"You get a tariff, you get a tariff, everybody gets a tariff!" - Official Trump Taxes® Thread | 05/12 : US and China slash tariffs to 30 and 10

[Json]

I have to wonder if while stuffing his face with Big Macs does Trump ever wonder if he fu—ed up.

I mean it’s human nature to second guess yourself. I find it hard to believe anyone could see the warning lights and still keep this facade going to blatantly

 

[88m3]

I have to wonder if while stuffing his face with Big Macs does Trump ever wonder if he fu—ed up.

I mean it’s human nature to second guess yourself. I find it hard to believe anyone could see the warning lights and still keep this facade going to blatantly

doubtful

if he had an inkling that what he was doing was so destructive and divisive he likely wouldn't do it


time and time again he surrounds himself with yes men who don't have the country's best interests at heart and that aren't specialists in their fields and this is the end result


this is by no means an excuse for Trump btw it's a character flaw, he might be the most unintelligent and least intellectually curious president in our history

 

[Regular_P]

I have to wonder if while stuffing his face with Big Macs does Trump ever wonder if he fu—ed up.

I mean it’s human nature to second guess yourself. I find it hard to believe anyone could see the warning lights and still keep this facade going to blatantly

The felon has never been held accountable for anything in his life. He does not give a shyt about this.

 

[Rice N Beans]

I have to wonder if while stuffing his face with Big Macs does Trump ever wonder if he fu—ed up.

I mean it’s human nature to second guess yourself. I find it hard to believe anyone could see the warning lights and still keep this facade going to blatantly

Nah, he's part of that group of people who never suffer the fallout from those decisions. All that money wasting, failed ventures, etc. and he's never been held up to it. Breh committed felonies at the Presidential level and dodged any tangible form of repercussion. His support got stronger.

You have his already shytty and pretentious personality still benefiting from his surroundings continuously crashing and burning, I'd be surprised if he didn't feel he was invincible let alone second guess anything.

Just go back to whatever sham medical records on his condition. Something like 6'5 230 with 2% body fat or something. The man is not sane.

 

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@Gautam__Baid
Recession incoming in the US.

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Apollo just released a 40 page deck on the impact of tariffs

Some charts that caught my eye



1/ SP500 firms with lower 12M EPS revisions as % of total revisions



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@BoringBiz_
Apollo just released a 40 page deck on the impact of tariffs

Some charts that caught my eye



1/ SP500 firms with lower 12M EPS revisions as % of total revisions

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@BoringBiz_
2/ Manufacturing survey order outlook has collapsed

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3/ Sharp decline in US corporate capital expenditure plans

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@BoringBiz_
4/ Cost pressures increasing based on Fed manufacturing survey

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5/ Inventories rising sharply prior to tariff impact taking place

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6/ US trucking sales dropped sharply in March

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7/ CEO confidence declining

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8/ Container ship count departures from China to the United States declining sharply

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9/ Container freight rates falling

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10/ Consumer sentiment declining sharply regardless of income level

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11/ Unemployment expectations rising sharply

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12/ Sharp rise in consumers who think business conditions will be worse in 1 year

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13/ Reversal in consumer expectations around inflation

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14/ International arrivals from Europe to U.S. declining sharply y/y

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15/ Tourists across the world are traveling less to the U.S. on a y/y basis

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16/ Share of consumers making just minimum payments on their credit card sharply increasing

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17/ Credit card delinquency rates are rising

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@BoringBiz_
18/ Vegas visitor volume is declining

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19/ Fully cash funded purchases of homes sharply declining

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@BoringBiz_
20/ US corporations earn roughly 6x revenue from China than the US exports goods to China

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@SteveWiesnerSMB
We work with procurement and supply chain teams at some of the largest companies in the world. Can confirm that the level of confusion and concern is off the charts right now.



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@BoringBiz_
Insightful, would love to hear more about what you are seeing



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@sedonatvcom
So, you're saying there's a chance we turn around.



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@DrPJSullivan
Link to the book, please?



