• @11111one11111@lemmy.world
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    111 month ago

    I know this will get downvoted for not shitting on trump in some way but this sounds like hes telling walmart’s corporate board members to take the revenue loss at their own expense without passing the cost increase to their customers. If Bernie said this it would get a standing ovation. Fuck everything else Trump tho.

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown
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      641 month ago

      The difference is that Bernie:

      • would be advocating on behalf the American consumer.
      • wouldn’t have done this wild-ass tariff nonsense to begin with

      Whereas Trump:

      • is a narcissist who is angry that Walmart is making him look bad.
      • because he caused the problem

      I can appreciate when a stopped clock is correct, but i wouldn’t rely on it the rest of the time.

    • themeatbridge
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      441 month ago

      That’s not a fair comparison, because Trump created the tariffs. If Bernie has instituted tariffs, there would be a purpose and a plan. Trump doesn’t have a plan, or whatever his plan was it isn’t going the way he wanted. He wants the Waltons to eat the loss to make his plan look better. It has nothing to do with income inequality or wealth redistribution. It’s ego. Trump took a steamy wet shit on the carpet and he wants the rest of the world to clean it up.

        • @Mirshe@lemmy.world
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          11 month ago

          They don’t. They’ve said they really don’t. What it DOES do is increase the instability of the market, and a lot of the people behind Trump stand to profit if they can pick up the pieces after a financial collapse, just like what happened in 08, just like what happened in 2020.

    • Troy
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      351 month ago

      Bernie would have arrived with a plan, at at least something better than a concept of a plan. Assuming he decided to put tariffs on China, he probably would have raised tariffs slowly, announcing everything clearly in advance. So the market has time to spin up alternatives instead of sudden shocks causing inflation.

    • @T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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      21 month ago

      You honestly think that if Bernie imposed tarrifs on China, and then told Walmart to eat the costs people would cheer?

    • TryingSomethingNew
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      11 month ago

      Weird he’s telling them to tank their stock. That said, also crazy what the stock has done since last April.

        • TryingSomethingNew
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          21 month ago

          Look at UNH closer - it’s half what it was a month ago. +17.56 was because they just brought back an old CEO on friday. And Tesla is down $9 since close on Friday. The doge is a nice touch, though. LOL

          • @Maeve@midwest.social
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            11 month ago

            I see your point, and would prefer to see lines down, but that’s just me. Stock market shouldn’t exist, imo.