The FAFO Trade War

[Raptorpat]

 

[Raptorpat]

 

[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

[Raptorpat]

 

[Jman]

TACO.  He does not want to deny people electronics.

[1pooh4u]

He can’t fix the economy unless he fucks it up first. All Trump does is cause chaos and then he either backs off or makes “deals” that are worse than what we had in the first place 🫠

[Raptorpat]

 

[1pooh4u]

3 hours ago, Raptorpat said:

 

He’s so fuckin pathetic and embarrassing. I’m laughing because Bolsonaro was a piece of shit and he definitely was trying to overthrow the election.  
 

Trump is telling on himself with this cuz all his allegations are accusations of what he himself has done. His Bolsonaro ass kissing is also embarrassing. 

[Raptorpat]

But also it's an admission that imposing tariffs at arbitrary thresholds has nothing to do with the economy.

[SwimOdin]

The plan is human suffering, so they’re doing well by that measure.

[1pooh4u]

Brazil is hitting back. Lula tweeted that there’s a +410 million whatever tf between Brazil and the US. He was also like in our country we don’t allow the spread of aggressive lying bullshit and if you wanna play you better follow Brazilian law or fuck off 

something like that