U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts.
Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey, Trump said he agreed with comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 29 that the U.S. does not necessarily need a “booming textile industry” - comments that drew criticism from the National Council of Textile Organizations.
“We’re not looking to make sneakers and T-shirts. We want to make military equipment. We want to make big things. We want to make, do the AI thing,” Trump said.
“I’m not looking to make T-shirts, to be honest. I’m not looking to make socks. We can do that very well in other locations. We are looking to do chips and computers and lots of other things, and tanks and ships,” Trump said.
“Bro we need just one more Abrams I promise” -> Not something US generals say as far I know.
God damn… we’re back to being on about obsolete tanks again? Fuck. Stop.
I remember seeing a lot of new tanks sitting unused and unwanted in some flyover state. The governor kept people making tanks because it would’ve killed jobs in his state.
So why are there tariffs on clothes? Why have you shown the US to be an unreliable military partner and spurred other countries to invest in their own domestic (or semi-domestic in case of EU partnerships) arms industry?
So if you put crazy tariffs on clothing and don’t want to have clothing made in the US, do you expect people to run around naked on the long run?
That works better in Florida than it does in Minnesota.
That’s fine because the tanks are heated.
…so please shut up about it and be happy subsidizing the tanks by paying the tariffs on shirts and sneakers. You pay, we play. Be happy about this.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Tanks.
How very Russian.
Well then why are you slapping tariffs on shoes and t-shirts Donnie? You fucking knob
JFC, the US was already doing that. How does anyone, let alone 150 million Americans, take this idiot seriously?
How does anyone, let alone 150 million Americans, take this idiot seriously?
Well, it’s only about 70 million Americans that support this shit.
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If Baby Trump wants to make more big military things and ships why not invest in natural disaster response equipment the whole fire department and make modular frames that can be multipurposed… We really need more climate protection.
See, you already fucked up with having climate in your post.
A for effort
C for execution
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Ah yes a tank for every home and a technology in every pot.
I don’t want to pay to maintain an Abrams, but am quite happy with my insulated electric kettle that has a temperature readout. Can we just skip the tank?
Didn’t the military specifically ask for no more tanks
I love confident people explaining how a supply chain works in an advanced economy, especially when they have no clue how any of this stuff is made.
Can’t read a book, but are experts on everything from medicine to macroeconomics.
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Who you gonna sell tanks and ships to when no one trusts you to shut it off if you’ve filled your diaper?
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The military isn’t using tanks anymore.
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the American people (hopefully)
No one. They’re not planning to sell them, they’re planning to use them.
Nazi Germany made a lot of tanks too, and they weren’t exactly looking to be the world’s arms dealer.
Yes but building tanks and ships for ones own use doesn’t help to improve the economy.
Trump and his accomplices never wanted to improve the economy.
Enriching themselves and stroking their fragile egos while taking away the rights and often lives of groups of people they don’t like is all they ever wanted.
Unchecked corruption, cruelty, and subjugation, that’s what it’s all about.
Then why the fuck did he put tariffs on the t-shirts? What a fucking dumbass. How is this country so full of stupid that this man was elected twice?!?
Someone nee got into his ear and just like that his direction changed…
I couldn’t possibly tell you where it started, or every factor, but in the 90s there was a BIG push, in the msm, to have “both sides” opinions on everything. This was pushed by everyone, but championed by Fox. This is when I started to see people with brain dead takes, being taken as seriously, on msm, as people who have been working/studying the topic for decades. I always associated the start of this bullshit with this movement. This is where I first really started to see the “my ignorant opinion is as legitimate as your professional expertise” garbage being mainstreamed.
