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He’s right you know.
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@georgetakei Trade is trust, the world will suffer due to these tariffs, but countries and companies will also start looking for trustworthy trade partners outside the US.
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@georgetakei As Fran Lebowitz said, "You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don't."
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@georgetakei My God, he really is that stupid.
But his enablers are also to blame-and his morons voters...
But his enablers are also to blame-and his morons voters...
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@georgetakei The less you buy, the more you save. It’s not wrong. It’s also an observation more central to #degrowth than to a dictatorship of stupid cruelty, but hey.
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@georgetakei @OnePlanet Literally dumb as a post. But still smarter than the people that voted for him.
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@georgetakei Trump has never actually made anything himself. He’s gotten much of his money renting out his name to suckers who thinks it adds prestige. So he might think that when someone gives you money, you don’t have to actually give them something in exchange.
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@georgetakei I still think the entire point is to destroy the Western economy in order to help Putin. It's a stupid plan, but it's the only thing that makes sense. If it was just trump being an idiot, the GOP and big business would stop him in a second. They're not afraid of him, they're in on it
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@georgetakei I used to think that Trump believed two untrue things: 1) that the country he is putting a tariff on pays the tariff, and 2) that a country we have a trade deficit with is "ripping us off" (when in fact it just means that we like to buy their stuff). However, when he forced Jeff Bezos not to post the tariff-induced extra costs on each product on Amazon, it demonstrated that he actually does know that the consumer pays the tariff, but he doesn't want the consumer to know that.
On the trade imbalances, I have not seen any evidence that he actually understands how trade works. So on that issue it remains uncertain whether the policy is stupid because of stupid or stupid because it's a con.
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Trump thinks only of one thing and that is Trump. He is making money along the line with his market manipulation. Could not care less about America nor the Americans…
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@georgetakei On the other hand it’s absolutely deliberate. He *wants* the economy to crash, and the rest of the world’s economies to follow. All part of ‘The Great Reset’ that Bannon keeps banging on about.
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@georgetakei If there’s anyone on this planet that is still wondering why business after business of the most attractive and successful businessman in the universe has gone bankrupt, I’ve got bad news for them.
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He's simply dumb as dirt...as are the people who voted for him. There. I said it. No apologies. The first time he was voted in, I gave his voters the benefit of a doubt. No more.
Unfortunately, being stupid is also dangerous for the rest of us.
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And the difference between a few hundred billions spent and saved is a two few hundred billions.
Finally, I suppose by accident, he has a point.
Or 2 point. Who knows?
And the difference between a few hundred billions spent and saved is a two few hundred billions.
Finally, I suppose by accident, he has a point.
Or 2 point. Who knows?
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@georgetakei the idea behind it is he thinks he should be granted everything for free.
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@georgetakei Never underestimate Trump's greed. The tariff stupidities may be insanely hurtful to the US, but they provide Trump with a wealth of speculative opportunities for self-dealing, in an environment where he has vastly superior insider knowledge.
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