Tariffs Catch-All

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nycfan said:
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To be clear, I find it easy to believe that China is reneging on trade agreements. I actually would be surprised if they didn’t slow-walk and otherwise do everything they could to limit compliance with a trade agreement so long as they maintain some plausible (by CCP standards) deniability.

I am just not sure I believe that is the reason Trump had an about face on China trade this morning.

It’s tough to know what to believe when both parties lie as they breathe.
 
Bessent and Trump seem to be in lockstep here. Present scary, bad news, impact stock market, set up next Taco Trade. Ca-ching $$$.

Seems to be a recurring theme, wash, rinse, repeat.
 
Kraftyheel89 said:
Bessent and Trump seem to be in lockstep here. Present scary, bad news, impact stock market, set up next Taco Trade. Ca-ching $$$.

Seems to be a recurring theme, wash, rinse, repeat.
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Except it is getting less and less profitable. Markets are barely moving after these announcements.

I am a bit concerned that the TACO thing is hurting Trump's fragile ego and he'll do whatever he can to invalidate that moniker. He would put his ego above our country.

He also is a true believer in tariffs. He probably blames his advisors for the TACO thing.
 
Yes you are correct. The market seems to shrug off any tariff threats or tantrums by Trump, and yet, when he does the TACO, the market spikes multiple percentage points higher. It happened after the flip flop last weekend. So still same effect, without the dips however. Seems to be the way they are keeping markets propped up.
 
Kraftyheel89 said:
Yes you are correct. The market seems to shrug off any tariff threats or tantrums by Trump, and yet, when he does the TACO, the market spikes multiple percentage points higher. It happened after the flip flop last weekend. So still same effect, without the dips however. Seems to be the way they are keeping markets propped up.
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Yup. I've noticed that as well.
 
Seeing the Supreme Court stay the ruling re: mass deportations, I'm even more confident that the court will stay the ruling on tariffs. Thus, the tariffs will be back with a slight hiccup.

As I predicted, the Supreme Court is staying everything that might touch on limits to executive power (save the violation of habeus corpus). That's their way of giving Trump carte blanche having to do so expressly. In other words, they let Trump do what he wants, without creating precedent for a Dem to do the same. It's corrupt as hell.

When we get power back, several of the justices need to be put in Gitmo as enemy combatants, forever. At a minimum, the ones who have so lavishly profited from their positions by outsiders.
 
If we gain control again, I want every judge and justice to be a separation of church and state absolutist. Comingling religion and government is about as bad as it gets and any law that doesn't stand on its own merit instead of some moral or philosophical myth should not be allowed to exist.
 
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Kraftyheel89 said:
Yes you are correct. The market seems to shrug off any tariff threats or tantrums by Trump, and yet, when he does the TACO, the market spikes multiple percentage points higher. It happened after the flip flop last weekend. So still same effect, without the dips however. Seems to be the way they are keeping markets propped up.
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I haven't followed all the TACO flip flopping, but does it seem to be a regularly planned Friday thing, so everyone (press....) pretty much forgets about the market manipulation by the time the markets open back up on Monday morning?
 
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