One really frustrating part of all of this is they said we couldn't raise minimum wage because "it'd increase prices." Meanwhile, it's perfectly fine to do this, because prices rising is actually fine now.
They were totally going to raise prices regardless.
Remember when inflation and corporate prices rose?
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.
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?
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!
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.
Worked for Trump's first term I guess. Kill people from resisting vaccinations and mandates. Then encourage people to get vaccinated.
This. The trade deal is not too bad, but it's way worse than the pre-Trump state of things.
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.
I consider them both clowns. Who the fuck uses twitter anymore?
Clown 1 was correct, but still, arguing on the shit pile is still just standing on the shit pile.
In Denmark, Facebook is still by far number 1.. We might be cool politically, but very out of touch when it comes to keeping up with the internet.
Using Twitter in 2025 makes both these people fascism apologists
I notice this seems to happen a lot on Shitter doesn't it?
Yeah but mostly because people will fight over everything on there regardless of if they know anything
well, I disagree
How did we instantly upgrade from "feeling" to "knowing"?
He felt that he knew it.
Expertise
Feelings don't care about your facts
I lost track, how much does it cost to get the totally legit blue check on X-twit?
Enough to question the life choices of people who pay for it.
"Ah ha! That's how I know you don't know what you're talking about, you're an 'expert!' and they don't know anything! Checkmate!"
An "ex" is a has-been and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure.
So that's why you spell exspurt like that
Right wing governments need austerity to encourage the societal suspicion and infighting they thrive on.
"You don't know anything about this topic because what you say does not align with what I have in my head"
bets on the reply being a bait bot
We should just rename our planet Dunning-Kruger World.
It wouldn't surprise me if that was a bot account doing it for engagement.
At least their username and pfp are accurate; he stinks.
ekpurtz
I mean without the deal the tariffs would've been higher. Sucks
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.
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%.
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.
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
Although I get the feeling that Italian Marble and French Wines will suddenly be exempt from tariffs.
But not before his buddies bought the right stocks.
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