The FAFO Trade War

[Jman]

3 minutes ago, André Toulon said:

Yay, republicans doing more virtue signaling and just as much nothing a Democrats

They can’t go against the cult.  If this was President Vance he would have been called an idiot 50 different ways in public and 100 in private.

[Insipid]

I found out why Cambodia is so high, and it's really stupid. It's just because Cambodia exports much more to the US than it imports.

"In 2024, Cambodia exported goods worth $9.92 billion to the US, up 11.4%, while US imports to Cambodia amounted to $264.15 million, up by 2.7%. Total bilateral trade volume between the two nations reached $10.18 billion, a rise of 11.2% over 2023."  

https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-tops-list-of-new-trump-tariffs-49-#:~:text=In 2024%2C Cambodia exported goods,rise of 11.2% over 2023.

264.15m divided by 9.92b is about 2.7 percent. This mean the US has about a 97 percent trade deficit, which Trump is calling a tariff against the US.

 

The sad thing is the average American won't understand the simple math involved here. This is one of the many reasons Republicans are gleefully gutting the Department of Education.

Edited Thursday at 04:18 PM by Insipid

[Insipid]

Yep, I was right. Also, notice how any deficit below 10 percent is rounded up to 10, to make it easier for the bullshit "reciprocal tariffs." The ones in negative percentage points are net importers. Trump is punishing net importers. 🙄

 

Edited Thursday at 04:47 PM by Insipid

[Jman]

The original New Deal and utterly massive investment nets into infrastructure, arts, and the like followed the Great Depression.  When MAGA’s are thrown out, you likely will see the same sort of re-investment and re-hiring if for no other reason than to get money moving again out of that space beneath the mattress.

[1pooh4u]

People are getting stupid richer off this plummeting stock market or they will. This entire crashing of the stock market is on fuckin purpose.  Some already made their millions in stock dumps and they’ll make their billions off of buying stocks low knowing they’ll rebound big time 

[rpgamer]

1 minute ago, 1pooh4u said:

People are getting stupid richer off this plummeting stock market or they will. This entire crashing of the stock market is on fuckin purpose.  Some already made their millions in stock dumps and they’ll make their billions off of buying stocks low knowing they’ll rebound big time 

All according to plan.

Shame we'll never be able to hold them accountable even if it does come to light that they literally schemed this on Yahoo messenger or some shit.

[1pooh4u]

3 minutes ago, rpgamer said:

All according to plan.

Shame we'll never be able to hold them accountable even if it does come to light that they literally schemed this on Yahoo messenger or some shit.

Trump and his clan of cocaine ogres are already making a killing off their meme crypto. Then they got nerve to continue to complain about Nancy Pelosi and her probable insider trading 

[Jman]

Is it insider trading if you see it from ten miles away?

I still took it on the chin with my brokerage and that was despite shielding as best I could.  When the all clear comes to lift these tarrifs, I expect the values to skyrocket.  Folks are buying cheap I bet waiting for that moment.

[1pooh4u]

I’m saying what Pelosi has been accused of idk wtf you call what Trump and Musk are doing. She probably did get insider info from her venture capitalist husband. I really dk what you call tanking an entire economy and stock market on purpose to get stocks fucked so you can buy low and sell high.  

[tsar4]

[Sieg67]

https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
What do you bet this was Musk's idea?

[katt_goddess]

5 minutes ago, Sieg67 said:

https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok

Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
What do you bet this was Musk's idea?

Drumpf had other people take his tests for him in college so yeah, it's not even remotely impossible that anything 'math' more complicated than third grade remedial is someone else's work. 

[tsar4]

 

[tsar4]

[tsar4]

33 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

[tsar4]

[Raptorpat]

notice me senpai

 

[naraku360]

https://theonion.com/trump-says-recession-unfortunate-but-necessary-step-to-get-to-depression/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJcOOJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa8a1Kh4qXzfIWzeNXghYlQE4ybTtOs5OB-l5Xs_1jVHb_6hUwn5_xEX_g_aem_sumTObstJxmUyVwn5ptnvg

[Jman]

Once again, an emboldened Trump tells common sense to go fuck itself.

