What is the US really trying to achieve with all those tariffs?

[Rafael Thundercat]

6 hours ago, PurpleTree said:

They are tanking the economy.

They are making enemies.

What‘s really their main goal?

https://regenfuturist.substack.com/p/the-2025-tariff-chaos-history-shows

I find this things on Threads, basicaly the X of Instagram. Great people sharing there, much better than X. 

Just saying

 

[kylan11]

2 hours ago, Wilhelm44 said:

Daylight robbery. And there's nothing anyone can do ?

Sure, the SEC should (again, SHOULD) investigate blatant insider trading and similar fraud... except that the whole system is rigged, there are no adults in the room. They've been kicked out one by one (you could argue there never were any, see the 2008 financial crisis or senators turbo selling stocks prior to COVID).

So don't hold your breath.

[WikiRando]

The story of civilization is daylight robbery into revolution into daylight robbery. Lol

[Terell Kirby]

23 minutes ago, Apparition of Jack said:

Few people willingly admit this but Trump is basically only in power to maintain white supremacy.

I think there are more sophisticated tools for the perpetuation of white supremacy that supersede Trump and existed long before he became president (most are subtle, systemic in nature). Trump enables these preexisting structures of white supremacy and advances agenda through things like Supreme Court appointees and regressive policies that impact our education system and voting rights (immigration and border control as well).

But make no mistake, Trump is so incompetent that he can actually make life for average white supremacist difficult in some pretty unique ways (unbeknownst to them).

[Lyubov]

4 hours ago, PurpleTree said:

I don’t know but probably the conspiracy theorists in me can’t help but think that there are deeper reasons to this and that Donald agent orange is just used as an easy to hate narcissist gross figure.

You know that delusional entitled incoherent boomer that just spews ridiculous ideas and expects everyone to conform to their world view? Ok, well one of them was good at campaigning and won a presidential election. 

[Rafael Thundercat]

 

 

[gambler]

9 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

You don't think Trump's grifter friends and family shorted the market right before he announced tariffs?

Trump's friends and family can basically make billions just by asking him to issue or revoke tariffs any day of the year.

How come there's no transparency to see this stuff? Shouldn't the FBI be watching this stuff and bringing it to the public?

Edited April 8 by gambler

[DocWatts]

6 minutes ago, gambler said:

How come there's no transparency to see this stuff? Shouldn't the FBI be watching this stuff and bringing it the public?

The FBI is compromised - Trump is replacing career agents with loyalist cronies whose only qualifications are a willingness to help Trump break the law and weaponize federal agencies.

Edited April 8 by DocWatts

[gambler]

3 minutes ago, DocWatts said:

The FBI is compromised - Trump is replacing career agents with loyalist cronies whose only qualifications are a willingness to help Trump break the law and weaponize federal agencies.

It's times like these where I need a vomit emoji.

[Davino]

Only 5.34% of the current presidential term has been completed. Trump will be 1.383 more days in office

 

Edited April 9 by Davino

[Leo Gura]

37 minutes ago, gambler said:

How come there's no transparency to see this stuff? Shouldn't the FBI be watching this stuff and bringing it to the public?

Dude, Trumpists have hijacked all the agencies. There is no one guarding the henhouse any more. The foxes are in charge. No one is going to investiage their crimes. And Trump will pardon everyone in the end.

Trumpists are busy every day robbing the public blind. That's the entire point of the Trump admin.

Edited April 8 by Leo Gura

[UnbornTao]

14 minutes ago, Davino said:

Only 5.34% of the current presidential term has been completed. Trum will be 1.383 more days in office

 

Thanks! 

[PurpleTree]

25 minutes ago, gambler said:

It's times like these where I need a vomit emoji.

🤮 

[Leo Gura]

[AION]

I might buy an iphone right now, they say the price might double at the end of the year

[Breakingthewall]

I think you're short-sighted. Maybe Trump is very dumb and immature, but no human being who acquires that kind of power is immune to the enormous responsibility that comes with it, especially at a time like this. Trump wants to go down in history as someone important, not as a cheap swindler who made some scumbags rich. He'll probably crash the economy and get expelled or killed, or maybe his gambit will pay off. Who knows, but he certainly isn't immune to responsibility.

[Hojo]

They think that countries are leeching off then and are trying to nationalize america. They think they are as big and strong as they are with no other country. They don't know half their population is very unhealthy and the other half won't go back to the factories.

Edited April 8 by Hojo

[sholomar]

Most mammal species will take free handouts when they're give them... I find it amusing nobody's willing to acknowledge there was a US stock bubble and thinks  it's normal to have 30% year over year gains in the market or that the stock market actually benefits the average working person when the cost of living in the US is among the highest ever under these asset bubbles.

Not left or right, just watching the circus play out and watching human nature and chuckling at all this drama.  The top and bottom suck from the middle, because that's human nature. Privatize the gains and socialize the losses. No matter what "side" you are on human nature doesn't change... we are often our own worse enemy, or our genetic makeup is.

It's most amusing to me watching the older generation, the wealthy, and those with assets lose their marbles over an asset bubble that might be popping, at least for now. Welfare for the rich. Give it time and they'll do more quantitative easing, and bail out the hedge funds, unfortunately.

Edited April 8 by sholomar

[zazen]

They want to maintain hegemony, and contain any threats to it (China).

Trump is monetizing that hegemony. What they want is to sell America to the world. What they have on offer is: trade (goods - dollars) and security (service - deterrence).

Unfortunately the sales strategy isn’t diplomatic but extortionate.

They are coercing nations onto their hegemony subscription plan - where you buy Security as a Service, and trade goods exclusively in dollars.

 

Edited April 9 by zazen

[Jayson G]

I have an amazon business, and I was asking my dad who incurs the tariff costs of the new shipment i get from china, he's like of course you do. I looked at him and said "of course, why just hurt the world when you can hurt americans too (trump logic)" 

That's just my limited interpretation. I have no idea about tariffs.