Trade Wars and Tariffs

[evillawyer]

This one goes out to Donny and all his feckless enablers. And to all you goobers who were really really pissed off about pronouns in email footers. Congrats, you did it!

 

[Ashevolle]

And most on here think this is a good thing.

As Stephen Colbert once quipped about Bush 2, "What I like about Bush is he believes the same thing on Wednesday that he believed on Monday ... despite what happened on Tuesday"

This is how the guillotine comes back en vogue

 

[05_never_again]

Seeing progressive hand-wringing about the stock market is hilarious to me. They told me it was just some playground for the 1% that isn't connected to the "real economy" at all, and just because it is doing well (or poorly) doesn't mean that the economy is doing well (or poorly).

 

[Majors]

And most on here think this is a good thing.

As Stephen Colbert once quipped about Bush 2, "What I like about Bush is he believes the same thing on Wednesday that he believed on Monday ... despite what happened on Tuesday"

Seems legit. White House official speaking anonymously always move the liberal needle.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Good god, man.

To state the obvious, the markets don’t like Trumps’s moronic tarriff scheme. Put the blame where it belongs. Square on Donald.

So you think that Donald Trump is who’s selling all of those shares? Or are you just kind of slow with comprehension?

 

[Orangeburst]

This is how the guillotine comes back en vogue

lmao..good luck

 

[rekinhavoc]

“Rekinhavoc”

The irony. You and Trump doing just that.

Player hater.

 

[05_never_again]

So you think that Donald Trump is who’s selling all of those shares? Or are you just kind of slow with comprehension?

Like in most panicky selloffs after a recent high, this selling is driven by CTAs, hedge funds, and other institutions who were overly committed to what was working during the preceding rally (Mag 7).

IMO, NVDA's reaction to the seemingly ridiculous DeepSeek news back in January kind of telegraphed this. Everybody seemed to think that was, at the very least, a pretty dubious claim DeepSeek was making but the stock dropped about 10% that day and hasn't been the same since.

 

[mrorange211]

Me after buying the dip for the 13th times this week:

 

[evillawyer]

But at least we got rid of DEI and brought in qualified white guys who know what they're doing.

 

[volbeast33]

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[n_huffhines]

If only the right had been this vocal about tariffs for the last 8 years.

 

[n_huffhines]

 

[Vol423]

Good for you.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's gone about this about as stupidly as he could have but I'm hoping like hell it works out in the end. I'm in the wait and see mode right now, I've lived through this shot a couple times and always came out better so no reason to throw a hissy fit YET.

...unless you're a liberal. Then it's simply a matter of deciding the exact label to be applied to (cause of) your weeky hissy fit.

 

[Ashevolle]

Seeing progressive hand-wringing about the stock market is hilarious to me. They told me it was just some playground for the 1% that isn't connected to the "real economy" at all, and just because it is doing well (or poorly) doesn't mean that the economy is doing well (or poorly).

Anyone not worried at this point is a serious tw@t

 

[Vol423]

Gimme a fkn break. I know plenty of people who don't have cable/streaming because $70/month is too much. An extra $10k = $65/month over 30 years. There are people that think that money matters believe it or not.

Time to send huff back to the remedial math class.

$10,000 / 360 months = $27.78/month for your cable/streaming service.

I'm assuming you meant adding $10K to a mortgage. That would give you a 6.771% interest rate to get $65/month in payments.

 

[C-south]

Time to send huff back to the remedial math class.

Dude has lost it as bad as ever the past couple months.

 

[Vol423]

Dude has lost it as bad as ever the past couple months.

I'm not sure he ever had it in the first place, but his math is a testament to the job liberals have done running our educational system. Maybe @luthervol will agree to tutor him. I'm sure that would help.

 

[C-south]

I'm not sure he ever had it in the first place, but his math is a testament to the job liberals have done running our educational system. Maybe @luthervol will agree to tutor him. I'm sure that would help.

Yea he’s always been out there but Trump getting elected has pushed him into a new level of being unhinged. He use to try and hide his looney leftism but has finally just given that schtick up.

 

[volbeast33]

Anyone not worried at this point is a serious tw@t

i’m not worried.

 

[hog88]

i’m not worried.

No reason to worry, whatever happens will happen. Deal with it and drive on.

 

[Majors]

Anyone not worried at this point is a serious tw@t

Settle down Chicken Little.

 

[Vol423]

@n_huffhines, here's one for you. Let's say you buy 2 Starbucks Venti Lattes (price $4.15 per their website as of 4/1/2025) per week for 30 years.

Total cost = $4.15*2*52*30= $12,948, or 29.48% more than the $10K you were referencing.

 

[Majors]

Yea he’s always been out there but Trump getting elected has pushed him into a new level of being unhinged. He use to try and hide his looney leftism but has finally just given that schtick up.

Trump was supposed to be in jail. Too many had faith in media manipulation to think for themself.

 

[dduncan4163]

If yall don't mind explaining what are the theoretical benefits of these tariffs? I dumb as dogsh*t on this and I don't know what to think. I see whats happening and its damn near impossible to find an explanation without political bias. I keep hearing this will cause a 2008 level crash and recession. Will it though?