Reagan would not recognize his party today if he’s still alive.
Reagan: pro free trade, stood up against Soviets aka Russia, pro immigration, pro law and order like due processes.
On and on.
I think a huge part of this country’s problem is that there are too many people in fly over country who have never visited other countries. They have zero idea what the outside world is like. And they have zero curiosity to find out.
China retaliates.
What’s Trump gonna do? Hike it to 200%?
If Trump was just messing with China, Xi would have less maneuver room. But Trump is declaring war on the entire world, Xi has nothing to lose. Where else will American buyers go? Trump put just as high if not higher tariffs on other Asian manufacturing countries.
Moron.
This woman makes no sense. The entire tone of her thread is conspiratorial and she alone sees the secret moves and behind the scene motivations. Blindly trusting Elon when he said Doge is saving 4B a day is the first hint. Easily verifiable to be nonsense.
Nobody is rushing to build factories in the US because of this tariff “plan”. You can read surveys of real business operators. They are too scared to even expand their existing plants. Many cited uncertainty of business conditions. It takes years to put up new factories and by the time it’s done Trump will be gone and the next President can just undo all this on day one.
Or Trump may have changed his mind. Like she said it could be just the opening move right? Remember Trump negotiated all these beautiful trade deals in his first term that he now just casually throw in the garbage can? And you want businesses to spend billions and years to restore? When there is not even a concept of a plan at the top?
Sometimes the obvious thing is just obvious. There is no secret 4D chess behind the scene.
This guy makes so much sense. Where did he go?
I see there would be three worlds on Earth eventually.
America (both N & S)
Asia Pacific
Europe
Minimum trading between worlds. Within the world, free trade.
What WH wants is self sufficiency in all economic and defensive needs. Factories that provide these needs have to be physically in USA… note that I didn’t say jobs because future factories are run by AI and robots, fully automated. This is not a new scenario, is formulated long ago, previous POTUS didn’t have the courage to push hard in this direction.
In fancier economic terms it is called “autarky”. Soviets and Mao China did it. North Korea and Cuba are still doing it.
What makes it super funny is that the right kept saying Kamala was a communist. Turned out they voted a Maoist into power.
From Perplexity:
This period under Trump looks a lot like Mao’s cultural revolution:
Why would JPow lower rates when inflation is about to flare up?
All this talk of inflation. Look at gold, oil, rates. The market is saying this will be deflationary. Skin in the game usually beats pundits. Only time will tell.
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This is also what I don’t understand. Taking on every nations in the world at the same time?
China’s 34% additional tariff has two goals:
However, China is preparing to back down if Trump back down as signaled by the implementation set at one day after Trump Apr 9. The ball is on Trump’s court.
https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/1908183221671440464
Trump = Mao.
Everything can be explained by Trump having an IQ below 85. It’s not that complicated.
