Topic: Check out this truth from Trump last year.
Erik !saAqdaazn2 started this discussion 1 month ago #125,420
What wise wisdomErik !saAqdaazn2 (OP) double-posted this 1 month ago, 3 minutes later[^] [v] #1,358,592
Jesus wept. He's such a bellend
Meta joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 11 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,593
The difference is, he's doing it knowingly and it's part of a plan to reindustrialize the US and ultimately make the markets better in the long term. We can certainly debate the merits of said plan but he has laid out a plan he appears to be following and he's willing to accept market turbulence to achieve it.
Wait until "the market" finds out that it cannot remove a president, nor does Trump have to worry about winning another election ever.
Wait until "the market" finds out that it cannot remove a president, nor does Trump have to worry about winning another election ever.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,604
@previous (Meta)
Doesn't that make it worse? Biden was president when markets happened to tank and then recover unrelated to any decisions he made. Trump deliberately tanked the markets on purpose for some poorly explained ideological project that requires 2-3 presidential terms to see completed when he has at most 1 left.
Doesn't that make it worse? Biden was president when markets happened to tank and then recover unrelated to any decisions he made. Trump deliberately tanked the markets on purpose for some poorly explained ideological project that requires 2-3 presidential terms to see completed when he has at most 1 left.
Meta replied with this 1 month ago, 9 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,606
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I didn’t say it was necessarily better or worse just there is a difference: it wasn’t supposed to happen under Biden but it was planned and expected to happen under Trump.
There’s a remote but nonzero chance that he may, in fact, have more than one term left or that his one remaining term may, perhaps, be longer than anticipated.
I didn’t say it was necessarily better or worse just there is a difference: it wasn’t supposed to happen under Biden but it was planned and expected to happen under Trump.
There’s a remote but nonzero chance that he may, in fact, have more than one term left or that his one remaining term may, perhaps, be longer than anticipated.
Meta double-posted this 1 month ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,608
I personally will be extremely impressed if Trump keeps this going longer than three months before capitulating.
This is ultimately going to lead to a big dramatic Art of the Deal performance where he extracts some token concessions from China and then rolls things back to where it was before.
This is ultimately going to lead to a big dramatic Art of the Deal performance where he extracts some token concessions from China and then rolls things back to where it was before.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 1 month ago, 32 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,612
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He's constitutionally prohibited from doing so. The only way around that is if he does away with the Constitution or SCOTUS develops an incredibly convoluted reading of things that functionally ends Constitutional democracy in the US. In either case the market will be the least of anyone's worries.
@previous (Meta)
You don't sanction every country on the planet to get piddling concessions from China. You are living in Trump 2.0 but treating it like Trump 1.0.
He's constitutionally prohibited from doing so. The only way around that is if he does away with the Constitution or SCOTUS develops an incredibly convoluted reading of things that functionally ends Constitutional democracy in the US. In either case the market will be the least of anyone's worries.
@previous (Meta)
You don't sanction every country on the planet to get piddling concessions from China. You are living in Trump 2.0 but treating it like Trump 1.0.
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Meta replied with this 1 month ago, 11 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,620
@1,358,612 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> He's constitutionally prohibited from doing so. The only way around that is if he does away with the Constitution or SCOTUS develops an incredibly convoluted reading of things that functionally ends Constitutional democracy in the US. In either case the market will be the least of anyone's worries.
It could be done quite easily and perfectly legally if he can acquire an American wife in the next couple years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurleen_Wallace#1966_gubernatorial_election_campaign Vance will have to put his presidential ambitions (and hopefully his eyeliner) aside but he can do the Biden thing and wait for a presidency or two until it’s his turn.
> You don't sanction every country on the planet to get piddling concessions from China. You are living in Trump 2.0 but treating it like Trump 1.0.
I keep forgetting he’s different this time!
> He's constitutionally prohibited from doing so. The only way around that is if he does away with the Constitution or SCOTUS develops an incredibly convoluted reading of things that functionally ends Constitutional democracy in the US. In either case the market will be the least of anyone's worries.
It could be done quite easily and perfectly legally if he can acquire an American wife in the next couple years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurleen_Wallace#1966_gubernatorial_election_campaign Vance will have to put his presidential ambitions (and hopefully his eyeliner) aside but he can do the Biden thing and wait for a presidency or two until it’s his turn.
> You don't sanction every country on the planet to get piddling concessions from China. You are living in Trump 2.0 but treating it like Trump 1.0.
I keep forgetting he’s different this time!
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dw !p9hU6ckyqw double-posted this 1 month ago, 24 seconds later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,358,630
And if they're not they sure are very supportive of genocide for not nazis
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@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
The Gaza Genocide has truly bipartisan support. If God came down from the heavens and struck down every last Republican in the entire US, it would continue exactly the same (only difference Biden does a bit of handwringing and pretends to feel sorry whilst signing more and more aid to Israel).
The Gaza Genocide has truly bipartisan support. If God came down from the heavens and struck down every last Republican in the entire US, it would continue exactly the same (only difference Biden does a bit of handwringing and pretends to feel sorry whilst signing more and more aid to Israel).
Meta double-posted this 1 month ago, 4 days later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,359,382
@1,358,608 (Meta)
> This is ultimately going to lead to a big dramatic Art of the Deal performance where he extracts some token concessions from China and then rolls things back to where it was before.
called it: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariffs-stock-market
Now we just get some token concession from China and onto the next act.
> This is ultimately going to lead to a big dramatic Art of the Deal performance where he extracts some token concessions from China and then rolls things back to where it was before.
called it: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariffs-stock-market
Now we just get some token concession from China and onto the next act.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 1 month ago, 17 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,359,491
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Wot. You predicted a concession from China followed by a rollback. He hasn't rolled back anything, tariffs are higher now than they were when he started, and he still hasn't gotten concessions from China.
Wot. You predicted a concession from China followed by a rollback. He hasn't rolled back anything, tariffs are higher now than they were when he started, and he still hasn't gotten concessions from China.
Meta replied with this 1 month ago, 5 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,359,493
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
No he dropped all the other countries back down to 10%
Now all Xi Jinping has to do is promise to buy more soybeans from America and we’ll be back to status quo in no time!
No he dropped all the other countries back down to 10%
Now all Xi Jinping has to do is promise to buy more soybeans from America and we’ll be back to status quo in no time!
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 7 seconds later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,359,494
Today.
China says it does not fear more US tariffs, will not accept "threats"
China says it does not fear more US tariffs, will not accept "threats"
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 1 month ago, 9 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,359,495
@1,359,493 (Meta)
There were 0% in universal tariffs before he started this whole stupid crap. That is the baseline. He jumped up to stupid 35 percent or whatever before temporarily reducing back down to 10%. If you start off without your cock stuck in a blender you don't get partial credit because you have pulled half of your cock out of the blender you chose to stick it in.
There were 0% in universal tariffs before he started this whole stupid crap. That is the baseline. He jumped up to stupid 35 percent or whatever before temporarily reducing back down to 10%. If you start off without your cock stuck in a blender you don't get partial credit because you have pulled half of your cock out of the blender you chose to stick it in.
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