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  • darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 6,864
    Being "yippy" is so much better than all the winning!

    Who woulda thunk it...
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996
    Trump's tariff reversal day as it happened, analysis and reactions - https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-tariffs-live-markets-selloff-us-reciprocal-tariffs-kick-2025-04-09/
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    After offering up a “zero-for-zero tariff” to avoid a trade war (which Trump refused), the European Commission has greenlit tariffs of up to 25% on:

    Cigarettes from Florida, beef from Kansas and Nebraska, chicken from Louisiana, car parts from Michigan, and most importantly, soybeans.
    https://trib.al/shcveJM
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,723
    mickeyrat said:

    After offering up a “zero-for-zero tariff” to avoid a trade war (which Trump refused), the European Commission has greenlit tariffs of up to 25% on:

    Cigarettes from Florida, beef from Kansas and Nebraska, chicken from Louisiana, car parts from Michigan, and most importantly, soybeans.
    https://trib.al/shcveJM
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996
    Republicans are NOT getting the deficit under control. Instead, their efforts to extend Donald Trump’s 2017 tax plan are expected to tack on an extra $5.5 trillion in debt, plus $1.3 trillion in interest.

    https://trib.al/C0OsgbP
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,841
    mickeyrat said:

    🎤Reporter: You said there would be no pause and now there’s a pause..

    🇺🇸Trump: You have to have flexibility.
    It's almost as if you can't believe a word the guy says...
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  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,239
    dignin said:
    Always remember, if you throw a dead cat off a tall enough building it’ll bounce when it hits the ground…

    The Dow is still down close to 5k points from its highs a couple weeks ago. 125% tariffs still in place on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on goods not covered by USMCA and 10% tariff on all other countries.for 90 days.

    Did anything really change that much, not really. Beware the dead cat bounce…
    Yeah, Joe blow buying back in is gonna get fucked, again.

    The only people making any money off this are the people already rich. The people in the know (fraud).

    What a dumpster fire.

    Tariffs are an absolute dumpster fire but when he targets big pharma, he is onto something. I get it’s a slippery slope targeting medicine.

    but non Americans pay cents on the dollar when it comes to American made pharmaceuticals. He better have 0% tariffs on the other countries that produce medicine to a large extent, Switzerland, South Korea, etc.

    and we see how much liberals on the far left care about people who aren’t in their tiny little clubs. Scream yell fight protest only people in their little tiny clubs get rights so why should we subsidize the worlds medical supply with 0% tariffs?
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,733
    BF25394 said:
    mickeyrat said:

    🎤Reporter: You said there would be no pause and now there’s a pause..

    🇺🇸Trump: You have to have flexibility.
    It's almost as if you can't believe a word the guy says...
    IF? 😂😂 c’mon 
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,159
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    dignin said:
    Always remember, if you throw a dead cat off a tall enough building it’ll bounce when it hits the ground…

    The Dow is still down close to 5k points from its highs a couple weeks ago. 125% tariffs still in place on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on goods not covered by USMCA and 10% tariff on all other countries.for 90 days.

    Did anything really change that much, not really. Beware the dead cat bounce…
    Yeah, Joe blow buying back in is gonna get fucked, again.

    The only people making any money off this are the people already rich. The people in the know (fraud).

    What a dumpster fire.

    Tariffs are an absolute dumpster fire but when he targets big pharma, he is onto something. I get it’s a slippery slope targeting medicine.

    but non Americans pay cents on the dollar when it comes to American made pharmaceuticals. He better have 0% tariffs on the other countries that produce medicine to a large extent, Switzerland, South Korea, etc.

    and we see how much liberals on the far left care about people who aren’t in their tiny little clubs. Scream yell fight protest only people in their little tiny clubs get rights so why should we subsidize the worlds medical supply with 0% tariffs?

    In what way are you subsidizing the words medical supply?
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,041
    The whole tariffs nonsense is like everything T does:  chaos to keep us guessing, confused, and anxious.  I call bullshit!
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,273
    dignin said:
    Always remember, if you throw a dead cat off a tall enough building it’ll bounce when it hits the ground…

    The Dow is still down close to 5k points from its highs a couple weeks ago. 125% tariffs still in place on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on goods not covered by USMCA and 10% tariff on all other countries.for 90 days.

    Did anything really change that much, not really. Beware the dead cat bounce…
    Yeah, Joe blow buying back in is gonna get fucked, again.

    The only people making any money off this are the people already rich. The people in the know (fraud).

    What a dumpster fire.

    Tariffs are an absolute dumpster fire but when he targets big pharma, he is onto something. I get it’s a slippery slope targeting medicine.

    but non Americans pay cents on the dollar when it comes to American made pharmaceuticals. He better have 0% tariffs on the other countries that produce medicine to a large extent, Switzerland, South Korea, etc.

    and we see how much liberals on the far left care about people who aren’t in their tiny little clubs. Scream yell fight protest only people in their little tiny clubs get rights so why should we subsidize the worlds medical supply with 0% tariffs?

