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[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago

I mean, here in Mexico, we'll fight the fuck back. Our president is backed by almost 80% of us, if she says anything, we'll follow. I don't think Trump can say that, not even from his own voters. He thinks he's making America great again, but his adversaries are having a ball: America is not looking strong, America is looking dumb, treasonous, fascist and alone as fuck. At the very same time, people should be aware that BRICS is now the BRICSEEEIIBBCKMNTTUUV. This guy is beating the shit out of his own creation, the USMC.

[-] Woht24@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Trump created the marines?

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's the USMC-Agreement. And yeah, blame Trump for naming it in the most unimaginative, redundant way.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2069436850145993

50 States, 50 Protests, 1day

Feb 5 @ your state capitols

Pass the word!

[-] EnderWiggin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Do people really still use Facebook?

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Moms and dads and grammas. Somehow they got there and now they can't escape.

[-] Xella@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Is there another place to see this? I deleted my Facebook last week to avoid all the Nazi propaganda :(

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The hashtag is #50501 apparently.

[-] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

That is possibly the worse hashtag they could've chosen and just confused me for a second (I know I'm not the brightest, but if I'm average then half of people would take even longer). Idk if the date would've been better, would have screaming matches on the format lol. Just seems like they're trying to setup a franchise instead of focusing on a singular date and informing everyone.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Should be 10 days if possible

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Is it downtowns or state capitols?

[-] abcd@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago

What I still can’t comprehend as a non American: It’s not Canada that’s going to pay the tariffs. It’s mostly US companies and at the end the US consumers will pay for it. That’s literally grabbing money from the pockets of US citizens. In what way does this sound like a good idea to a Trump voter? What happens if the affected countries start trading with each other and ignore the US? Trade wars have the the potential to develop into a full scale war if one of the participants is starved of the precious oil…

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 9 points 3 months ago

In what way does grabbing money from other people's pockets sound great to trump ?

Have you not seen trump ? Thats exactly what he's done his entire life.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

It's wild that his supporters are so brainwashed that they think it's a good thing. The anti tax, anti big government people.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, the people voting to burden themselves with broad new import taxes, on the basis that Trump said he's going to lower taxes.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Trump has mentioned that tariffs will help him pay for his planned tax cuts. Tariffs are like a flat-tax, which disproportionately help the rich while taking more from the poor.

I also think there may be some other angles they're working; but I'm not completely sure on. Trump often threatens people to solicit favors; so this may also be a way for him and his cronies collect bribes and favorably business deals from politicians and the wealthy from around the world. He may also have deals with Putin, because he's acting exactly how you'd expect a person to act who was trying to destroy the Western hegemony.

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[-] univers3man@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Most voters don't know how tariffs work and assume the country who's goods are being targeted are the ones who will pay. A lot of people are in for a rude awakening.

[-] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 3 months ago

This is starting because Trump himself also don't know how tariffs works

Also see the damn water reservoir thing because he doesn't even understand how water works

And see the Colombia thing

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Trudeaux announced retaliatory tarifs, which is an appropriate response however shitty it is. Everyone but the 1% lose

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

They think that all that stuff will just be made in America for the same or similar cost. They don't understand the concept of comparative advantage. That in combination with blind nationalism makes this seem like a great idea to them.

[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

I think it's a great opportunity for Canada to develop more partnership with Europe, Mexico and the rest of the world. USA is an ennemi now, a dangerous one, it's time to bring this under-educated country to his knees. They need to pay for all the suffering they brought to the world. Sorry USA, we cant not friend anymore, you made your choices.

[-] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Sucks to be linked in when I didn't choose any of this. But I get it. You gotta at this point. Fuck us.

[-] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I agree, but we should have diversified our trade in the 90s when we realized Mulroney's us/can free trade agreement wasn't going to last forever, and when it was becoming obvious that China was rising fast as a manufacturing powerhouse.

IMO, we should have forged a tightly integrated trade agreement with the EU and spearheaded the Trans Pacific Partnership way sooner.

We're in the pickle of current events because we were largely complacent at the table of a global market that marched ahead without us in the ways we wanted.

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Just continuing where his first term left off

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

If this increasing shortsightedness means what i think it means, i doubt he will be capable of office for all 4 years of his term.

[-] Toga77@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It doesn't. Project 2025 is what is happening. This shit was literally all written down.

[-] Dumpdog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Not promoting violence but was wondering if there is a deathpool... You know a place where you can place bets. A very specific deathpool. Perhaps someone can start this game as um...a joke...you know some kind of fun joke. A fun site where we can gather and joke about the deaths of dictators.

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

he will live to be 107 and will easily finish his term unscathed

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

He's a puppet at this point. President Leon is pretty visibly in charge, and I shudder to think about the smart puppeteers who are staying in the shadows.

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

President Eon isn't exactly working in the shadows lol.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Exactly, he's too dumb and egotistical. That's why I worry about the puppeteers who are intelligent enough to stay out of the spotlight.

[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And who will remove him from office if deemed incapable? Would he be replaced by his vice president JD Vance who supports his policies?

[-] Verito@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

"Makes no sense" is the perfect tagline for the entirety of a second Trump term.

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[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

People, please don't forget that they (the trump admin) redid the trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in their previous term. We are in this shit because they couldn't even make a deal previously and still think they are masters of deals.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If you are a non-Trump voter in a red state, especially if you work for the flagship company or industry in that state, I would like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what our government is about to do. We don't want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully.

[-] Azal@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago

Absolutely an anti-Trump voter in a red state who works in the healthcare industry where most of my repairs come from Canadian parts.

I know it's against the Canadian way but do not apologize. We voted this way, time to learn.

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Apologizing while doing terrible things to teach a lesson is the Canadian way. Just look at how they treat native Americans.

I'll be here all week folks!

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Dumbest executive in history, no surprise at all

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Didn't they just fire a few staff members critical of Trump?

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Does nobody understand the term "cash grab"? He'd play hell raising taxes on us to get what the tarrifs will get him

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

and that the US had a deeper “piggy bank” than its trading partners regarding a potential trade war.

I thought the US has almost 20 trilions in debts?

[-] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago

Who bought this debt (US treasury bonds)? Mostly China, Japan, North Americans and Europeans … So they depend on the system, the circle closes. The US is the biggest importer in the world, and the years since 1945 where used for exporter nations to optimize and streamline for the American costumer. Breaking away from that system would be painful.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Less than two weeks in and a Republican President has editorials from the normally-Republican-friendly Wall Street Journal taking a whack at them.

goes over to see what Cato is up to

Looks like the top three stories are all also attacking Trump.

  • Trump’s Deportations Will Hit American Workers, Too

  • Trump Administration Purge of FBI Managers Underway

  • Here Comes the Legal Campaign Against “Woke” Employers

For a guy aiming to make a big deal out of firing lots of government employees, he sure isn't getting much love from the small-government crowd.

EDIT: Just to add to that, Reason's top stories are also taking a whack at Trump:

  • Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Could Start This Weekend: Trump's second trade war has apparently arrived. There remains much uncertainty, but expect it to be costly.

  • Trump's Pro-Growth, Anti-Trade Positions Are on a Collision Course

  • Trump's Role Model McKinley Tariffed His Way to Imperialism

  • Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Sets Up Another GOP Budget Showdown: Almost exactly one year after Congress swore off self-inflicted fiscal crises, we're back to the same tired theatrics.

  • Why Is Paramount So Keen To Settle Trump's Laughable Lawsuit Against CBS?

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah I saw a Bloomberg headline this week that said the price of eggs will probably never come back down. If they had published that three months ago, maybe people wouldn't have based their vote around that.

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