Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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I'd break out the popcorn if this weren't so fucking terrifying.
Retaliatory tariffs and boycotts on American goods...thats what comes on this path.
 
CRHeel94 said:
I'd break out the popcorn if this weren't so fucking terrifying.
Retaliatory tariffs and boycotts on American goods...thats what comes on this path.
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Oh, I'm in full popcorn mode. It will be painful for all of us, but I'm fine with that if it teaches anyone a lesson. What will be frustrating is all the conservatives blaming Biden when their 2026 RAV-4s and iPhones are 40% more expensive than the ones they can buy now.
 
superrific said:
Also, the pre-16th Amendment federal government was much, much, much smaller.

We didn't have much of a standing military, and we invested like nothing in weapons system. There was no social security, or Medicare, or Medicaid. There was no FCC because there was no C to speak of. There was no FTC either. Or EPA. There were no federal roads to maintain.
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Yes, and that's exactly what the Trumper GOP wants to go back to. Or at least their wealthy leaders do. Doing so would be an economic and humanitarian disaster of epic proportions, just for starters, but as they're wealthy and would likely benefit from even more tax breaks they probably don't give a shit. Much of Trump's base would be devastated, but as anyone outside his cult knows already neither Trump nor Musk or nor anyone at the top of the GOP food chain cares about his base other than to get their votes every two to four years.
 
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www.washingtonpost.com

Trump aides ready ‘universal’ tariff plans — with one key change​

President-elect’s aides look at universal import duties, but only on certain sectors, among first big moves of presidency.

"... If implemented, the emerging plans would pare back the most sweeping elements of Trump’s campaign plans but still would be likely to upend global trade and carry major consequences for the U.S. economy and consumers.

As a candidate, Trump called for “universal” tariffs of as high as 10 or 20 percent on everything imported into the United States. Many economists warned that such plans could cause price shocks, and many Republicans in Congress might have criticized them.

Two weeks before Trump takes office, his aides are still discussing plans to impose import duties on goods from every country, the people said. But rather than apply tariffs to all imports, the current discussions center on imposing them only on certain sectors deemed critical to national or economic security — a shift that would jettison a key aspect of Trump’s campaign pledge, at least for now, said the people, who cautioned that no decisions have been finalized and that planning remains in flux. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

...The potential change reflects a recognition that Trump’s initial plans — which would have been immediately noticeable in the price of food imports and cheap consumer electronics — could prove politically unpopular and disruptive.

But consideration of universal tariffs of some kind still reflects the Trump team’s determination to implement measures that can’t be easily circumvented by having products shipped via a third country.

Exactly which imports or industries would face tariffs was not immediately clear. Preliminary discussions have largely focused on several key sectors that the Trump team wants to bring back to the United States, the people said. Those include the defense industrial supply chain (through tariffs on steel, iron, aluminum and copper); critical medical supplies (syringes, needles, vials and pharmaceutical materials); and energy production (batteries, rare earth minerals and even solar panels), two of the people said.

It’s also unclear how these plans intersect with Trump’s stated intent to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada and an additional 10 percent tariff on China unless they take measures to reduce migration and drug trafficking. Many business leaders view those measures as unlikely to ever take effect, but some people familiar with the matter said they could be imposed along with universal tariffs on key sectors. ..."

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Farm/food sector seems noticeably absent from this universal tariff plan ...
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Trump aides are doing what? I thought this was just a negotiation tactic?
 


(Biden just blocked the sale to a Japanese company, which is suing).
 
Again, all this should be viewed through the lens of Musk as a key advisor to Trump and nominated member of his administration…





[Musk retweeted this]

 




He is busy working with Nancy Mace to try to gin up a parallel “rape gang” scandal in the USA:

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Meanwhile, Farage bends to Musk’s will after initially gently chastising him …

 
All Musk retweets today:







[Wilders is an anti-immigrant/particularly anti-Islam nut in the Netherlands]
 
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