The FAFO Trade War

[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.

[1pooh4u]

The Trusk administration doesn’t have a single person who knows what they’re doing. Now Lutnick is saying the Chinese tariffs on electronics will be introduced in a month or 2 🙄

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

[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]

5 hours ago, 1pooh4u said:

The Trusk administration doesn’t have a single person who knows what they’re doing. Now Lutnick is saying the Chinese tariffs on electronics will be introduced in a month or 2 🙄

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

[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]

[Insipid]

[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 April 19 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]

 

[Jman]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c807n4rnmjyo.amp
 

As Tariffs ruin everything, including potentially Christmas, Trump once again does what he does best, double down, go “Nuh uh!” and claim he needs more time.

[rpgamer]

They gotta screw everything up bad enough that the next dem can only barely try to fix it so they can point at how ineffective dems are.

[Raptorpat]

 

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[Jman]

34 minutes ago, Raptorpat said:

 

They don’t want to have this discussion until primaries and possibly general elections are done.

By the same token, there will likely be intense pressure to keep delaying them until then, because of the inevitable self-destruction being laid at the feet of the GOP.

I still believe if something happens to Trump, the tariffs vanish.  But that’s a big IF.

Edited May 1 by Jman

[Jman]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/investing/mcdonalds-earnings-first-quarter-2025
 

McDonalds is blaming one of their worst quarters ever on economic uncertainty, although others are pointing out the rather ludicrous costs of their food vs alternatives in the space.

[Sieg67]

13 minutes ago, Jman said:

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/investing/mcdonalds-earnings-first-quarter-2025
 

McDonalds is blaming one of their worst quarters ever on economic uncertainty, although others are pointing out the rather ludicrous costs of their food vs alternatives in the space.

If we're lucky, this will be the last straw for Trump supporters and Trump will be McFucked.

[MasqueradeOverture]

I don't like how so many people are fucking around but not finding out.

When they getting to finding out?

[Insipid]

2 hours ago, MasqueradeOverture said:

I don't like how so many people are fucking around but not finding out.

When they getting to finding out?

This summer is gonna have so many supply chain issues. Be just a little more patient.

[katt_goddess]

4 hours ago, MasqueradeOverture said:

I don't like how so many people are fucking around but not finding out.

When they getting to finding out?

When they can't get enough beer to forget how stupid they are because the tariffs on aluminum make cans unaffordable. 

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-china-tariff-victory-capitulation-day

[Raptorpat]

 

[PenguinBoss]

He always listens to the courts, so I'm sure it will be resolved without incident.

[Raptorpat]

 

[Insipid]

I've been reading the Walmart Effect. I higjhy recommend it. The book is 20 years old, but it nonetheless explains how Walmart became the behemoth it is today, and how it has influence American businesses. Walmart is similar to Trump in a way; not necessarily the source of systemic issues but prime indicators of them. Hyper-consumerist car-dependent suburban culture did not start with them, but it is exacerbated by Trump and Walmart.

Edited June 11 by Insipid