The Trump Tariffs thread

[Abwx]

Russia isnt even in the same ballpark as China, my dude. Their broken down cold war era equipment billowing black smoke is pretty damned sad. Do you remember the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Bejing? No other ceremony has come even close to that before or since, and for good reason: their seriousness about education and hard work and the way they work together and for the country is incredible. Its quite clear that the only thing the US will have over China in very short order is that we are/were a democracy and they are communists.

Never in History a country has remotely approached 1 bn tons of steel per year, not even the whole world combined, with just 10% of their annual production they could build 1000 aircraft carriers of Nimitz class each year, they are on another level not only compared to Russia but also to the US and the EU.

What is even more impressive is that they managed to educate their people as to reach a first rate average IQ, that s quite achievable for a population the size of Taiwan but for such a formidably populated country it s almost a miracle, this being said Russia also has some merit because roughly 50% have an university grade, and she produce way more scientists and enginers/year than the US despite half the population.

 

[Indus]

Never in History a country has remotely approached 1 bn tons of steel per year, not even the whole world combined, with just 10% of their annual production they could build 1000 aircraft carriers of Nimitz class each year, they are on another level not only compared to Russia but also to the US and the EU.

What is even more impressive is that they managed to educate their people as to reach a first rate average IQ, that s quite achievable for a population the size of Taiwan but for such a formidably populated country it s almost a miracle, this being said Russia also has some merit because roughly 50% have an university grade, and she produce way more scientists and enginers/year than the US despite half the population.

That's the big difference between us and them.. the parents invest time in their children and for that they want their children to succeed and take care of them when older. So they get a head start and try teaching kids math, science, arts at 2 years old.

They value education and see it as their lottery to making money.. not excelling in sports!

 

[Abwx]

That's the big difference between us and them.. the parents invest time in their children and for that they want their children to succeed and take care of them when older. So they get a head start and try teaching kids math, science, arts at 2 years old.

They value education and see it as their lottery to making money.. not excelling in sports!

As you point it its a given that being an enginer is generaly not profitable, not only in the US but more generaly in the western world, it pay much more to do whatever business or speculate in the real estate market.

Beside knowledge and intelligence mean nothing compared to being mediocre but born in a very wealthy family, and in this respect the orange fascist and his buddies are a perfect demonstration of this state of things.

 

[BoomerD]

Don't worry, the Russian farmers with their subpar products will take the market for the US in the foreseeable future.

Those small family farms will fold...and get bought up for pennies on the dollar by large agri-corps...just the way it's supposed to happen.

 

[RalphTheCow]

So now the orange stain has wrecked the dollar and is warning other countries not to abandon it. Yeah, that will work! Just like WIN - Whip Inflation Now.

 

[amenx]

Back to 24% on China. What a doofus of a prez.

 

[Josh128]

Back to 24% on China. What a doofus of a prez.

Where?

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Back to 24% on China. What a doofus of a prez.

Everything we are seeing is 245% now proposed. Not seeing the 24% and futures would spike immediately, which they have not.

 

[amenx]

Where?

Typo in headline. Corrected to 245%.

 

[itsmydamnation]

Typo in headline. Corrected to 245%.

only in this timeline can a headline like this be out by an order of magnitude and both possibilities seem likely/correct .

 

[amenx]

only in this timeline can a headline like this be out by an order of magnitude and both possibilities seem likely/correct .

Could have been my eyes for all I know. 245% isnt an easily sensible figure.

 

[Panino Manino]

How do say "schademfraude" in murrican?

https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/americans-want-factory-jobs-reshored-dont-want-work-them/



Even the white cis patriotic male murrican they "should" protect they want to go die in a coal mine.

 

[Indus]

Back to 245% on China. What a doofus of a prez.

China faces 245% Trump tariff

The White House said higher tariffs are a result of Chinese retaliation on trade.

www.newsweek.com

^ Yep this pretty much

 

[Brainonska511]

Typo in headline. Corrected to 245%.

They might as well say it's a million bajillion percent. The rates from a week ago were already a de facto ban.

 

[Indus]

LOL..

 

[DZero]

LOL..

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Suddenly the coffe has Polonium

 

[Indus]

So I guess I'm not ever going to be a US government official.. Ever

 

[DZero]

So I guess I'm not ever going to be a US government official.. Ever

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Trump: "No more interracial love, only love with white Russians."

Their MAGA is in fact: Make ARYAN Great again.

 

[biostud]

145% or 245% doesn't matter. It means zero trade anyways.

 

[dainthomas]

How do say "schademfraude" in murrican?

https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/americans-want-factory-jobs-reshored-dont-want-work-them/

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Even the white cis patriotic male murrican they "should" protect they want to go die in a coal mine.

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To think Clinton got roasted for her clean energy plan, which included job training for displaced miners to work in building and maintaining renewables. How dare she want to replace their dirty declining jobs with clean, safe, growing jobs!

 

[Muse]

I have to say that the admin's dedication to raising grocery prices is really impressive.

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I have 9 tomato plants in the backyard, average height over 18 inches, many blossoms, spotted my 1st tomato yesterday, about the size of a small pea.

And I thought it was bad last summer when I was growing tomatoes only to have someone steal them overnight.

Only peppers from now on!

I haven't had good luck growing peppers but figure to try again this year. I think maybe the potted plants I've been buying at Home Depot were root bound. Peppers evidently don't like that, unlike tomato plants. So, I figure to pick up one or two plants from a quality nursery. It's not warm enough here yet for peppers to do much.

 

[Muse]

So I guess I'm not ever going to be a US government official.. Ever

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That can't be legal.

 

[MrSquished]

China dramatically cutting their imports of US crude and turning to Canada. This makes a lot of sense for both of those countries. Canada needs to diversify away from the US, who is no longer an ally but a hostile neighbour, and China needs to do the same, from an already hostile superpower, which just went crazy with a clown king.

China pivots from U.S. to Canada for more oil as trade war worsens

Chinese refiners are importing record amounts of Canadian crude after slashing purchases of U.S. oil by 90% amid trade tensions. Read more.

financialpost.com

 

[MrSquished]

This is absolutely perfect. Can't wait for China to bring Trump to his knees - well, not really, but just keep exposing him for the absolute dumb piece of shit he actually is.

Trump latest: China warns president to ‘stop whining’ over tariffs

It comes as President Donald Trump claims the U.S. is taking in ‘record’ tariffs after raising import duties

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Josh128]

Trump needs to lay off the covfefe and slow his roll a little, lol.