I read earlier that the UK has first dibs over Greenland before the US could take it over.
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Dubman It’s impossible to forget, the tariffs are all we’re hearing about. We’ll see how dedicated he is to tanking the US economy.
Dubman Lol I’m aware. He’s only taken on the authors as advisors and installing them in positions to erode core institutions. I don’t think people are concerned enough about this.
He’s getting ‘smallman doorbell’ value for his flights:
C-130E Aircraft: Costs between $68,000 and $71,000 per hour, resulting in an estimated cost of $816,000 to $852,000 for a similar trip. In contrast, a chartered flight by DHS costs only $8,577 for the same journey.
Dubman Don’t forget the tariffs coming your way in February.
Tariffs affect consumers. He’s so fucking stupid.
Amps They’re humans not parcels, Amps.
Any of our American friends worried about the price of coffee or bugle today?
Have I seen Sasha in Colombia?
I have!
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Our energy prices are embarrassing, you go buy an EV and use a public charger you might aswell be driving a diesel.
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Along_the_Wire It might help reduce slave / child labour in China, the fast fashion is one of the worst things for environment.
If he gets oil down to 40 dollars per barrel that will be the way to tackle inflation. Tarriffs will see 4 to 6% quarterly gdp rises in economy if they work, there is more positives to negitives if that happens, esp a very strong dollar which could make imported good still quite cheap. Plus more in employment so more tax revenue.
VR46 in retaliation, other countries will apply tariffs to US goods and services - it’ll turn into a mess that consumers will have to pay for
VR46 Tarriffs are paid by businesses. When was the last time a businesses expenses went up and they didn’t pass that cost on to the consumer? If you think the economic musings of a criminal who couldn’t turn a profit from a casino (while not paying the labour who built it) are going to do anything but drive inflation and tank the US economy, you might be in for a shock.
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303abuser It didn’t tank in his first term and US had record low inflation and low interest rates, honestly why do people act like he didn’t already do 4 years. The world was fkn calm back then.
Obviously effects Canada the most so you are pissed but you can’t predict how it will go for US, i wouldn’t want to take a bet on s&p tanking that’s for sure.
It’s looking like only 10% on China now, so still time to soften them.
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303abuser We all know how inflation works, like I said before if he drills like he said he would and oil and gas falls even 15/ 20% from current levels it will eat up any inflation brought by the tarriffs and then some, yes consumer may feel it but it’s about over all figure. That’s not even including if the dollars rockets.
You tell me how record low inflation low interest rates good stock market good employment and growth wasn’t the perfect formally in his first term, we will probably never see that again. People are just to blinkered to admit it.
It’s up to Canada and Mexico to strike up a deal, he coming in high for a reason, there should be some room there.
Economies don’t change because there was a transfer of power, they’re slow moving. He inherited stable economies from Obama and Biden, just like Obama inherited a shit show from Bush. We’ll see how this plays out, but if the last 4 or 5 decades are an indication, Republican polices are bad for consumers. Trickle down economics don’t work and the richest companies and individuals are getting another tax cut.
For the record, I don’t actually think he’s trying to start a trade war, this is just his opening bid strategy to negotiate a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico. He just happens to be a fucking moron, so it could go sideways at any moment. And if he does start a trade war, the only thing he’ll accomplish is bumping China up the geopolitical power ladder.