• @heavydust@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    6211 days ago

    “In 2024, China was the top supplier of goods to the United States, accounting for 16.5 percent of total goods imports. U.S. goods imports from China totaled $438.9 billion.”

    lol that would be hilarious to see. If he manages to piss Mexico and Canada too (same numbers), the USA will import nothing in the next few years.

      • okgurl
        link
        fedilink
        English
        1411 days ago

        gotta love every one in the world laughing at us as we suffer at the hands of lunatics.

        doi they understand WE didn’t vote for this shit. big because of the stupid ass electorial college here we are.

        • Optional
          link
          fedilink
          English
          3011 days ago

          well, there was that 40% of shitheads who didn’t bother at all.

            • @coyootje@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              1511 days ago

              Let’s be real, Israel was gonna do whatever the fuck it wanted anyway. The ceasefire was bullshit and now people are so focused on the orange clowns bullshit that soon there won’t be any Palestinians left.

            • @IttihadChe@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              English
              011 days ago

              That’s a good sentiment which should be encouraged. If more Americans had that base level of compassion we wouldn’t be here now.

              Decades of trading death and destruction globally for comfort at home built an America ripe for the taking by the likes of Trump as he simply had to capitalize on the sentiments created by that “us at the cost of them” system better than Kamala was able to.

              • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                English
                411 days ago

                That’s a good sentiment which should be encouraged. If more Americans had that base level of compassion we wouldn’t be here now.

                Um. Many did, and we are here. Possibly as a result of that “compassion”. The lesson is that single-issue voters will sink the boat they are in and achieve nothing as a result.

              • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                English
                1711 days ago

                Imagine not “voting for genocide” and not only getting more genocide but also a trade war with the entire world.

                I hope you can buy eggs with “principles”.

                • Mysteriarch ☀️
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  011 days ago

                  Interesting that you think I’m American. Just amazed by people stating openly that they’re okay with genocide.

                • @AwkwardBroccolli@lemmy.ml
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  211 days ago

                  Trump tower gaza coming up next. Thanks to Jill Stein, Rashid Tlaib and Kshama Sawant. Genocide will be solved since there wont be any Palestinians left. Brilliant move by Pro Palestinian reactionaries. Bravo Rashida, Kshama and Jill. Bravo

        • @OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          1611 days ago

          doi they understand WE didn’t vote for this shit.

          No, but you’re the ones that have to fix it. We can’t do it for you.

        • @ThisSeriesIsFalse@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          1111 days ago

          On the one hand, I want to have sympathy for the suffering of my American neighbours.

          On the other hand, you dumbfucks let THAT guy get into power… TWICE! I’d be disappointed if it was just the once, but TWICE!? You people saw how bad it was the first time, and voted for another round. Hearts out to the people who are suffering, but clearly this is what the majority of you want, so I can’t feel much sympathy anymore.

          • @NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            2
            edit-2
            11 days ago

            He won the popular vote by less than one percent. That’s not a majority of people. It’s also less than 35% of the population.

            • Krik
              link
              fedilink
              English
              611 days ago

              36% of the eligible population didn’t vote and that can only mean they were fine with both Trump and Harris. That makes 71% of the population - the majority of the people.

        • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          511 days ago

          With “we didn’t vote for it”, do you mean you voted for Kamala Harris, or did you vote third party, or didn’t you vote at all?

      • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        411 days ago

        There won’t be much bread to wait for. The billionaires won’t finance it, and the government won’t have the resources anymore.

    • partial_accumen
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1311 days ago

      the USA will import nothing in the next few years.

      I don’t think its going to take very long for tariffs to bite American consumers. A month ago I bought a $1000 technology item that is manufactured in China. I see that same item’s price has raised to $1200 in the last week or so. This was an item ordered from online, so its possible they didn’t have a large inventory onshore in the USA.

      There are bricks and mortar retailers that have weeks or months of inventory warehoused in the USA just as part of their normal supply chain. However without replenishment, popular items will sell out and simply not be stocked again because the tariff affected margins will price out consumers for many of those goods. I’d say if these tariffs stay as they are (or get worse) our retailers are going to have lots of empty shelves in 3 months.

      • @hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        1711 days ago

        We saw what happened with toilet paper in 2020 and said “wouldn’t it be great if everything could be like this? At least we wouldn’t have a black lady as President!”.

            • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              English
              211 days ago

              America is sexist.

              The south is so unimaginably and violently racist it almost makes their insane sexism seem petty in comparison.

