Trade Wars and Tariffs

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lawgator1 said:
Always seemed odd to me that these channels can't hire conservative men that aren't smug as fock. Kernen and Jennings. Always with a glib smirk on their faces. Just very off putting.
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they aren't going to go out and actually employ someone that makes the other side look good.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Oh I absolutely expect him to ignore it. And then blame it on the next admin when it doesn’t materialize. We already had this with a huge battery facility I think in WI? Or somewhere around there?
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I am willing to bet a good bit of it is funny money anyway. some of those dollars were already slotted to come here. but they were a bunch of individual deals that either government had very little to do with. so the head honchos got together, packaged all those deals together and slapped their logo on it, and called it "new".

hey its new because it wasn't built at the time, but the money was already allotted for that spending. so I doubt these deals are actually achieving much that is "actually" new. DT doesn't care because he gets to put his name on it, and his base will never question him.

like the superconductors you mentioned, thats both a european and asian thing that was already in the works. we were already seeing japanese car mnfrs open up plants here, and they have been looking for new sites for a while.
 
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Carl Pickens said:
Is this from Johnny Dangerously? Lol
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Affirmative.

Roman Moroni: “I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves.”
 
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"While India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country."


 
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#5,959
lawgator1 said:
Always seemed odd to me that these channels can't hire conservative men that aren't smug as fock. Kernen and Jennings. Always with a glib smirk on their faces. Just very off putting.
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I can say the same things about Andrew Ross Sorkin.
 
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volfanhill said:
They get hired for the smugness. Pissed the base off more. They tune in just to see what that smug SOB says next
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That's not true... well not in my case anyway. I want to know what is going on in the business world. I used to get a good glimpse of that in the NY Times business section years ago when it was actual paper, but even they got political in their reporting. I think about the best broadcast venue is Bloomberg, but their graphics are too overwhelming and their hosts are so monotone that I fall asleep.
 
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Eric Daugherty
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump strikes another trade deal.

Pakistan and OIL.

“We have just concluded a Deal with the Country of Pakistan, whereby Pakistan and the United States will work together on developing their massive Oil Reserves. We are in the process of choosing the Oil Company that will lead this Partnership. Who knows, maybe they’ll be selling Oil to India some day!”

“Likewise, other Countries are making offers for a Tariff reduction. All of this will help reduce our Trade Deficit in a very major way. A full report will be released at the appropriate time. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
 
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jmacvols1 said:
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump strikes another trade deal.

Pakistan and OIL.

“We have just concluded a Deal with the Country of Pakistan, whereby Pakistan and the United States will work together on developing their massive Oil Reserves. We are in the process of choosing the Oil Company that will lead this Partnership. Who knows, maybe they’ll be selling Oil to India some day!”

“Likewise, other Countries are making offers for a Tariff reduction. All of this will help reduce our Trade Deficit in a very major way. A full report will be released at the appropriate time. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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British Petroleum has entered the chat.
 
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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 BREAKING: In yet another stunning victory for Trump's tariff agenda, Mexico AGREES to REMOVE ALL NON-TARIFF BARRIERS.

"Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which there were many."

"We will be talking to Mexico over the next 90 Days with the goal of signing a Trade Deal somewhere within the 90 Day period of time, or longer. Present at the meeting were Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, United States Trade Representative and Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, and United States Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller."

"There will be continued cooperation on the Border as it relates to all aspects of Security, including Drugs, Drug Distribution, and Illegal Immigration into the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!


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jmacvols1 said:
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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2h
🚨 BREAKING: In yet another stunning victory for Trump's tariff agenda, Mexico AGREES to REMOVE ALL NON-TARIFF BARRIERS.

"Mexico has agreed to immediately terminate its Non Tariff Trade Barriers, of which there were many."

"We will be talking to Mexico over the next 90 Days with the goal of signing a Trade Deal somewhere within the 90 Day period of time, or longer. Present at the meeting were Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, United States Trade Representative and Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, and United States Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller."

"There will be continued cooperation on the Border as it relates to all aspects of Security, including Drugs, Drug Distribution, and Illegal Immigration into the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!


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Another extension ?

Trump et al focus on the snapshot in time of GDP growth today to say that the tariffs aren't causing problems, but then want to talk about inflation as a trend to justify calling for lower rates, even when it hovers just under 3 percent.

And then they misleadingly cry foul when they point back to critics' predictions in April about the effects of tariffs when what they've actually done is a third or less of what was threatened at the time.

It's as if they think their shell game on this is reality.
 
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lawgator1 said:
And then they misleadingly cry foul when they point back to critics' predictions in April about the effects of tariffs when what they've actually done is a third or less of what was threatened at the time.
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Trump initially put out high tarriff numbers simply to get countries to the negotiating table and those that came to the table Trump said would get good deals. Appears 15% is the tarriff amount Trump was shooting for all along.
 
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jmacvols1 said:
Trump initially put out high tarriff numbers simply to get countries to the negotiating table and those that came to the table Trump said would get good deals. Appears 15% is the tarriff amount Trump was shooting for all along.
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The critics (and supporters) could not forecast based on unknown and uncertain negotiated deals. They worked off the proposed numbers, at the time. As Trump & Co. move the goal posts almost daily now, the forecasts have to be re-done.

All of which means that the Trump victory lap on this may -- not definitely will, but may -- be premature.

Personally, I hope he succeeds. Good for me personally. I'm just saying don't jump the gun.
 
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jmacvols1 said:
Trump initially put out high tarriff numbers simply to get countries to the negotiating table and those that came to the table Trump said would get good deals. Appears 15% is the tarriff amount Trump was shooting for all along.
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its an easy thing to claim after the fact.

publically tell everyone one thing.
then when you don't achieve it, just tell everyone what you did achieve is what you actually wanted.

its Stalin-economics in reverse, instead of just changing the report to meet the standard, regardless of the truth; we are changing the standard to meet the report after the fact.

it keeps him from ever being held accountable, and it allows him to lie and claim anything he wants as win.
 
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