For those that praise Chump’s tariffs

[BB62]

Automobile Tariffs by Country 2024

worldpopulationreview.com

The yellow 20%.

Germany also has a 10% Foreign Car Vehicle tax.

So you're not talking about immediately after the war.

You're saying tariffs were responsible for the Japan miracle and Germany's recovery? Well that's just plain wrong on Germany. It was the opposite. Japan did institute tariffs to protect their industry but again, they were coming out of a war. Correlation is not causation.

Are you simply ignoring the rest of the post?

 

[BoilerJS]

So you're not talking about immediately after the war.

You're saying tariffs were responsible for the Japan miracle and Germany's recovery? Well that's just plain wrong on Germany. It was the opposite. Japan did institute tariffs to protect their industry but again, they were coming out of a war. Correlation is not causation.

Are you simply ignoring the rest of the post?

The link showed the current duty totals.
Germany with 10% and 19% foreign vehicle tax-29%
Compare that to the US at 1.5% total duty, the lowest among industrialized countries.

 

[BB62]

The link showed the current duty totals.
Germany with 10% and 19% foreign vehicle tax-29%
Compare that to the US at 1.5% total duty, the lowest among industrialized countries.

Blah blah blah. Never mind. Tariffs are good cause trump says they are.

 

[Katscratch]

Trump word salad anyone? Here is his answer when asked if tariffs will cause inflation. This makes Joe Biden look like a master communicator. Trump has NO idea what he's talking about. Maybe you MAGAs can tell us what he 'means to say!" because he doesn't know.


PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It might, but it’s ultimately going to be much less expensive.

I’ll give you an example.

The so-called fat drug or fat, shot or whatever it’s called Ozempic or Mounjaro in London.

You get it for $88. In New York you get it for $1,200. You can’t even buy it. It’s very unfair. The identical package made in the same factory, shipped to different places, but made literally in the same factory in London.

It’s $88, and in New York it’s $1,200. And you can’t get it.

And the reason is because everything’s added on to the United States, because the United States has been too nice. You know, I had, I had transparency done and Biden canceled that transparency would have solved that problem.

But I’m going to solve it one way or the other, including, you know, they have a certain thing like rent control in New York, and I don’t like that. But at some point, nobody’s going to.

It’s not fair that other countries, you go to Canada all of the drugs are much less expensive. I suggested that some of the governors should go buy their drugs in Canada and send them back to here. It’s very simple. So I think we’re going to do some amazing things.

 

[Quix0te]

Maybe you MAGAs can tell us what he 'means to say!"

I can tell you exactly what Trump is doing. He is using the threat of tariffs to accomplish his diplomatic agenda and he is doing a F*A*N*T*A*S*T*I*C job. Now, Trump can't say "I'm using tariffs to punish Mexico for failing to stop the illegals and the drugs." He has to come up with some half-assed quasi-economic justification, and he does. The woke then squeal "This makes no sense!" That's OK. The woke can remain in a state of confusion.

This strategy is working with stunning success. Not just Mexico and Canada, but did you see how fast those tough-talking Venezuelans turned tail and came groveling in their own aircraft to pick up their illegal greaseballs?

 

[bonefish1]

I can tell you exactly what Trump is doing. He is using the threat of tariffs to accomplish his diplomatic agenda and he is doing a F*A*N*T*A*S*T*I*C job. Now, Trump can't say "I'm using tariffs to punish Mexico for failing to stop the illegals and the drugs." He has to come up with some half-assed quasi-economic justification, and he does. The woke then squeal "This makes no sense!" That's OK. The woke can remain in a state of confusion.

This strategy is working with stunning success. Not just Mexico and Canada, but did you see how fast those tough-talking Venezuelans turned tail and came groveling in their own aircraft to pick up their illegal greaseballs?

Pretty soon all of our trading partners will realize that will Trump at the helm, the trade agreements will no longer benefit them to the extent that they have and the US will be getting much more favorable terms and concessions.
It'll be an "if you can't beat em, join em". Because in reality, they absolutely need access to the US economy, not the other way around.

 

[BB62]

Pretty soon all of our trading partners will realize that will Trump at the helm, the trade agreements will no longer benefit them to the extent that they have and the US will be getting much more favorable terms and concessions.
It'll be an "if you can't beat em, join em". Because in reality, they absolutely need access to the US economy, not the other way around.

Like the USMCA he took credit for..........then claimed Canada and Mexico were taking advantage of us on trade. He plays you idiots like a fiddle. Your post is a perfect example. You just ignore or forget that which doesn't fit your fantasies.

Q keeps claiming Canada and Mexico caved......over and over. Yet all trump got that wasn't already agreed on or offered was a fentanyl czar. Whoopee.

 

[Riveting-]

Like the USMCA he took credit for..........then claimed Canada and Mexico were taking advantage of us on trade. He plays you idiots like a fiddle. Your post is a perfect example. You just ignore or forget that which doesn't fit your fantasies.

Q keeps claiming Canada and Mexico caved......over and over. Yet all trump got that wasn't already agreed on or offered was a fentanyl czar. Whoopee.

What is your suggestion to combat fentanyl entering the US?

 

[Quix0te]

Yet all trump got that wasn't already agreed on or offered was a fentanyl czar. Whoopee.

One more time - it was agreed or offered A*F*T*E*R Trump was elected. I realize the Biden zombie had not yet staggered off the stage.