    In what way are you subsidizing the words medical supply?
    Universities and teaching hospitals receive federal funding, much of which goes into R&D for pharmaceuticals. Those pharmaceuticals are then sold for substantially cheaper outside of the States than within the States. I guess the argument is that the cost burden is on the States whereas the rest of the world gets the benefit without that cost.

    If the tariff is enacted, I'm guessing it'll be similar to what's happened with China, but this time with India - India (who manufactures plenty of generic medicine much of which is relied on by the States' market) will retaliate with hefty tariffs on their drugs. Net result: more expensive things for everybody. Again. If this isn't realistic, I'd appreciate if someone could help me understand why. 
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,529
    I see the tariff pause economic boom was long lasting.
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  • Lerxst1992Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,239
    benjs said:
    dignin said:
    Always remember, if you throw a dead cat off a tall enough building it’ll bounce when it hits the ground…

    The Dow is still down close to 5k points from its highs a couple weeks ago. 125% tariffs still in place on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico on goods not covered by USMCA and 10% tariff on all other countries.for 90 days.

    Did anything really change that much, not really. Beware the dead cat bounce…
    Yeah, Joe blow buying back in is gonna get fucked, again.

    The only people making any money off this are the people already rich. The people in the know (fraud).

    What a dumpster fire.

    Tariffs are an absolute dumpster fire but when he targets big pharma, he is onto something. I get it’s a slippery slope targeting medicine.

    but non Americans pay cents on the dollar when it comes to American made pharmaceuticals. He better have 0% tariffs on the other countries that produce medicine to a large extent, Switzerland, South Korea, etc.

    and we see how much liberals on the far left care about people who aren’t in their tiny little clubs. Scream yell fight protest only people in their little tiny clubs get rights so why should we subsidize the worlds medical supply with 0% tariffs?

    In what way are you subsidizing the words medical supply?
    Universities and teaching hospitals receive federal funding, much of which goes into R&D for pharmaceuticals. Those pharmaceuticals are then sold for substantially cheaper outside of the States than within the States. I guess the argument is that the cost burden is on the States whereas the rest of the world gets the benefit without that cost.

    If the tariff is enacted, I'm guessing it'll be similar to what's happened with China, but this time with India - India (who manufactures plenty of generic medicine much of which is relied on by the States' market) will retaliate with hefty tariffs on their drugs. Net result: more expensive things for everybody. Again. If this isn't realistic, I'd appreciate if someone could help me understand why. 
    The US doesn’t pay 10% more or 20%, but about 300%.

    We manufacture plenty of generic drugs here. It may cost a little more to move more  generic manufacturing here but I don’t see price tripling.

    Best case scenario is they settle this with trade deals. Bidens approach to cutting what we pay for Rx was much worse, and only benefitted those on govt plans.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    Yesterday at the Oval Office

    9:37am tweet to “buy”
    1:40pm announcement on “tariff pause”
    2:46pm this video “This is Charles Schwab (…), he made $2.5B, and he $900M.”
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,733
    Too bad nothing can be done
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

    This is a major strategic failure for the United States.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    Small business owner: This additional 10% is really squeezing our access to capital. It's really created a stressful, volatile, uncertain environment for us. This is an increased cost of business, and I'm not sure to what end. My company is the one paying the tariff. We're trying to increase jobs here in Wisconsin and this is putting a terrible stress on our ability to grow
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    White House “Coal Miner" Is Actually a Supervisor for a Company That Recently Laid Off 165

    Zachary Erdeljac wore a red MAGA hard hat, safety gear and praised Trump's tariffs

    https://meidasnews.com/news/white-house-coal-miner-is-actually-a-supervisor-for-a-company-that-recently-laid-off-165
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996
    mickeyrat said:

    The European Union and China are now starting negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

    This is a major strategic failure for the United States.


    The European Union and China have started negotiations to abolish EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. This is why China WANTS the trade war with the US.

    The whole world is turning its back on the US thanks to Trump.
    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-china-start-talks-lifting-eu-tariffs-chinese-electric-vehicles-handelsblatt-2025-04-10/
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996
    nothing to see here......

    The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.

    We can't. We need answers.

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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996
    mickeyrat said:

    White House “Coal Miner" Is Actually a Supervisor for a Company That Recently Laid Off 165

    Zachary Erdeljac wore a red MAGA hard hat, safety gear and praised Trump's tariffs

    https://meidasnews.com/news/white-house-coal-miner-is-actually-a-supervisor-for-a-company-that-recently-laid-off-165


    Trump has cut a coal workers' health program the same week he signed an order to help coal workers.

