They're really going to go with a narrative along the lines of: The economy was like the Titanic and it was inevitably going to collapse anyway. What appears to be Trump's destruction of the economy was actually an heroic attempt to save it.You are correct that these things will take time, perfect reason to get started now,.. Long term solution is better than the short term Titanic deck party we've been participating in.
The quote by the UAW guy is priceless. He was in the news two days ago applauding tariffs.
I wonder how many of these workers at the Midwest plants voted for him. FAFO.
Tim Apple and crew all bent the knee and now they look utterly foolish.At least the "best and the brightest", the smart rich folks who supported Trump are getting what they deserve. Who could have seen this coming? It was just gonna be tax cuts and deregulation and fun fun fun! Eff these people.
I hope they all go broke and their trophy wives ditch them and they die in a ditch.Tim Apple and crew all bent the knee and now they look utterly foolish.
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I hope they all go broke and their trophy wives ditch them and they die in a ditch.
So which companies do you think are going to lead that effort in the current climate?You are correct that these things will take time, perfect reason to get started now,.. Long term solution is better than the short term Titanic deck party we've been participating in.
Lauren Sanchez could eat an entire grapefruit in one biteTim Apple and crew all bent the knee and now they look utterly foolish.
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That was yesterday. They’re over half a trillion now.
All while their union boss applauded the tariffs.
The Leopards won't eat Zuck and Bezo's faces! Look at what all that sucking up did for you guys! Eff them:
Big Tech bet on Trump. It’s still waiting for the payoff.
Sweeping tariffs are hitting tech giants hard, shaking the industry’s confidence in a president they hoped would boost their fortunes.
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EDTToday at 10:00 a.m. EDT
At President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, the chief executives of Google, Meta and Amazon sat front and center, broadcasting their support for the new president who had for years railed against Big Tech.
Since Trump’s announcement Wednesday of expanded tariffs on imports from almost every country in the world, those tech giants are in another front row: as targets for U.S. trade partners looking for ways to strike back at the American economy.
On Friday, China announced retaliatory tariffs that included an especially steep tax on exports of rare earth minerals essential for the computer chips that power everything from iPhones to artificial intelligence. The European Union is preparing a wide-ranging response that could include direct hits to the largest American internet and software companies. And the industry is bracing for further fallout from abroad that could include rising energy prices, restrictive data-privacy policies and taxes on digital services.
Is that accurate information …anybody heard of the Great Depression and the more recent Great Recession of 2008/09…those had to have been larger %-tage drops than the recent drops.
Calm down people…most of these tariffs likely won’t be long-term, they are more for a negotiating tool.All while their union boss applauded the tariffs.
That's why a conservative group filed a lawsuit over the emergency hours act the white house cited to justify he had the power to enact all this weeks tariffs?Calm down people…most of these tariffs likely won’t be long-term, they are more for a negotiating tool.
Negotiating what, exactly?Calm down people…most of these tariffs likely won’t be long-term, they are more for a negotiating tool.
I guess another silver lining for domestic bourbon drinkers would be if the domestic bourbon producers have to dump a bunch of product for cheap here. Not good at all for the producers though.
Smart people made reasonable arguments that surgical strike tariffs in the right amount on the right countries could be in the strategic interest of america. The problem is that instead of a researched plan written in beautiful calligraphy we have:Calm down people…most of these tariffs likely won’t be long-term, they are more for a negotiating tool.