              • @AwkwardBroccolli@lemmy.ml
                link
                fedilink
                English
                411 days ago

                It’s the other way round IMO. It’s incredibly racist but the misogyny is even more. I have lived and traveled in US and the racism exists outside of major cities but misogyny is universal. Even in liberal cities you can be sexist in the open, in the hiring practices etc.

      • @Surp@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        2
        edit-2
        11 days ago

        Can you link the item I just wanna see it for myself so I can show idiot trumpers proof

        • partial_accumen
          link
          fedilink
          English
          111 days ago

          I’m not sure it would help for your proof. It just shows the new higher price now.

    • @Tinks@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      5
      edit-2
      11 days ago

      It’s about to get absolutely stupid. Like I know everyone thinks things are bonkers now, but up until this week vendors I work with, that supply electronic equipment either partially or entirely manufactured in China, were still honoring quotes created weeks ago. This week we’re being told that quotes we’ve had in the works for weeks or months are now likely going to be pulled and not honored, and that was BEFORE this additional increase. We’re talking large spend that’s likely going to be delayed indefinitely, which will almost certainly shrink the entire GDP and cause mass layoffs, and we’ll be in a depression before we know it. I wish I was being hyperbolic, but I’m watching multi million dollar spends planned for the better part of a year evaporate because quotes won’t be honored.

      • @shawn1122@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        1011 days ago

        USA turning itself into Cuba.

        It takes a next level pants on head stupid to do this to yourself unprompted.

      • @heavydust@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        511 days ago

        It’s not impossible though. It’s like every country opened their eyes and said fuck it because Trump makes no exception in hating everyone.

        I only know the USA from movies and TV, and the USA always got a free pass because they ruled the world, they are number 1, they have the best quality of life, and a lot of other lies that we kept telling ourselves because they were the good big brother that was, until recently, relatively “smart.”

        But Trump pissed every country on earth at the same time, and it’s like we realized we were wrong since the 80s about everything that happened in and out of the USA.

        It’s good for me because we will be more self reliant without this erratic big brother. It’s very bad because Russia won’t be affected, Americans will be poorer, and China seems now to be the most “reliable” super power that can still make and sell everything. But countries getting back some of their Independence is always a nice thing. Millions will suffer though.

        • @cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          511 days ago

          Personally i see this as a good thing for everyone else than the USA. Every other country can now explore other markets, buy and sell their products to countries that actually want their products and make money from deals they did not have previously.

          The USA on the other hand, has shut the door to all markets, and lost any credibility that it may have had. Not only this, but the stability that it has lost will be tough to undo

  • @Moonrise2473@feddit.it
    link
    fedilink
    English
    3811 days ago

    He doesn’t realize that this is a war that can’t win, right?

    Maybe all China has to do is to threaten to kick out Tesla and give their gigafactory to byd. The real president is going to be really angry with the sockpuppet

    • @coyootje@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1711 days ago

      I hope China claps back with an even higher percentage. See who folds first: the orange trash bag with a country full of people whining that they can’t get their cheap Shein and Teemu slop anymore or the country that trade in mass volumes with the entire world and can probably easily trade anything bound for the US to other countries instead.

      • @shawn1122@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        1011 days ago

        Americans don’t just buy Chinese products from Shein and Temu. They buy those products from Walmart, Target, Amazon and essentially every major US retailer.

        The US is speedrunning ending their empire on the current trajectory. The world needs to call their bluff to put them in their place.

        • @coyootje@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          111 days ago

          I fully agree with you but I don’t think the orange wankstain is bluffing. I believe that he legitimately thinks he’s doing God’s work and “making America great again” by completely crashing the entire country.

    • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1111 days ago

      He doesn’t realize that this is a war that can’t win, right?

      He was never smart enough for that.

  • @Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    1911 days ago

    Let’s all unite together as one and put 1000% on America. This is the guy most Americans found best suited to steer the country!

    • okgurl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      611 days ago

      no we didn’t. they used anti voter legislation strategically planned over decades to eliminate voters. they are still doing this, just look into the SAVE act which will require people to now have their birth certificate or passport to vote… these if course are not common documents here as you have to pay for both, they can be pricey and time consuming to get.

  • @Lembot_0001@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    1311 days ago

    Popcorn-time! Oh, no, that shit is American. Beer and sausages time!

    I am ready to watch a disaster movie.

  • @commander@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    1111 days ago

    Hopefully they slap back with and then the EU responds is quick to respond to this recent April tariffs. Slap tariffs on US services

  • @ikidd@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    811 days ago

    $2B/day huh?

    So $7T wiped out of Americans savings will only take 3500 days to pay back. I guess they’ll be writing cheques then?