Trump Policies & Actions Mega-Thread

[puporing]

16 minutes ago, Elliott said:

After tarrifs are imposed there will be less holding back from other national leaders, I can't wait, pair that with astronomical prices here in the States. I just hope more Democrats run to capitalize on this.

They can learn a lot from these leaders outside the US, and independent media. I really don't think being sorta soft and neutral is a good strategy, Trump and Musk are not soft and so you need something of an equal or greater force to deal with these guys.

Edited February 27 by puporing

[Frylock]

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada go live tomorrow. Stocks are tumbling.

America!

[Joshe]

[PurpleTree]

 

[sholomar]

 

[Joshe]

This is what we need. World leaders speaking directly to the U.S population. 

 

[Joshe]

[Soullee]

https://youtu.be/miyO-sF0DZk?si=yu3n_x6qciGK70D2

[Elliott]

The u.s. is at war again. Houthis targeting u.s. naval ships with missiles.

 

https://www.aljazeera.com › news › liveblog › live-us-bombs...

18 hours ago · “Our forces targeted the Truman aircraft carrier with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone,” he said. The US

Edited March 16 by Elliott

[Elliott]

https://www.reuters.com/world/china-japan-south-korea-will-jointly-respond-us-tariffs-chinese-state-media-says-2025-03-31/

China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese ...

16 hours ago · BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs

 

[aurum]

 

Making American great again by torpedoing our ability to compete in scientific research:

Surely RFK will save us.

[Elliott]

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com › news › defence

19 warships, 50+ fighter jets encircle Taiwan as China slams ‘parasite ...

17 hours ago · Tensions rise as China deploys 19 warships and over 50 fighter jets around Taiwan in a military exercise, warning the island's

[aurum]

Trump liberating us all from a functioning economy:

 

[aurum]

Making America healthy again by gutting essential health services:

 

[Thought Art]

Terrific tarifs 

[zazen]

A good video on Trump tariffs:

A Balaji take from X:

“DOLLAR INFLATION IS GLOBAL TAXATION

There is just a fundamental misconception about what the USA actually is.

It is the seat of a global financial empire (or was). It makes its money by printing it. For example, it printed $1.25T for just one purchase back in 2010.

Do you know many Nikes you’d have to sell to make a trillion dollars?!?

The reason the American Empire had the right to print a trillion dollars at its whim is because it was managing the global financial system for everyone. So it had the right to impose global taxation via dollar inflation. Every time it printed $1T, that was divided by the 6B+ direct and indirect dollar holders worldwide, not just the 330M Americans.

In other words: the whole world paid the US to run the empire. And got diluted down (aka taxed) every time the US printed another dollar. That’s why Milton Friedman said inflation is taxation without legislation.

Anyway — the USA could impose global taxation via dollar inflation because it was a stable jurisdiction for multinational business, due to Delaware. It issued visas for scientists and workers from all over the world. It didn’t have psychos bombing cars, shooting CEOs, or blocking roads. It advocated free trade, respected property rights, and only sanctioned rogue states.

Now all that is gone. The US is no longer a neutral arbiter of the rules-based order that it once set up for its own benefit. And so it’s going to lose that money-printing power. But before it goes, you should understand what it’s losing.

Because the money-printing business model was way, way, way more profitable than working for a living. Yes, it had long-term negative consequences, but in the short and medium-term (meaning: multiple decades) it had absolutely no peer.

Exiting the money-printing business to return to the abandoned manufacturing business is likely not even possible because of the societal instability such a sharp decline in living standards will cause.

Anyway, the people who ran American Empire could have spent this money more wisely. They could have taken far better care of their own citizens, and dropped fewer bombs on non-citizens. Then they wouldn’t be at this juncture.

But *how* it spent the trillions is distinct from the indisputable fact that the US printed trillions in the first place. So the American Empire as an entity wasn’t being ripped off by the world, especially by countries like Vietnam.

More the contrary.”

Edited Thursday at 07:45 PM by zazen

[zazen]

 

 

“Despite having a free trade agreement since 1985 that made 98% of U.S.-Israel trade duty-free—with only a few minor agricultural tariffs totaling about $11 million annually—Israel was still hit with a 17% U.S. tariff in 2025, even after eliminating all remaining tariffs on U.S. goods. This proves the new tariffs aren’t about reciprocity or fair treatment, but about punishing trade imbalances. The formula used targets countries based on how much more they sell to the U.S. than they buy, regardless of whether they tariff U.S. goods or not. Even America’s closest allies aren’t exempt—showing this is retribution, not reciprocity.”

Edited Friday at 07:44 AM by zazen

[Elliott]

2 hours ago, zazen said:

 

 

“Despite having a free trade agreement since 1985 that made 98% of U.S.-Israel trade duty-free—with only a few minor agricultural tariffs totaling about $11 million annually—Israel was still hit with a 17% U.S. tariff in 2025, even after eliminating all remaining tariffs on U.S. goods. This proves the new tariffs aren’t about reciprocity or fair treatment, but about punishing trade imbalances. The formula used targets countries based on how much more they sell to the U.S. than they buy, regardless of whether they tariff U.S. goods or not. Even America’s closest allies aren’t exempt—showing this is retribution, not reciprocity.”

Marco is also now crying to Europe because they're going to stop buying as much u.s. defense supplies and make their own. (R)etards, literally Republicans are retards.

Colombia just ordered Swedish Gripens instead of American f16s.

 

 

https://www.globaldefensecorp.com › canada-plans-to-buy...

Canada plans to buy 72 4.5 generation fighter jets from Sweden or France ...

5 days ago · The Saab Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale could see an increase in sales if other countries decide to forgo their F

Edited Friday at 09:48 AM by Elliott

[Joshe]

 

[DocWatts]

US Senator Chris Murphy's refreshingly clear sighted take on Trump's insane tariffs. This isn't 'economic policy' so much as it's Trump's attempt to rule American like a mob boss - tariffs are his weapon to reward loyalty and punish dissent.

USA : Senator Chris Murphy lays out why Trump's insane tariffs are "a tool to collapse our Democracy"

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3lluxkmx7wc2m

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

This week you will read many confused economists and political pundits who won’t understand how the tariffs make economic sense. That’s because they don’t. They aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.

You see, our founders created a President with limited and checked powers. They specifically put the power of spending and taxation in the hands of the legislature. Why? Because they watched how kings and despots used spending and taxes to control their subjects. British kings used taxation to reward loyalty and punish dissent. Our own revolution was spurred by the King’s use of heavy taxation of the colonies to punish our push for self governance. The King’s message was simple: stop protesting and I’ll stop taxing.

Trump knows that he can weaken (and maybe destroy) democracy by using spending and taxation in the same way. He is using access to government funds to bully universities, law firms and state and local governments into loyalty pledges. Healthy democracies rely on an independent legal profession to maintain the rule of law, independent universities to guard objective truth and provide forums for dissent to authority, and independent state/local government to counterbalance a powerful federal government. But the private sector also plays a rule to protect democracy. Independent industry has power.

The tariffs are Trump’s tool to erode that independence. Now, one by one, every industry or company will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief. What could Trump demand as part of a quiet loyalty pledge? Public shows of support from executives for all his economic policy. Contributions to his political efforts. Promises to police employees’ support for his political opposition.

The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry. As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears. And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.

Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever. The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons. But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.

The people still have the power.

Edited Friday at 01:21 PM by DocWatts