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This was really about the growing influence of China in Central America. The pocket change is just beer money. Biden asleep in rehobeth beach the last 4 years.
How in the world do you know this is what “this was really about?” Because Trump said so?
Trump first said his tariffs were about “trade deficits,” then it was about raising money to pay down debt and fund the government, then it was to stop fentanyl.
And if that were truly the goal, then his way of accomplishing that is a really bad way of going about it.
Like we saw with his first round of tariffs (and are seeing with this one): the effect of the tariffs only made trade for American businesses harder, and raised China’s influence.
 


“… The move to purge people who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith had ostensibly come from the acting attorney general, James McHenry, who sent the formal termination notices that said they could not be trusted to implement Trump’s agenda.

But the genesis for the firings was Trump himself, according to two people directly familiar with the matter …

Trump’s intervention to remove the prosecutors in Smith’s office was seen by some of his advisers as the start of their efforts to make it normal practice to have the attorney general work with the West Wing to enforce and enact its political agenda.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

After Trump instructed his advisers that he wanted the prosecutors gone, the White House presidential personnel office, led by longtime Trump ally Sergio Gor, issued a memo that directed the justice department to proceed and gave the move a degree of legal cover. …”

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Possibly the least surprising scoop ever.
 
The fresh duties, announced by China’s Ministry of Finance, levy a 15% tax on certain types of coal and liquefied natural gas and a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement cars and pickup trucks. The measures take effect on February 10.

The Ministry of Commerce and China’s customs administration also announced new export controls effective immediately on more than two dozen metal products and related technologies. Those include tungsten, a critical mineral typically used in industrial and defense applications, as well as tellurium, which can be used to make solar cells.
 
Trump’s tariffs cost me about $7k yesterday (a lot more if you factor in what we should all being making during a bull market).
His tariffs cost me about $600 per month in interest payments on my home.
So, almost $10k so far.
Hilarious, right @HeelYeah2012?

Luckily, he is also planning to raise my taxes and probably cut my social security. Maybe some uniformed snarky comments from people who admit they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to current events would help my mood.
 
I'd be curious to see how many of those fiscally positive trying to come here are turned down and for what reasons.
 
Trump’s tariffs cost me about $7k yesterday (a lot more if you factor in what we should all being making during a bull market).
His tariffs cost me about $600 per month in interest payments on my home.
So, almost $10k so far.
Hilarious, right @HeelYeah2012?

Luckily, he is also planning to raise my taxes and probably cut my social security. Maybe some uniformed snarky comments from people who admit they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to current events would help my mood.
Gotta crack a few eggs, Chile!
 
Actual vote just completed, RFK advances out of committee on a party-line vote. 14-13
 

Trump is an amazing negotiator. He leveraged Canada to implement plans that it agreed to last year:giggle:

 
It will turn into a shit show, Canada will agree to some marginal change that is irrelevant to how the countries interact, ala sending deportees on military planes instead of civilian ones, and the MAGA idiots like ramrouser and calla will pleasure themselves while they bleat about how Trump owned them Canucks!
So predictable as I posted back when these tariffs were announced. These MAGA idiots have such a high tolerance for accepting obvious bullshit.
 
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