Total lie. A tariff is IMPOSED....but it CAN be part of a trade deal.
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Trump Rants About Countries Laughing at America in All-Caps Late-Night Meltdown
- Thread starter Guno צְבִי
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As of July 8th, 2025:
SO FaR...
- USMCA: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement continues to be in force, exempting qualifying goods from certain tariffs imposed by the US on Mexico and Canada.
- United Kingdom: A trade deal was signed on June 17, establishing a 10% tariff on most UK exports to the US.
- China: A preliminary deal was reached in June, setting US tariffs on Chinese imports at 55% and Chinese tariffs on American imports at 10%.
- European Union: A deal was announced, where the EU agreed to purchase $750 billion in US energy and make new investments of $600 billion in the US by 2028, accepting a 15% tariff rate.
- Japan: A deal was announced on July 22, including Japan's agreement to invest $550 billion in the US and expanded access for US exports, with a baseline 15% tariff rate.
- Indonesia: A trade deal was announced on July 15, setting a 19% tariff on Indonesian exports to the US in exchange for no tariffs on US imports and commitments to purchase US energy, agricultural products, and Boeing aircraft.
- Vietnam: A deal was announced on July 2, establishing a 20% tariff on Vietnamese exports to the US, while goods deemed to be transshipped would face a 40% tariff. Vietnam also agreed to have no tariffs on US imports.
- Philippines: A deal was announced on July 22, but details about its finalization status were not available by July 8.
- South Korea: A deal was announced on July 30, but details about the specific terms were not available as of July 8.
- Others: Several other countries, including Thailand and Cambodia, reached trade agreements with the US during July, though specific details of their final status by July 8 are not consistently detailed across sources.
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Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
Hey dummy most people now are registered independent
Tbird19482
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And I wouldn't put it past some of the wholesalers and retailers adding an extra couple percent to those prices to pad their bottom line driving up costs to the consumer even more.
You are correct.
Almost all economists understand that tariffs 1) don't work to increase domestic production which takes years, 2) are a tax on both American companies and American consumers, and 3) are regressive in nature, hurting lower-income people more than middle- and upper-income buyers. But yeah, let's not tax the ultra wealthy because someday we might be ultra wealthy too and won't like that. *eyeroll*
Yep. Looks like we've found our Manchurian candidate, eh?
This is going to make the pandemic-caused inflation look tame. At least with this type of artificial inflation, the next (D) POTUS can reverse it with a stroke of his/her "autopen." Or the next sane (R) POTUS, if any still exist.
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Retired Teacher
If you feel that way about wholesalers and retailers
then you better stock up now... You're just not happy or optimistic about anything...
Tbird19482
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My point IS not only are prices of just about everything we buy will be going up because of Trumps tariffs but the retailers , wholesalers and anybody else in the supply chain will add a few percent more to those prices and pad their bottom line.If you feel that way about wholesalers and retailers
then you better stock up now... You're just not happy or optimistic about anything...
Don't you worry about me, it is the low income hard working people that are just getting by now that are the ones that will be getting hurt and now that Trump and you stupid MAGAS have cut ( gutted ) a lot of federal programs these people need aren't there any more and when all Trumps BS hits the fan it will be too late and a LOT of Americans including a lot of MAGAS will be hurt.
Tbird19482
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As i have said before who ever the next President is they are going to have one hell of a big mess to clean up.
I wouldn't want that job.
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Retired Teacher
I'm sorry you're not on board with making America Great Again... Everyone can learn to budget and shop wisely...They're bring back classes on daily living skills as part of the HS program, just in case it's skipped elsewhere...It's never to early to learn...
We've all been poor college students, right?
How fascinating. That's not what you cried about for the last four years during Biden's tenure. No, according to you, we were all going to do without, so many starving families, ppl couldn't even afford Taylor Swift tickets, blah blah, whine sob spit blah blah.
Poor sad Hypocritical Hannah. If only you had any principles or consistency. Tsk.
Tbird19482
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Retired Teacher
That's not happening, though...
Just your warped opinion....
The comments from Toxic are so typical of the poorly-educated and those who do not understand how economics work. They will literally say anything to express their worship of the #FatFascistFelon while ignoring reality. It's kind of you to try to educate the poor dumb MAGATards, but probably an exercise in futility.
I noticed the other day when I bought my usual weekly bunch of fresh flowers that the prices have skyrocketed. They come mostly from Brazil, where they can be grown year round. We recently bought a new outbuilding for our tractor, tools, etc. The builder told us we were smart to get it now. He expects that $16,000 building will be $20K by year's end.
Freddy Figbottom
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no it's a tariff, explicity designed for wise protectionism.Trump marked the highly anticipated start of his massive tariffs with a classic all-caps social media rant against the rest of the world.
After several delays, products from nearly 70 countries were hit with tariffs of 10 to 41 percent starting Thursday, risking price increases for everyday goods ranging from food and clothing to toys and electronics, ABC News reported.
“RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LARGELY FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS, LAUGHING ALL THE WAY, WILL START FLOWING INTO THE USA,” Trump wrote on a Truth Social post.
This is not at all how tariffs work. The duties are an import tax paid by American companies—not foreign countries—with the costs typically passed on to consumers. The tariffs will cost the average American household an additional $2,400 this year, the Yale Budget Lab found this week.
Trump Rants About Countries Laughing at America in All-Caps Late-Night Meltdown
President Donald Trump marked the highly anticipated start of his massive tariffs with a classic all-caps social media rant against the rest of the world. After several delays, products from nearly 70 countries were hit with tariffs of 10 to 41 percent starting Thursday, risking price increases...news.yahoo.com
all countries use them.
take your dumb globalism and go sell it to an idiot.
He already did. Look at the above posts...
tigerred59
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You can explain this shit a zillion and one times and it goes right over the heads of his base. He's bragging that billions will be flowing into our Treasury department soon and it will....CAUSE US CITIZENS WILL PUT IT THERE BY PAYING HIGHER PRICES. The one industry that is gonna literally paralyze this nation, is the Auto Parts industry....just wait and see. I get the idea of making it so expensive that Manufacturers will chose to build things here in the US, I get that....BUT LABOR IS NEVER GONNA SETTLE FOR A BUCK FIFTY A DAY LIKE THESE OFFSHORE NATIONS....SO wages alone will cause prices to inflate....BUT YOU CAN'T TELL THAT TO A CLOWN AND HIS MAGA CIRCUS LUNATICS.Trump marked the highly anticipated start of his massive tariffs with a classic all-caps social media rant against the rest of the world.
After several delays, products from nearly 70 countries were hit with tariffs of 10 to 41 percent starting Thursday, risking price increases for everyday goods ranging from food and clothing to toys and electronics, ABC News reported.
“RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LARGELY FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS, LAUGHING ALL THE WAY, WILL START FLOWING INTO THE USA,” Trump wrote on a Truth Social post.
This is not at all how tariffs work. The duties are an import tax paid by American companies—not foreign countries—with the costs typically passed on to consumers. The tariffs will cost the average American household an additional $2,400 this year, the Yale Budget Lab found this week.
Trump Rants About Countries Laughing at America in All-Caps Late-Night Meltdown
President Donald Trump marked the highly anticipated start of his massive tariffs with a classic all-caps social media rant against the rest of the world. After several delays, products from nearly 70 countries were hit with tariffs of 10 to 41 percent starting Thursday, risking price increases...
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Retired Teacher
The industry needs change...
Auto parts and repair has not been affordable for a very long time...
And while important, compare a mechanic's pay to teacher pay...just saying...