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@WifiMoneyPlant
these tariffs have for sure given us some juicy dips



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@AaronBible87
Thank you for sharing very interesting



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@ptmichaels1911
@threadreaderapp unroll



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@jimmydean197
Some of this started long before this fiasco, like housing paid for with cash. Trump is simply accelerating it



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@LeveragedCap
But did you see any negative signals in there?!

Nice post, thanks for summarizing.




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I remember reading during the pandemic that China really loves pork and buys alot of pork from the US. So many different ways China can hurt Trump

some of these governments can move in a way trump can't province liquor boards in canada stopped importing alcohol from red states just like that so businesses can't buy & sell anything that the board isn't importing.

 

[Json]

Nah, he's part of that group of people who never suffer the fallout from those decisions. All that money wasting, failed ventures, etc. and he's never been held up to it. Breh committed felonies at the Presidential level and dodged any tangible form of repercussion. His support got stronger.

You have his already shytty and pretentious personality still benefiting from his surroundings continuously crashing and burning, I'd be surprised if he didn't feel he was invincible let alone second guess anything.

Just go back to whatever sham medical records on his condition. Something like 6'5 230 with 2% body fat or something. The man is not sane.

But he did. At least one time. He lost the 2020 election.

Yeah he jumped to mental gymnastics to cover but that’s the inherently insecure man he is.

If the shelves start going empty it’s the same Covid supply chain issue again and deaths. A visual image he can’t escape. But instead of the election being six months away, it’s all on him for three years.

China will have him over a barrel and either cuts the same deal we’ve had for decades or China gets an even better deal just to punish him.

There’s no out for him

Making a deal with the Bahamas isn’t going to save face anymore than killing Al-Qaeda’s number 3 bomb maker changed the opinion on the war on terror.

China has become his Moby dikk.

 

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)

Here's an actual post in the Temu subreddit from two hours ago. Remember how some people googled "did Biden drop out" before the election? Well, those people are finding out about tariffs now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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A BlueSky thread by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Skyview

Here's an actual post in the Temu subreddit from two hours ago. Remember how some people googled

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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Here's an actual post in the Temu subreddit from two hours ago.

Remember how some people googled "did Biden drop out" before the election? Well, those people are finding out about tariffs now.

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kydivechick.bsky.social
At least someone schooled her. And as of now, she has not responded.

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kevincarson1.bsky.social
"But he said China would pay them!"

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solive.bsky.social
Pouring one out for all the "not into politics mfs".

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jookymakeyoukooky.bsky.social
As the saying goes: You can ignore politics but politics won’t ignore you.

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solive.bsky.social
hey in their defense it worked really well until it didn't

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meelar.bsky.social
I am really having to work to muster up any sympathy

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jarekfa.bsky.social
This always gives me a laugh: youtu.be/MKTN2OiR2R8?...

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thesoutherndad.bsky.social
My Temu-addicted mother-in-law is going to be so pissed. But this is what happens when you vote for a guy because "comedians can't say anything anymore"

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shazbat.bsky.social
Of course, no comic who doesn't suck has had any problems. People who think abuse is funny had a bad time for a while, and got upset that the rest of us can see that abusers are the problem rather than their targets.

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thesoutherndad.bsky.social
You mean there's more to comedy than furthering false and harmful stereotypes?

Surely you jest and your jest is unfunny because it is too woke.

/s because I know what app I'm on.

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m-gibbs.bsky.social
"I haven't been keeping up with the news...did I miss something???"

These people are so self-centered that they don't even bother to acknowledge a larger world exists until it affects them directly. We are so cooked.

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pathost.bsky.social
Unfortunately this is like half of America

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making-good.bsky.social
I hear you, but also it's not that especially selfish I don't think?

Imagine if all your news sources were normalizing everything and you're busy with work and an upcoming wedding.

How would you know that stuff is completely effed?? Until you get a temu tarrif.

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making-good.bsky.social
The poorness and work stress and work culture of USAmerica is definitely part of how this bs is working.

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jlwastooshort.bsky.social
I suspect one can find a great number of people who are both poor and work stressed who are aware of this shyt (just look around bsky) so I don't think those are the relevant variables.

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jlwastooshort.bsky.social
I have no doubt that some people would articulate their experience of it as "I'm too stressed with work to care about this," but I'd wager that is often not work stress qua work stress; at most, it's that person's inherent character/predispositions intersecting with work stress.

