The Trump Tariffs thread

[SteveGrabowski]

Since Wednesday is my nephew's birthday I figured I'd go grab some discount Easter candy at Walmart to throw in with his presents and saw the same Lego set I bought for $60 a month ago is now $80 thanks to the Dotard Tax. I hope he doesn't ask for Legos for Christmas lol.

 

[DZero]

Since Wednesday is my nephew's birthday I figured I'd go grab some discount Easter candy at Walmart to throw in with his presents and saw the same Lego set I bought for $60 a month ago is now $80 thanks to the Dotard Tax. I hope he doesn't ask for Legos for Christmas lol.

Better to tell the truth: Trump hates Santa Claus

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Off to the races. DOW opening another 750 points in the red and heading redder.

 

[K1052]

All the interviews I hear of people who voted for him going "Well short term this could be a real problem for me personally but long term it might work out so let's see" are an incredible manifestation of faith based economics.

 

[Indus]

All the interviews I hear of people who voted for him going "Well short term this could be a real problem for me personally but long term it might work out so let's see" are an incredible manifestation of faith based economics.

The smartest people were the ones who never trusted him and took their money out before the shit show began!

 

[iRONic]

Off to the races. DOW opening another 750 points in the red and heading redder.

I stopped watching it at the opening. I check the closing at dinner when we turn on the local news.

 

[BoomerD]

Better to tell the truth: Trump hates Santa Claus

You have it backwards…Santa hates Trump and is trying to make him look bad by passing the tariffs on to customers instead of absorbing the increases like a good, respectful ‘Murican company should do.

 

[Indus]

I stopped watching it at the opening. I check the closing at dinner when we turn on the local news.

I'm caught in 2 minds.. do I trust the S&P 500 to recover or do I put it somewhere safer?

We've never had a government actively try to destroy America and S&P 500 was always based in the belief of America.

 

[MrSquished]

Since Wednesday is my nephew's birthday I figured I'd go grab some discount Easter candy at Walmart to throw in with his presents and saw the same Lego set I bought for $60 a month ago is now $80 thanks to the Dotard Tax. I hope he doesn't ask for Legos for Christmas lol.

There aren't going to be toys to buy if this keeps up. Yesterday at Easter one of the guests is an importer. Almost all of their imports are from China. They have big retail clients in the us, they are quite wealthy. Nothing from China is making it here if the tariffs stay anywhere near where they are. Already this month has had more blank ships than the first month Covid kicked in 2020.

 

[Jaskalas]

Already this month has had more blank ships than the first month Covid kicked in 2020.

Yes, Trump has already caused more economic damage than COVID.
It'll just take a moment to feel the impact.

 

[Josh128]

Christofascism is exactly whats taking place with Trump and the far right MAGAts at this time. This is very disturbing and intriguing for me as a catholic Christian, and it highlights the still-apparently huge gulf in philosophies and beliefs of evangelical protestants and catholics. From the very get go, I found the shameful defending of Trump and many of his most ardent supporters' disgraceful rhetoric and actions to be the antithesis of the very words attributed to Christ himself in the bible. Much, indeed most, of this "defense of Trump no matter what" comes from radical evangelical protestant "Christians" such as Mike Johnson, MTG, and others, with a few notable exceptions like JD Vance (who maybe not so ironically was raised as an evangelical protestant but converted to catholicism later in life), all of whom seem to look to Trump as some sort of god-king figure.

Below are a couple of very interesting articles on Christofascism that seem to perfectly describe what is currently happening.

Our research clearly demonstrates that Christian nationalism actually has little to do with religiousness per se. In fact, when we compare how Christian nationalist ideology and traditional measures of religious commitment (e.g., worship attendance, prayer, sacred text reading) influence Americans’ political attitudes and behaviors, we find they work in the exact opposite direction.

The Threat of Christofascism

The U.S. is struggling through a profound socio-political crisis reflecting the deeper global economic and environmental realignments now taking place.

www.counterpunch.org

How Christofascists became the heart of the MAGA movement

Author Kathryn Joyce makes sense of the Age of Trump and the rising fascist tide in America

www.salon.com