[Raptorpat]

 

[Raptorpat]

 

[Jman]

Ignoring other stuff, this does speak to the “We know we’re doomed, might as well blow up the assholes who did this” mentality that seemed to fuel so many younger Trump voters.

[1pooh4u]

😆

[1pooh4u]

lol now Fox’s Jeanine Pirro, the world’s first talking cigarette, says “stock markets tanking might not be a bad thing” 

wasn’t that all they used to talk about?

[Insipid]

Go anti-woke, go broke.

[tsar4]

[Insipid]

Americans cannot preorder rhe Nintendo Switch 2 until April 9, but in countries where Nintendo has a market they can preorder it now.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-preorder-guide-mario-kart-world-bundle/1100-6530531/

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

[discolé monade]

...and yet another splice, of a splice, of a splice....

this administration is generating content, i'll give you that. 

it's quite bold to take this kind of risk for an entire country, and world market?

 

[1pooh4u]

Lovin the penguin memes. Always a bright side 🫠

[SwimOdin]

When does he blink and roll this stuff back? Wednesday?

[Sieg67]

On 4/3/2025 at 7:58 PM, tsar4 said:

 

[1pooh4u]

24 minutes ago, SwimOdin said:

When does he blink and roll this stuff back? Wednesday?

Probably in the middle of the night on Monday 

[Jman]

1 hour ago, 1pooh4u said:

Probably in the middle of the night on Monday 

God willing.  This is not sustainable.

[discolé monade]

well, if any of us had read 'the art of the deal' we'd know what he was going to do next. 

[Raptorpat]

usually this would be the part where his father would secretly bail him out

[Sieg67]

1 hour ago, discolé monade said:

well, if any of us had read 'the art of the deal' we'd know what he was going to do next. 

Pretty sure Trump hasn't even read The Art of the Deal.

[Jman]

Your reminder that as long as people suffer, they don’t mind suffering too.

[Insipid]

46 minutes ago, Sieg67 said:

Pretty sure Trump hasn't even read The Art of the Deal.

It's a possibility. It has been confirmed to have been written by a ghostwriter.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-schwartz-trumps-ghostwriter-says-writing-the-art-of-the-deal-is-the-greatest-regret-of-his-life/

[tsar4]

[tsar4]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/buffett-denies-social-media-rumors-after-trump-shares-wild-claim-that-investor-backs-president-crashing-market.html

[katt_goddess]

20 hours ago, tsar4 said:

This aged like a fart in a Tupperware container. 

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

They really killed it this week. Only letdown is no penguins, but I guess I've already seen enough penguin memes this week to last a lifetime.

[Raptorpat]

 

[1pooh4u]

I was reading a thread on Reddit that was like “yeah they definitely used ChatGPT to do this” 

Also ngl did immediately thought of the fast food chain when they said “McDonald Island” too 😆

[discolé monade]

and i've never heard of the disrespectufl little boy that walked off last week. 

i mean...i think i recall this schmuck and the n'word that about got him cancelled, but the klansfolk bought his ate his music up afterwards.

we are not going to get anything done with people woefully ignorant to the problem that is this administration. 

[tsar4]

 

[André Toulon]

9 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

 

That wouldn't work here. They just shelve shit fucked up here to begin with... that's if it just doesn't stay on a pallet in the middle of the aisle

Edited Sunday at 06:56 PM by André Toulon

[tsar4]

5 minutes ago, André Toulon said:

That wouldn't work here. They just shelve shit fucked up here to begin with... that's if it just doesn't stay on a pallet in the middle of the aisle

Not that it matters.  I spent the majority of 18 years trying to get people working their first job to give a damn about it - with varying results.  These days, it's a surprise to find a counter straightened and faced.

[tsar4]

wrong thread

 

Edited Sunday at 09:03 PM by tsar4