals Are You Guys Making Now?

While I am still working, I am also staying in most of the time. Grocery stores are closed by 8:00PM so any shopping I have to do is in the morning and that is a busy time. I have stocked up on a number of foods but some things I am having trouble getting which is interfering with making meals...

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[MrSquished]

Umm depends on what you feel like? Also, look in the food thread perhaps?

What Kind Of Meals Are You Guys Making Now?

While I am still working, I am also staying in most of the time. Grocery stores are closed by 8:00PM so any shopping I have to do is in the morning and that is a busy time. I have stocked up on a number of foods but some things I am having trouble getting which is interfering with making meals...

forums.anandtech.com

You had posted one that I quoted just a couple weeks ago. I think you did it with a different kind of pork to be healthier but then you said just do it with pork belly it's better. You don't remember? I'll go digging if not

 

[VRAMdemon]

For now, I’m interpreting the delay on tariffs as cooler heads prevailing behind the scenes. Some handler or combination thereof has gently stroked his hair like a 3 year old and explained to Trump (in a non-ego threatening way) that his big beautiful tariffs are going to destroy things that they cannot afford to have destroyed. They have convinced him to wait until the time is right and they hopefully are counting on his ADHD, dementia and/or his eventual demise to make him forget about the terrible idea when the time comes back around. Trump cannot be handled, but he can be bought, stroked, influenced and steered in particular directions, so long as one lets him think it was his idea in the first place.

He just threatened a trade war for absolutely no reason and then backed off despite not getting any meaningful concessions. He talks about wanting to grant statehood to a country (Canada) that would control over 10% of Congress and whose electoral votes would ensure no Republican ever becomes president again. He nearly caused a cataclysmic flood in our nation’s breadbasket because he doesn’t understand how water management works. Trump and MAGA have been barking that the Mexican army is in the pockets of the cartels. So, Trump just negotiated a deal that put ten thousand terrorists right on the US border.

He’s a mad king tilting at windmills while an unelected bigot foreigner tries to take over the reins of government. He isn’t America’s Hitler - he’s America’s Hindenburg.

 

[K1052]

Hah

 

[MangoX]

Trump united Canadians and did probably save the Liberals. Mark Carney has got a massive boost in winning Liberal leadership considering his economic background.

This one is good too.

 

[sdifox]

You had posted one that I quoted just a couple weeks ago. I think you did it with a different kind of pork to be healthier but then you said just do it with pork belly it's better. You don't remember? I'll go digging if not

Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly Over Rice (台湾控肉饭)

If you are a meat eater and you can’t say no to tender, succulent, flavorful braised pork belly, this recipe is for you. Let’s make Taiwanese Braised Pork Belly (Kong Rou Fan 控肉饭) and…

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[Viper1j]

There is a less than 0% chance that Canada cuts off power to the US anytime soon.

Then Justin is a PAB.

You don't beat a bully by blowing him.

 

[K1052]

If you want to get at Trump you stop the oil. It's what they're most concerned about and he basically said so.

 

[repoman0]

Then Justin is a PAB.

You don't beat a bully by blowing him.

You have no idea what you’re talking about. You don’t get back at Trump by cutting off power to, checks notes, the northeast and northwest. He doesn’t give a shit about those regions. Not to mention the US exports electricity to Canada too depending on demand, it’s far from a one way street.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Then Justin is a PAB.

You don't beat a bully by blowing him.

You don’t beat a bully by punching his victims in the face either. How do we look if we cut power to children and the elderly in the middle of winter? Come on man. It was never going to happen. We would cede the moral high ground to Trump. Again, we would make Trump the moral one.

 

[K1052]

Trump supposed to talk to Xi today. We'll see if they secure their own climb down.

The Chinese also opened an antitrust case against Google as a clear warning shot that American business in China is at risk.

 

[K1052]

Trump supposed to talk to Xi today. We'll see if they secure their own climb down.

The Chinese also opened an antitrust case against Google as a clear warning shot that American business in China is at risk.

Um or not? Word on the street is that the Chinese refused his call.

 

[sandorski]

Of all the "enemies", I like Xi the most. He comes off as being an actual reasonable person and not hell bent to rule the World.

 

[K1052]

Of all the "enemies", I like Xi the most. He comes off as being an actual reasonable person and not hell bent to rule the World.

Many people* are saying.

*The collective governments of Central/South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

 

[repoman0]

Of all the "enemies", I like Xi the most. He comes off as being an actual reasonable person and not hell bent to rule the World.

The Chinese are capable of thinking long term. Americans are not. The Chinese government sucks in an uncountable number of ways but I don’t think the American system can claim to be any better as of Jan 20 2025. All of their evils are here now too.

 

[sandorski]

Many people* are saying.

*The collective governments of Central/South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Not just current events, but also in comparison to Putin and Kim.

 

[K1052]

Not just current events, but also in comparison to Putin and Kim.

It's the easiest pitch in the world. They have a giant market, money, and don't behave like crazy people. Even if you don't agree with them on everything.

 

[sdifox]

Of all the "enemies", I like Xi the most. He comes off as being an actual reasonable person and not hell bent to rule the World.

Huh? Xi is much worse than Trump.

 

[sandorski]

Huh? Xi is much worse than Trump.

As a Person, I disagree. Trump is only "better" because the political system he has taken control of isn't/wasn't a Dictatorship from the start.

 

[VashHT]

As a Person, I disagree. Trump is only "better" because the political system he has taken control of isn't/wasn't a Dictatorship from the start.

Yeah and we'll see how long that system lasts, he's destroying it an an insane rate. The consequences won't show up for a bit and by the time people realize he's completely fucked our country it will be too late.

 

[DZero]

While Xi indeed is destroying China's government, Trump is speeding even more than Putin which is destroying Russia too.

If those 3 falls, the rest of the world won't sustain what might the billionaries do to them once get the power.

 

[K1052]

Well…

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

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Maybe that explains why my office chair caster order hasn't come in.

 

[DZero]

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This is not ending well... imagine if Trump starts with Chinese companies but extends worldwide screwing Amazon, eBay and the other stores in the process due the responses of the affected countries.

 

[K1052]

This is not ending well... imagine if Trump starts with Chinese companies but extends worldwide screwing Amazon, eBay and the other stores in the process due the responses of the affected countries.

Canada and Mexico would have been subject to the new de minimis rule also so it will probably resurface when he gets around to the EU/UK. USPS is more or less saying they cannot handle the change so are rejecting parcels instead. You need a lot of infra do collect duties on this volume of stuff and it doesn't exist/isn't funded.