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making-good.bsky.social
I understand what you mean. There are certainly other variables involved. Those 2 cannot be discounted though, as huge factors.

What got you pay ongoing attention to the larger context of things beyond your immediate life?

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dysheki.bsky.social
It's amazing how many people don't pay attention to literally any news.

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itwasgg.bsky.social
Even GOPnik cultists began to understand, 4-5 months ago:

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robempty.bsky.social
Yes pudding, they do pay the tariffs. And then they pass them along to you in the form of increased pricing. Good grief these people.

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talismanshops.bsky.social
No. The company, or person, in the United States, that is IMPORTING the goods pays the tarrif. Example: Walmart orders 20 containers of frozen shrimp from a factory in China. When the goods arrive at the US port, Customs duty must be paid to release the shipment. Walmart pays the tarrif/raises price

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sunflowerista.bsky.social
The silver lining- hoping some people are forced to quit their overseas garbage collection addiction

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nerdma.bsky.social
Truly if he set out to target MAGA moms, he couldn't have done a better job.

I'm not faultless, but I did not have a Temu wedding.

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mandronnie.bsky.social
Me side-eyeing my collection of Chinese knock-off Spyderco knives.

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nerdma.bsky.social
Me loving technology...

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zorinlynx.bsky.social
It blows my mind that some people are living life completely unaware of all the terrifying shyt I've been deeply worried about for the last few months.

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akasmorez.bsky.social
Oh boy, probably the same folks who won't realize SS is cut until they don't get paid or get hit by a tornado and find out NOAA/NWS got cut.

We deserve every bit of this at this point.

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grungehamster.bsky.social
Lutnick literally suggested that the people who don't cheat the system would assume an error on their part if they stop getting checks and just accept it quietly not to bother anyone.

bsky.app/profile/gmf1...

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nutlick.bsky.social
I did not suggest it. I said it explicitly. GET LEARNT, LIB!!

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emilyrose.bsky.social
I love that Temu is presenting it that way, instead of just raising prices. Hammers the point in way more effectively.

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zorinlynx.bsky.social
Same thing with AliExpress. They're not messing around.

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paranormalhunter.

bsky.social
“I don’t really pay attention to that politics stuff… but this makes no sense….”

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rayhoang.bsky.social
I mean, yeah, politics aren't good for peoples mental health tbh. People avoid the news for a reason.

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jonty24.bsky.social
So rather than the shock of seeing democracy being dismantled, it'll be online shopping that sees Trump's popularity tank. Oh my, how the world turns nowadays!!!

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[ Informational] No more Temu for me. Good luck to us all with these tariffs.

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Yikes. I don't buy fro Temu often but thought I'd pick up a summer dress or two. That is until I saw the import tax.

This is so much worse than I expected.

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The thing is, the tariffs being charged by Temu are nothing compared to what’s gonna happen to more expensive goods. How about when a TV or refrigerator goes from $300 to $800?

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│ │ Maybe you could show them the difference between your orders and mine. I just placed a few items in my cart, and went forward just for enough to see how much more it was going to cost with an import charge. Might be fun to see what it's like for a Canadian if you have a screenshot of any orders this week. I just put in a cart the things I bought a few days ago did not have an import charge and as a April 27th now they do. $40 on the $30 cart contents
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│ │ │ Not the person you’re replying to, but am Canadian. No import fees
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[FAH1223]

 

[Spidey Man]

Trump got the South Koreans, Japanese and Chinese to set aside historical beef to talk, and now got the British reversing Brexit. I thought it was Make America Great, not everybody else

 

[CourtesyFlush]

I have to wonder if while stuffing his face with Big Macs does Trump ever wonder if he fu—ed up.

I mean it’s human nature to second guess yourself. I find it hard to believe anyone could see the warning lights and still keep this facade going to blatantly

No chance. Trump has zero ability to self reflect.

 

[StatUS]

These MAGA fools online are talking about endure the pain it's only been 100 days

These bytches couldn't put a damn mask on for a week, how're they gonna survive the fukkery coming our way

 

[FAH1223]