 

[BB62]

One more time - it was agreed or offered A*F*T*E*R Trump was elected. I realize the Biden zombie had not yet staggered off the stage.

Oh, then it had NOTHING TO DO with the threat of tariffs after the election did it? Or or or did Trudeau KNOW that trump was going to make the tariff threat and preemptively announced the 1.3 billion? Yeah, that's the ticket lol.

Nothing about the Mexico troops?

 

[Quix0te]

Oh, then it had NOTHING TO DO with the threat of tariffs after the election did it? Or or or did Trudeau KNOW that trump was going to make the tariff threat and preemptively announced the 1.3 billion? Yeah, that's the ticket lol.

Nothing about the Mexico troops?

You are babbling nonsense. After Trump was elected, he threatened to impose the tariffs and got results pronto. You can't seem to deal with that. Illegals have been reduced 93%.

Daily average of known gotaways at southern border plummets, down 93% from Biden administration highs

The average daily number of known gotaways at the southern border has dropped 93% since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office.

www.foxnews.com

 

[BB62]

What is your suggestion to combat fentanyl entering the US?

I suggest we don't threaten and try to intimidate one of our best allies and trading partners who is responsible for 1% of the fentanyl that comes into the country. I'm talking about Canada in case you are unaware of the facts.

 

[Riveting-]

I suggest we don't threaten and try to intimidate one of our best allies and trading partners who is responsible for 1% of the fentanyl that comes into the country. I'm talking about Canada in case you are unaware of the facts.

Canada seems to think it is a serious problem, even if you don't.

"The number of organized crime groups making fentanyl in Canada keeps growing, and Canadian officials have uncovered links between Mexican drug cartels and some domestic crime groups involved in the drug’s production."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/canada/canada-fentanyl-trump.html

 

[bonefish1]

I suggest we don't threaten and try to intimidate one of our best allies and trading partners who is responsible for 1% of the fentanyl that comes into the country. I'm talking about Canada in case you are unaware of the facts.

Why shouldn't we threaten and intimidate them if it results in a better deal for the USA? The US should have the most favorable outcome of every trade agreement we sign, period.
Again, these countries need us a lot more than we need them.

 

[BB62]

Why shouldn't we threaten and intimidate them if it results in a better deal for the USA? The US should have the most favorable outcome of every trade agreement we sign, period.
Again, these countries need us a lot more than we need them.

You are something.......with a small Johnson to boot. You wonder why people hate us. You are astonishingly clueless..........can't see past your nose.

So when we need to use airspace for a military operation, or need a vote at the UN, or we need intelligence they have, or we need natural resources they have, or we want them to join a military coalition against an enemy......... or a hundred other reasons we might need cooperation or help or support from other countries, let alone our ALLIES, why would they choose to help us after trump treats them like sh/t? When they tell trump to piss off, what........more threats and intimidation? FU. We're the USA and we can do whatever we want? Do you REALLY THINK that approach is sustainable and will be successful? Let alone being moral.......which neither you Christians nor trump give a damn about.
Why shouldn't we threaten and intimidate other countries lol?
You're a freakin lunatic. And apparently think acting like a king/strongman/dictator is what the POTUS is supposed to be.

 

[Quix0te]

And apparently think acting like a king/strongman/dictator is what the POTUS is supposed to be.

Trump is doing nothing to act like a king/strongman/dictator. He is doing a great job reducing government waste, stopping illegal immigration and fighting drug traffickking.

 

[bonefish1]

You are something.......with a small Johnson to boot. You wonder why people hate us. You are astonishingly clueless..........can't see past your nose.

So when we need to use airspace for a military operation, or need a vote at the UN, or we need intelligence they have, or we need natural resources they have, or we want them to join a military coalition against an enemy......... or a hundred other reasons we might need cooperation or help or support from other countries, let alone our ALLIES, why would they choose to help us after trump treats them like sh/t? When they tell trump to piss off, what........more threats and intimidation? FU. We're the USA and we can do whatever we want? Do you REALLY THINK that approach is sustainable and will be successful? Let alone being moral.......which neither you Christians nor trump give a damn about.
Why shouldn't we threaten and intimidate other countries lol?
You're a freakin lunatic. And apparently think acting like a king/strongman/dictator is what the POTUS is supposed to be.

You still don't get it. You're still of the belief that "If we're nice, they'll like us and we'll get what we want"
Obama and Biden were 'nice guys' and all that resulted in was them being taken advantage of.
The US is the largest, most important military and economy in the world. We should walk into the room swinging the biggest dick, because we can. We should be dictating terms of trade, military engagement, etc., because we can.
Again, every country on earth needs us more than we need them. We're in a position of leverage and power, and we've now got a master negotiator at the helm steering the ship.
Nice guys finish last. Just ask Biden.

 

[bonefish1]

Trump is doing nothing to act like a king/strongman/dictator. He is doing a great job reducing government waste, stopping illegal immigration and fighting drug traffickking.

It's hilarious when lefties, libs and dems cry for "Hope and Change", then when the change comes from Trump, they start crying about too much change.
"Well, we wanted change, but this isn't really what we meant".

MAGA!

 

[SKYDOG]

It's hilarious when lefties, libs and dems cry for "Hope and Change", then when the change comes from Trump, they start crying about too much change.
"Well, we wanted change, but this isn't really what we meant".

MAGA!

Exactly right! They want to be known as the progressive party, but the only thing they’re about is being an obstructionist party. Even if things are good that they didn’t think of, then resist the change by all measures.