Originally published at: Foreign Governments are ‘Playing Trump’ on Trade - TPM – Talking Points Memo
President Donald Trump on Thursday night signed an executive order applying blanket tariffs to scores of countries. In announcing tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% levied against around 70 countries, Trump began a new chapter in a volatile, months-long saga that reached a fever pitch over the last couple weeks, during which he also announced…
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Well, that’s no surprise given that he’s an utter fool. But we, and much of the rest of the world, are still getting screwed by these tariffs and the shitstorm of confusion around them, every day and in every way.
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The Heard and McDonald islands are not playing any games with pedo and are paying their full share of tariffs up front.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics and Federal Reserve have experienced a reduction in workforce.
The employees providing statistics should provide the statistics that are expected by elected officials, not real numbers. They are messengers who should bring the right message to the right occasion. Providing statistics is a privilege, not a right because America always deserves to have low unemployment and low inflation through the best statistics. There is no reason that statisticians should face no occupational hazards or have guaranteed job security. Their performance will be evaluated by the numbers they make up and how well they follow instructions to cook the books.
Same thing with election officials, they should count the votes that matter and disqualify those that are not quite right so that we get the desired outcome.
I think the President will appoint his favorite daughter or son to the Federal Reserve governorship. Ms. Loomer is another option but she will get Johnny Roberts’ position on SCOTUS when he resigns for not making the best choices in judging cases.
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Can you get the MSM to pick up on Two Scoops’ bullshit?
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They’re appeasing a toddler and everyone in the world knows it but him.
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“The case is expected to make its way to the Supreme Court, which could declare most of Trump’s tariffs a violation of the law and void them.” – That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in awhile.
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Also a true statement, although “could” should be replaced with “should”.
Which is a sign of the times.
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Luckily for other countries, the felon and pedophile Trump, Peter Navarro, and Howard Lutnick are idiots.
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What do you think Fox news and social media outlets would have said if Biden had decided to build a brand new ballroom after tanking the economy?
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Experts Say Foreign Governments Are ‘Playing Trump’ on Tariffs
Of course they are. He’s riding his negotiators to just close deals, so foreign governments make superficial concessions to placate the baby and screw us in the fine print, which Bessent et.al. don’t bother to read, and wouldn’t understand if they did.
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It’s possible the Supreme Court will surprise us all, follow the law and Constitution and promptly declare the Trump regime’s tariffs to be wildly illegal — which they are to any objective observer.
It’s also possible the corrupt partisan hacks who make up the Supreme Court’s infamous MAGA 6 will ignore the law and Constitution and rubber stamp the tariffs.
A third alternative is the MAGA 6 will cynically do nothing and stall the case for years, prevent any injunction on Trump’s abusive tariffs, and rule down the line they are illegal and unconstitutional in such a manner that let Trump run wild during his term and preventing a Democrat from ever doing the same thing.
Given their cynical partisan behavior, I think the third alternative is most likely.
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“The Art of the Schlemiel” by Donald J. Trump, coming soon to a bookstore near you!!
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When America’s entire negotiation strategy here is the willingness to do extreme self-harm, it doesn’t surprise me that countries would want to call Trump’s bluff.
I find it delicious, however, that they don’t even have to do that. They just have to give Trump a lie he can tell.
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How many times would Dear Leader have to be allowed to ‘win’ before the operator could empty his wallet with slick moves and smooth patter?
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FoxConn didn’t finish their touted investment.
Carrier didn’t proceed with their factory improvements.
China didn’t buy promised soybeans.
And those were in the first (disastrous) Trump term.
TACO Trump is a chump. Only MAGA morons and fascists believe him.
Business bigshots are too afraid & craven to tell him he is FOS.
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I’ve had cause to wonder if this wasn’t why they aren’t in a great hurry to actually rule on anything.
Also, and, they can always wait to rule in favor of the commonly agreed upon understanding of the law until after Donnie has gotten everything during his administrations active life and then plead, “No harm, no foul,” because, in the end, they upheld the law.
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Do you mean while they were handing out pitchforks and lighting torches?
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When I liven in NY I liked to watch the 3-card Monty guys run their grift. If you ignore them and watch the cards, it’s not that hard to decipher.
The felon is playing a game now in which he is unable to identify the mark.
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Live by the idiot, die by the idiot.
I didn’t intend to live by the idiot but some of my fellow voters – and the entire Republican party --didn’t really give me a choice.
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