• @SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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    424 months ago

    Canada and Mexico are reportedly at a total loss because they have no idea what Trump even wants. It’s being reported that Trump wants to slap actual tariffs on someone just to show he means business.

      • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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        64 months ago

        He thinks tariffs are paid by the exporter. I’m not sure if he thinks this is the company exporting goods because I wouldn’t be surprised if he thinks its paid by the government of the country the goods came from.

    • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      84 months ago

      Apparently he wants the US people to pay between 20 and 100% more for pretty much everything? At least that’s my take on it.

      • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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        54 months ago

        Gotta keep those campaign promises. He was pretty clear that he was going to make inflation worse and raise federal taxes for 99% of us.

    • @Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
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      74 months ago

      While it’s impossible to know what this shit bag wants, I listened to an interview with some asshole from some conservative think tank and by the end my vibe was this:

      America is big and strong. In the past America has played fair to the benefit of everyone. But now America wants to be the biggest and strongest, and everyone else needs to be subservient to the American Masters.

      Basically America wants to be a bully by impose tariffs and not having the other countries return the favour. America wants every other country to bend over and take whatever tariffs America wants to impose without consequence

      In this perfect world it would allow America to start building up their own companies, forcing consumers to buy American and drive demand for new manufacturing businesses.

      Of course this all STILL falls apart with just a few basic questions like “if Canada does not impose counter tariffs (and even if they do) their economy will suffer greatly. Is it important for the USA to have economically healthy allies?” and “Why jack the prices so suddenly without allowing time and investing money in these new business that will be needed?”