Tariffs Catch-All

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[UNCMSinLS]

It's almost as if Trump doesn't remember Administration 1.0. I guess long COVID can affect mental acuity - that and long syphilis.

 

[nycfan]

Krugman is forced to return to the “dreary subject” of tariffs:

The Tariff Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

News flash: Trump is still Trump

paulkrugman.substack.com

 

[nycfan]

Krugman is forced to return to the “dreary subject” of tariffs:

The Tariff Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

News flash: Trump is still Trump

paulkrugman.substack.com

 

[nycfan]

 

[UNCMSinLS]

"Why make a deal with a man who will surely break it?"

This should be the basic question EVERYONE "dealing" with Trump should ask. Foreign countries, Republicans, Democrats, the media, universities, lawyers, judges, government workers, the markets, and most importantly, the American people, should be skeptical of anything and everything that comes out of Trump's McPie Hole.

 

[HintonJamesHeel]

We were out of toilet paper for about 2 months and that isn’t made in China.

That is a cool example but doesn’t have anything to do with the issue discussed. Toilet paper shortages were often drive by hoarding. China shut off the shipments of crucial materials out of its country.

 

[ChileG]

I have no issue with the government looking at stuff we would need to produce for national security reasons.
I doubt that applies to very many of the countries for which we are adding tariffs.
And if this is about national security, adding tariffs seems like a really dumb way to go about it.

 

[Bobfripp]

$10,000 for an electric car? China is going to bury us. We're getting left behind, and Trump is making it much worse.

-> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/...e_code=1.U08.fWuT.vORqmQ_Jspw1&smid=url-share

 

[dukeman92]

$10,000 for an electric car? China is going to bury us. We're getting left behind, and Trump is making it much worse.

-> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/...e_code=1.U08.fWuT.vORqmQ_Jspw1&smid=url-share

Ford CEO Jim Farley didn’t mince words at the recent Aspen Ideas Festival, describing China’s rapid rise in the electric vehicle (EV) market as the “most humbling experience” of his career.

"Their cost, their quality of their vehicles is far superior to what I see in the west." Farley said.

https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/ford-ceo-sounds-alarm-on-chinas-ev-dominance

 

[8992Tiger]

Not an intentional spoof, anyway …

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Not to be nit picky, but I think you meant, "Thank you For your Attention TO this Matter."

 

[superrific]

These letters read like receipts of job applications.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

He must have some sort of history blender …

 

[UNCatTech]

That is a cool example but doesn’t have anything to do with the issue discussed. Toilet paper shortages were often drive by hoarding. China shut off the shipments of crucial materials out of its country.

While true when trump announced that tariffs over 100% with China, people reacted the same way, Costco was out of TP for two weeks. I just laughed that the people must believe we get out TP from China.

 

[superrific]

He took a letter his creditors sent him threatening default on his debt and repurposed it into an attempt at international diplomacy.

Some of y'all might not realize just how embarrassing this is, but it's truly embarrassing.

 

[superrific]

He must have some sort of history blender …

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

He took a letter his creditors sent him threatening default on his debt and repurposed it into an attempt at international diplomacy.

Some of y'all might not realize just how embarrassing this is, but it's truly embarrassing.

 

[superrific]

When I see that gif, I can't help but think of a young Amy Coney Barrett taking instructions from her "head" (i.e. husband)