The FAFO Trade War

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

More tariff follies today as they apparently made a mistake with their math and said the tariff on China didn't go up to 125% but actually 145%. As you can imagine the markets didn't much like that news.

[SwimOdin]

I can’t keep up, what did he say today that the Dow is down 1K?

[SwimOdin]

1 hour ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said:

More tariff follies today as they apparently made a mistake with their math and said the tariff on China didn't go up to 125% but actually 145%. As you can imagine the markets didn't much like that news.

Oh. Thank you. My workplace deals a lot with China and we have no clue what the tariffs actually are at, it’s that chaotic.

[katt_goddess]

3 hours ago, SwimOdin said:

I can’t keep up, what did he say today that the Dow is down 1K?

[tsar4]

22 hours ago, tsar4 said:

AOC jumps on board...

[tsar4]

https://bsky.app/profile/sadgirlcassi.bsky.social/post/3lmibd7stl22r

 

[discolé monade]

not a member

[Insipid]

Gen X really should have paid attention in class.

 

[discolé monade]

gen x did pay attention. 

we tried to tell you. for a hot minute. but...as we latch keys are acutely aware, we've been ignored. 

 

[Raptorpat]

 

[naraku360]

[scoobdog]

11 minutes ago, naraku360 said:

That AI is creeping me the fuck out.

[tsar4]

2 hours ago, naraku360 said:

Can't decide if Trump here looks more Zoolanderish (never saw it) or '80s teen movie preppy bad guy.

Xi - maybe a reimagined Moana character?

[katt_goddess]

2 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

Can't decide if Trump here looks more Zoolanderish (never saw it) or '80s teen movie preppy bad guy.

Xi - maybe a reimagined Moana character?

Zoolander meets Fabio at a speed-dating service for the blind.

[naraku360]

49 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

Can't decide if Trump here looks more Zoolanderish (never saw it) or '80s teen movie preppy bad guy.

Xi - maybe a reimagined Moana character?

I was going to go with "America, Fuck Yeah", but then I thought about what life must be like to be either of them......

Spoiler

 

 

[tsar4]

[scoobdog]

7 hours ago, tsar4 said:

Can't decide if Trump here looks more Zoolanderish (never saw it) or '80s teen movie preppy bad guy.

Xi - maybe a reimagined Moana character?

I’d say more like a villain from Pocahontas.  Or Asian Thanos.

[André Toulon]

I got excited because I thought it was Ohio Final Boss

[Jman]

https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3db9e55?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2
 

Tariff exemptions have been placed on everything people like from China, namely phones and tech.

I expect the tariffs to be gone by summer at this rate as Trump declares victory in his il-conceived war that he started.

[André Toulon]

He doesn't have to declare victory...his idiot followers already have...placated already because someone else made money off this shit ...so surely, they're next.

I have these morons on my FB. It would be smarter to delete them, but i love pissing myself off....like, really bro...you're just happy to see anyone win because of this goofball display?...you dont have a dime in the market.

[Insipid]

1 hour ago, Jman said:

https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3db9e55?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2
 

Tariff exemptions have been placed on everything people like from China, namely phones and tech.

I expect the tariffs to be gone by summer at this rate as Trump declares victory in his il-conceived war that he started.

I thought those are the industries we want brought back the most? Incompetent dumbasses.

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

And so he's raising the white flag slowly but surely.

[MasqueradeOverture]

8 hours ago, Jman said:

https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3db9e55?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2
 

Tariff exemptions have been placed on everything people like from China, namely phones and tech.

I expect the tariffs to be gone by summer at this rate as Trump declares victory in his il-conceived war that he started.

What a little bitch.

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

I think a good analogy for this is a your typical schoolyard bully getting off on beating down all the smaller, weaker kids in the playground coming up to the only kid that's just as big and, being the arrogant fool that he is, decides to try to do the same thing to this other guy. Only turns out this kid has got a 10th degree black belt in Kung Fu and likes fighting dirty. Pretty obvious how this story ends.

[discolé monade]

46 minutes ago, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said:

I think a good analogy for this is a your typical schoolyard bully getting off on beating down all the smaller, weaker kids in the playground coming up to the only kid that's just as big and, being the arrogant fool that he is, decides to try to do the same thing to this other guy. Only turns out this kid has got a 10th degree black belt in Kung Fu and likes fighting dirty. Pretty obvious how this story ends.

sure is, mar-a-lago gets sucked into a sinkhole while the entire family attends the 345 golf tourny that year. 

[1pooh4u]

I just wanted to procrastinate on getting a new iPhone in peace gotdammit

https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/us-news/iphones-and-other-chinese-made-electronics-will-likely-be-subject-to-more-trump-tariffs-commerce-secretary-lutnik-says/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app
 

it’s officially possibly gonna happen iPhones will fall under semiconductor tariffs. Fuckin bullshit nonsense 

[tsar4]

[1pooh4u]

😬

[1pooh4u]

I never experienced the level of winning that this trade war has brought about. I almost can’t handle it 🫠

lol ok. When your phone wants to make a giant poop emoji I guess, not unlike a Trump attack in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room, you just let it happen. 
 

 

[1pooh4u]

Trump about to run over Greenland to get those minerals and he will keep warming the Earth to make sure we get access to more 

[tsar4]

[tsar4]

[Insipid]

Ayn Rand was against tariffs, and her reasoning is quite interesting. Just bringing it up, as Paul Ryan loved her.

 

[Raptorpat]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-national-security-and-economic-resilience-through-section-232-actions-on-processed-critical-minerals-and-derivative-products/

[scoobdog]

23 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-national-security-and-economic-resilience-through-section-232-actions-on-processed-critical-minerals-and-derivative-products/

You know what doesn't need rare earth metals?  Captain Caveman's Club.

[katt_goddess]

23 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-national-security-and-economic-resilience-through-section-232-actions-on-processed-critical-minerals-and-derivative-products/

This is just a pre-shot to be used in the near future to invade Greenland 'for their protection' but really just to pillage the natural resources in the name of the homeland. 

[Raptorpat]

 

[tsar4]

Nevermind - 2 yr old news.

Edited Saturday at 03:53 PM by tsar4

[Raptorpat]

 

[katt_goddess]

I suppose he can't break a piece of paper just by touching it in front of the cameras.

Or can he?

[Sieg67]

[Top Gun]

ALL IS WELL!

[scoobdog]

On 4/19/2025 at 10:43 AM, Raptorpat said:

 

Less six months into his term, and Don the Con is already making his VP a patsy.

[Raptorpat]