His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

187 points

Does it feel like Trump just learned the word “tariff” a couple weeks ago or is that just me?

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No he definitely learned it years ago, but he’s a simple boy, he can’t hold too many concepts in his head. It’s mostly just rape, fraud, and now tariffs

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That “simple boy” has won two presidential elections and has avoided jail even though he has been convicted multiple times.

Underestimate your opponents at your own peril.

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Nah, he really is fucking dumb. Not to say he isn’t dangerous. But I don’t believe for a second he is the architect of his rise

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31 points

Did you really just forget his entire first presidency?

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I try hard to.

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The amount of goldfish brain that goes on around here is staggering. It’s no wonder they constantly get away with shit.

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19 points

It also feels like he means his „100% tariff“ takes all the money.

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12 points

Let’s keep it that way. Imagine if he discovers one day he could go over 100%.

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2 points
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9 points

You must’ve missed last term

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7 points

‘Trade wars are easy to win’

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80 points

“If you step out of line, so help me, I will TANK MY OWN ECONOMY!”

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6 points

Ngl, hes an accelerationists wet dream

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61 points

I’m sure this will help drive BRICS closer together as they feel attacked by America. Allowing Russia to poach powerful allies away from the US.

Trump must be Putins greatest dream.

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27 points

Yeah, Trump ending the dollar as the reserve currency would be a fitting legacy.

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12 points

Yeah it would be extremely funny (and probably bad) if he accidentally own-goal’ed this.

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9 points

Accidentally?

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2 points

Yes of course. What do you think Trump wants? He wants people kissing ass, he wants groveling, he wants adoration.

Everything else that he does is clearly designed to get that, and if it has side effects, he just doesn’t care, because he’s too powerful to care.

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42 points

Trump 110% still believes that other countries pay these tariffs.

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He believes they can’t raise their own tariffs in turn. That’s the real danger here. Not Americans paying double for some knock off plastic widget on Temu, but American exporters running into an equivalent tariff wall trying to import cars and computers and pork shoulders into China.

He’s taking a guillotine to American global logistics

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4 points

And when it crashes it will be the Deep State’s fault.

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3 points

More like he DGAF.:-P

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I’m not so sure.

It’s free money for the government isn’t it? If he’s all about greed or grift, then isn’t it the more the merrier?

Disclaimer: I’m not from USA, I’m watching from the other side of the world.

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3 points

Raising the income tax to 100% might also give you a brief surge of revenue before people start starving and then burning things.

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40 points

Bro is undermining the dollar himself.

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