    This program gave free Black lung screenings to coal miners.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    Fun fact: Of the ten largest single-day point drops in Dow Jones history, Donald Trump was president for nine of them.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    "Hi, I'm Martha Stewart, and I'm here to remind you that if a successful woman takes advantage of an investment tip, the press destroys her, and the court throws her ass in prison. But if a six-time-bankrupt felon with sieg-heiling supporters and a hard-on for Russian tyranny does it, the press elevates him to Crazy Wizard of Our Times, and nothing else fucking happens. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk."
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    Under Trump (2016–2020), U.S. manufacturing investment stagnated, according to U.S. Census Bureau data visualized by Michael Thomas. After Biden took office, investment surged—driven by the CHIPS and Inflation Reduction Acts, per the White House and Council of Economic Advisers.
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,841
    and we see how much liberals on the far left care about people who aren’t in their tiny little clubs. Scream yell fight protest only people in their little tiny clubs get rights so why should we subsidize the worlds medical supply with 0% tariffs?
    What does this mean? What are the tiny clubs you're referencing?

    I'm not on the far left, but it seems to me as a moderate lifelong independent that liberals, both in the modern political sense and in the classical sense, are generally in favor of broad-based rights for everyone. Everyone has a right to safe food and drinking water, to due process, to vote without undue restriction and to have that vote counted fairly, to love whom you wish and to express that love, to have access to affordable, quality healthcare.

    All you have to do to see the difference between the right and the left when it comes to rights is to look at voting. Every single attempt to make it harder for citizens to vote has come from the right, and many of those efforts have been rather transparently cynically targeted towards people who tend not to vote for candidates on the right. Meanwhile, Democrats don't advance bills anywhere to make it harder for people to vote, regardless of whether those people are demographically inclined to vote for Democrats or not. The great irony is that Republicans have been so committed to suppressing the vote for so long that the political ground has shifted to where greater turnout now favors Republicans more than Democrats, a reversal of the way things had been for decades. The less engaged people who are least likely to vote in every election now favor Republicans, and the most engaged voters now tend to vote for Democrats. The more engaged you are, the more you are able to navigate whatever hurdles are thrown up in front of you. If you're someone who votes only once every four years, if that, you're less savvy about how to navigate the system and that could lead to you being shut out at the polls. So the Republicans might end up making it harder for their own voters to vote than they will for the Democratic-inclined voters they've been trying to suppress.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996
    a fucking genius did this.....

    the response..


    "China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium—the elements... without which your electric car doesn’t run, your fighter jet doesn’t fly..."
    https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/05/china-just-turned-off-u-s-supplies-of-minerals-critical-for-defense-cleantech/
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,996

    Customs broker here, more like 165%. The claim the WH forgot the fentanyl tariffs, must also mean they forgot yet again to mention the 301 duties. 🤔

    Receipts:

    CSMS 64649265 4/4: order of duties reported (2)
    CSMS 64687696 4/9: 84% (3)
    CSMS 64701138 4/10: 125% (4)

    The why is, they know fentanyl tariffs were separate from the “reciprocal” tariffs because CBP published it on dir from DHS on 4/4.

    If the WH forgot, they’re unreliable. If they knew, they’re lying. Pick your poison
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  • DE4173DE4173 Posts: 1,640
    BF25394 said:
    and we see how much liberals on the far left care about people who aren’t in their tiny little clubs. Scream yell fight protest only people in their little tiny clubs get rights so why should we subsidize the worlds medical supply with 0% tariffs?
    What does this mean? What are the tiny clubs you're referencing?

    I'm not on the far left, but it seems to me as a moderate lifelong independent that liberals, both in the modern political sense and in the classical sense, are generally in favor of broad-based rights for everyone. Everyone has a right to safe food and drinking water, to due process, to vote without undue restriction and to have that vote counted fairly, to love whom you wish and to express that love, to have access to affordable, quality healthcare.

    All you have to do to see the difference between the right and the left when it comes to rights is to look at voting. Every single attempt to make it harder for citizens to vote has come from the right, and many of those efforts have been rather transparently cynically targeted towards people who tend not to vote for candidates on the right. Meanwhile, Democrats don't advance bills anywhere to make it harder for people to vote, regardless of whether those people are demographically inclined to vote for Democrats or not. The great irony is that Republicans have been so committed to suppressing the vote for so long that the political ground has shifted to where greater turnout now favors Republicans more than Democrats, a reversal of the way things had been for decades. The less engaged people who are least likely to vote in every election now favor Republicans, and the most engaged voters now tend to vote for Democrats. The more engaged you are, the more you are able to navigate whatever hurdles are thrown up in front of you. If you're someone who votes only once every four years, if that, you're less savvy about how to navigate the system and that could lead to you being shut out at the polls. So the Republicans might end up making it harder for their own voters to vote than they will for the Democratic-inclined voters they've been trying to suppress.
    Excellent post!
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