• pulsewidth@lemmy.world
    11·
    5 months ago

    This is what happens when a guy who was, according to his professor “the dumbest goddamn student I ever had” is made president.

    He keeps trying to shove the triangle into the square hole while exclaiming, “it’s a perfect fit”.

    Tariffs alone will never bring back manufacturing to the US. Those jobs are gone thanks to globalism, and why would you need them back when you could instead invest in a more service-oriented economy and with more highly specialised (and valuable) tertiary industry jobs. All tariffs do in this situation is tax everyone and drive inflation rapidly - both at a time when people are at historically high levels of personal debt.

    • Ronno@feddit.nlEnglish
      91·
      5 months ago

      Yes he’s dumb, but on the topic of tariffs he knows it will not bring blue collar jobs back to the US_, look at his own merch or the phone he is selling, all made in China. Secondly, he didn’t write Project 2025, there are smarter people than Trump pulling the strings, there is ulterior motive to push for these tariffs. I personally don’t really know what, other than wrecking the economy or maybe purposefully devaluating the dollar.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
    7·
    5 months ago

    I feel bad for anyone who has ever had to attend a meeting with trump and Von Der Layen is no different. It tops my list of most embarrassing things you could have to deal with in your lifetime as thistle point.

  • Mio@feddit.nu
    5·
    5 months ago

    Trump thinks he made a good deal: we managed to increased all prices by 15%. Everybody needs to pay more. Lets celebrate…

    If it was so good with 15%. Just think about if he did the same with the taxes. But for taxes he instead want to lower them…

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      10·
      5 months ago

      Because the tariff is (mostly) a tax on the poor, it’s consumers that end up footing the bill. Higher taxes impact the rich more, can’t have that.

    • njm1314@lemmy.world
      23·
      5 months ago

      Tariffs are not merely an internal issue though. Sure they hurt the consumers the most, but they still are a damage of the people trying to sell the items too. Those tariffs do result in people buying less that’s why they exist in the first place.

      • Soup@lemmy.world
        41·
        5 months ago

        The USA has never really cared about consumers being able to buy things. If they did they’d make sure to pay them enough to pay for things but they’ll cause recession after recession and then bitch about people, who they told not to drink lattes to save money, not buying their useless garbage.

    • ceenote@lemmy.world
      713·
      5 months ago

      Ha! You Europoors are just mad you can’t afford to pay more money for everything! Once again, Trump totally owned you! God Bless America!

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      5 months ago

      Funny thing: probably it sucks for Americans too.

      No, it only sucks for the vast majority of them. If you produce locally, from local materials, you’re golden! I mean, its 2025 and nobody does that anymore. But there might be a few of them left.