• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Step 1: Create disaster (put tariffs on your allies)

    Step 2: Rabble, rabble, rabble while you dismantle the rest of the government and put people in concentrations camps.

    Step 3: Tell everyone you solved the disaster by making it a tiny bit less of a disaster.

    Step 4: Celebrate?

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      8 months ago

      I, for one, am ready to watch my fellow countrymen fall all over themselves to find a way to elect him a 3rd time while hating everything about their lives directly because of his policies. Can’t wait!

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        8 months ago

        The media will just blame it on obama or something. The “The Deep State” has always been a campaign to explain why republican statements don’t match their policy results to gullible people.

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      8 months ago

      This. The trade deal is not too bad, but it’s way worse than the pre-Trump state of things.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Yeah there’s no good reason to restrict trade with the eu. They’re the most similar economy to us and we’ve found a reasonable balance. When we compete it’s often beneficial to both economies and where we don’t it’s in deeply intertwined ways. The sophisticated machinery you buy from the Netherlands may use parts from Chicago and be the best tool for making products in either Czechia or Alabama.

        Honestly Europe had more cause to tariff us over our lax regulations on labor, environmentalism, and consumer protection resulting in an unfair advantage.

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    8 months ago

    The base doesn’t understand what tarrifs are but they 100% know that the orange turd is fighting for them.

    This is what happens when education takes a back seat and propaganda, identity politics, war profiteering, and geopolitical coercing takes hold to be the “greatest country of all time”.

    And they start to believe everything that matches their bias.

  • qaz@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It wouldn’t surprise me if that was a bot account doing it for engagement.

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    8 months ago

    “You don’t know anything about this topic because what you say does not align with what I have in my head”

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      8 months ago

      The tariffs only would have been higher because the same idiot that got the deal made the tariffs higher to begin with.

      The only sort of lucky part for us Americans is if it’s approved we got the better end of the deal, but ultimately we’re going to be paying higher prices for things we’re likely unable to produce. Although I get the feeling that Italian Marble and French Wines will suddenly be exempt from tariffs.

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        8 months ago

        I mean yeah but if Trump had set the tariffs at higher then that would’ve been worse than the current tariff deal.

        Zero tariffs would’ve been best or maintaining the tariffs that were there before. But still 15% is better than 30%.

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          8 months ago

          You go your whole life not getting punched in the face, then one day I punch you in the face and tell you I’m going to punch you in the face every day. Then I tell you unless you make a deal with me I’m going to punch you in the face and kick you in the balls. Now, getting kicked in the boys is not fun, but you should still be mad at me for punching you in the face in the first place.

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            8 months ago

            Right but getting hit twice is still worse than getting hit once. It sucks but if the alternative without a deal is being hit twice, then that’s at least better than no deal