Trade Wars and Tariffs

[FLVOL_79]

That’ll have some good dip buys with the semi tariff talk.

I use my F-you money for that one.

 

[FLVOL_79]

What did you expect when he is surrounding himself with leg humping morons and tinfoil hatters like Musk, Loomer, Hegseth, Kennedy, Navarro and that cretin in charge of immigration just to name a few? Certainly nobody with the nads to contradict him or advise him intelligently.

If he would just concentrate on the border situation and rooting out corruption in the US government, that would be a great start and a majority of folks would strongly support that. But he is more focused on economically strong arming the world into making “deals” because that’s all he knows. Don’t think a lot of those countries are going to cooperate. The tariff situation is chaotic and not part of a well thought out plan.

Certainly other administrations have a part in where we are but the “what about” days are over. If Trump is the grand genius that a lot of MAGA folks think he is, he was voted in to fix it. What happens now is on him and his voters. As someone said earlier, the Republicans are headed for a midterm bloodbath if somebody doesn’t get his attention.

Worst thing to do in leadership. You dont want "yes men" but you don't also want people diametrically opposed to you as well. Trump has shown though that ANY non alignment with what he wants to do is verboten.

Then again ANYONE who wants to be president is a nutter to me.

 

[FLVOL_79]

LOL
That's from a due diligence she's doing on a property in OKC they're looking at buying. No, it's not military housing, right now it's squatter housing for the most part.

wtf.

But for real I saw base housing like that once. When I moved out of base housing the inspector was shocked at how clean it was. Then he showed me his picture book (polaroid's back then) of recent move outs and they looked like your pics.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Easy prediction. Everybody agrees to return to status quo and trump claims victory.

 

[evillawyer]

 

[BowlBrother85]

Easy prediction. Everybody agrees to return to status quo and trump claims victory.

I would normally agree with this, because Trump is guided by his ego, but this feels different.

Trump seems to genuinely believe that these tariffs will lead to the restoration of American manufacturing. There are so many variables at work here, it's impossible to know how this will play out.

The fact that Trump knows his name will never be on another ballot, seems to have emboldened him to take some bigger risks that he didn't take during his first term in office. He doesn't care if his approval ratings plummet. Republicans are too scared to publicly oppose him due to his vindictiveness, and his White House inner circle is comprised of nothing but "Yes Men."

 

[FortSanders]

China owes us and the world for Covid. Their tinkering in Wuhan killed more than 1 million people.

 

[evillawyer]

Thoughts from the most famous NYSE floor trader:

 

[evillawyer]

So Trump personally made this worse. Gosh, just don't get how a guy who could bankrupt a casino could make such a blunder.

 

[Velo Vol]

 

[evillawyer]

 

[eVOLve]

Yes. Folks can’t wrap their heads around what he’s trying to accomplish. Not worth explaining repetitively

 

[Wireless1]

This is 100% on Trump. The same way the post housing market crash sluggish recovery was on Obama and his obamacare policies. Except this time Trumps decisions are even more dumb.

On the remote and outside chance, this works and we do see more investment and good jobs here in the US, will all of Trumps naysayers give Trump credit?

 

[evillawyer]

 

[Majors]

Guess this poster missed the opportunity to talk about Pearl Harbor survivors would have kids and grandchildren driving Toyoto and Honda cars.

 

[evillawyer]

Trump's Razor: When it comes to Trump, the stupidest explanation is usually the correct explanation.

 

[FLVOL_79]

On the remote and outside chance, this works and we do see more investment and good jobs here in the US, will all of Trumps naysayers give Trump credit?

Sure. But I wouldn't hold my breath on that. There is nor reality where manufacturing back in the US is going to happen unless we go back in time. It costs too much already. You have to purchase land. You have hire employees with "living wages" (whatever TF that is), then you have unions, federal/state/local regulations, etc. It just makes sense to make your stuff in countries where human life has little to no value. Thats where the cost savings come from.

 

[FLVOL_79]

I was planning on buying two Omega Speedmasters this weekend. Now the prices have gone up and Im forced to settle for another Seamaster. Thanks Osama Obama Trump.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I was planning on buying two Omega Speedmasters this weekend. Now the prices have gone up and Im forced to settle for another Seamaster. Thanks Osama Obama Trump.

Lawnmowers are on sale at Lowe’s.
You think someone forgot to tell Lowe’s prices are going up?

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Instead of all the feigned outrage how about sit back and see how it all plays out over the the next 3 to 6 months.

Trump is doing what he has said the United States needed to be doing since the mid 1980s. Go watch his interview on Oprah in 86 or 87 I think it was.

If there is ever a war with China do you think they would continue shipping stuff here? They could cripple us in 6 months simply by turning off the hose of stuff we get from there. All the medications/supplements, medical supplies, clothing, shoes, electronics.

President Trump knows that the US has to claw back it's manufacturing for us to surviveas a nation. Post WWII basically until Bill Clinton went into office every small town in the country had a manufacturing plant of some kind. That's no longer the case.

 

[Ritzwatch]

I was planning on buying two Omega Speedmasters this weekend. Now the prices have gone up and Im forced to settle for another Seamaster. Thanks Osama Obama Trump.

Should just fall back to a Tudor BB57.

Beautiful on the wrist, cheaper than both the Speedy (which you will only wear on Tuesdays, of course) and the SM.

 

[Majors]

Instead of all the feigned outrage how about sit back and see how it all plays out over the the next 3 to 6 months.

Trump is doing what he has said the United States needed to be doing since the mid 1980s. Go watch his interview on Oprah in 86 or 87 I think it was.

If there is ever a war with China do you think they would continue shipping stuff here? They could cripple us in 6 months simply by turning off the hose of stuff we get from there. All the medications/supplements, medical supplies, clothing, shoes, electronics.

President Trump knows that the US has to claw back it's manufacturing for us to surviveas a nation. Post WWII basically until Bill Clinton went into office every small town in the country had a manufacturing plant of some kind. That's no longer the case.

This is the trendy outrage they are told to be upset about. No more group chat firings and no more planes returning on judges orders talk.

 

[GroverCleveland]

On the remote and outside chance, this works and we do see more investment and good jobs here in the US, will all of Trumps naysayers give Trump credit?

Their biggest fear is in the end this works.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Donald caused the market to crash.

Not globalists. Not China. Not weak hands. Not ass monkeys.

And of course there were just as many buyers as sellers.

Trump hasn’t been giving away the country over the last 8 decades.

 

[utvolpj]

Yes. Folks can’t wrap their heads around what he’s trying to accomplish. Not worth explaining repetitively

That's because it's complete nonsense