The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[McParadigm]

[bune]

Where's Jack Burton when you need him.

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From an AP article:

Early Friday, Trump took to Twitter to defend himself: "When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don't trade anymore-we win big. It's easy!"

HE'S RICH SO HE MUST UNDERSTAND ECONOMICS

Exactly.

[Stickman]

Wonder if he'll admit this was a bad idea a year from now.
Trump steel tariffs: European Union gears up for trade war

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Wonder if he'll admit this was a bad idea a year from now.
Trump steel tariffs: European Union gears up for trade war

You’re asking if he would ever admit he was wrong. That will NEVER happen.

[96583UP]

this may have already come up in this thread but seems topical since apparently this tariffs thing basically just came from the above geriatric cook, who lied about his net worth to Forbes just to stay in the rankings

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexand ... ed4da27515

[LetMeSleep]

So there’s a whole bunch of the world with missiles pointed at the US and a whole lot more re evaluating trade. Hmm. Good week.

[BurtReynolds]

[96583UP]

haha

yep. this happened

[96583UP]

Hilarious

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/th ... 6ea5643a43

Canada ‘flabbergasted’ by Trump’s tariff proposals

It was unclear which countries would be subject to the steel and aluminum tariffs, but Canada is the largest exporter of those goods to the United States. The foreign minister threatened retaliatory measures if Canada isn’t exempted.

We’re pretty consistently flabbergasted that Canada is at the top of the hit parade of trade villains” in Trump’s eyes, said Douglas Porter, chief economist at the Bank of Montreal.

[96583UP]

if they single out china, even just verbally

and then china alludes to paring back purchases of US Treasuries

then markets will totally shit their pants

[Monkey_Driven]

My dad is about to buy a construction company he's worked at for 35 years. He's freaking out about this steel tariff thing. He's already lost three sales due to the speculative price increases. Shitty deal for everyone involved.

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My dad is about to buy a construction company he's worked at for 35 years. He's freaking out about this steel tariff thing. He's already lost three sales due to the speculative price increases. Shitty deal for everyone involved.

Oh, not everyone. Trump will get something out of it.

[Bi_3]

Apparently Hope Hicks kept a "detailed diary" of her time at the WH.

[Stickman]

My dad is about to buy a construction company he's worked at for 35 years. He's freaking out about this steel tariff thing. He's already lost three sales due to the speculative price increases. Shitty deal for everyone involved.

Cept this guy
Ex-Trump adviser sold $31m in shares days before president announced steel tariffs

[Bi_3]

My dad is about to buy a construction company he's worked at for 35 years. He's freaking out about this steel tariff thing. He's already lost three sales due to the speculative price increases. Shitty deal for everyone involved.

Cept this guy
Ex-Trump adviser sold $31m in shares days before president announced steel tariffs

Ichan is worth like $17B, he had insider info long before Trump

[McParadigm]

My dad is about to buy a construction company he's worked at for 35 years. He's freaking out about this steel tariff thing. He's already lost three sales due to the speculative price increases. Shitty deal for everyone involved.

Cept this guy
Ex-Trump adviser sold $31m in shares days before president announced steel tariffs

Ichan is worth like $17B, he had insider info long before Trump

He also bought Trump’s crumbling Atlantic City casino and then asked for state funds to pay for its demolishing.

Whether or not he engages in insider trading otherwise is irrelevant to the question of whether or not the president used his position to enrich a friend.

[dimejinky99]

The White House is on lock down because someone shot themselves near the north lawn of the White House.

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My dad is about to buy a construction company he's worked at for 35 years. He's freaking out about this steel tariff thing. He's already lost three sales due to the speculative price increases. Shitty deal for everyone involved.

Cept this guy
Ex-Trump adviser sold $31m in shares days before president announced steel tariffs

Ichan is worth like $17B, he had insider info long before Trump

He also bought Trump’s crumbling Atlantic City casino and then asked for state funds to pay for its demolishing.

Whether or not he engages in insider trading otherwise is irrelevant to the question of whether or not the president used his position to enrich a friend.

Wasn't that the whole reason he ran in the first place?

[McParadigm]

This is going well