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[–] [email protected] 88 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

It's so weird hoping that China tears America a new ass hole.

Fuck him up Xi.

It feels a bit like the fat bully in the playground picking a fight with the weird asian kid who is actually a kung fu black belt.

It might shock Trump to learn that most of the shit American's like to buy comes from other countries, and no one really likes to buy American stuff. Wild.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Except the fat bully doesn’t get punished. Just a significant number of people who voted for him, and even more who didn’t. Too bad we can’t just pay tariffs based on political party.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, I think we should just stop buying things.

Like, altogether.

Lets hit a great depression, and let THAT be trumps legacy. Killing over 1 million americans intentionally, and crashing the global economy intentionally.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But that’s not what he cares about. It’s still not hurting him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except he does care about his reputation. It is all he cares about. He is just wrong about what helps it.

He will go down as the dumbest and weakest President ever. He cares. But without a ghost of Presidents past intervention, he will not believe it. He feels tough right now and, I believe, honestly thinks he is right on tariffs. He is wrong and history will record it so, but he really believes it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ooooooooh, you know what we should do? We should wait until 2028 and then forget he ever existed.

Like he'll be saying some thing on a tv show. And then the host will be like "I'm sorry.....WHO are you?" And he's like "C'mon, it's me!" And the host is like "that doesn't help" "I'm donald trump!" "Where would I know you from?" "DONALD TRUMP!!!" "Yes, I heard your name, I just haven't heard what project you're promoting."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

OMG. That is the most brilliant thing ever. I normally don’t get excited but that would be so good. Better than prison.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah. We're all on board this wild ride and none of us are experts, but I really do have a strong suspicion that this thing is going to go real bad for Trump in a very meaningful way.

It's not just like the time he said whatever stupid thing. He's really fucked everyone for no reason and even his supporters are going to judge him harshly when they lose their jobs and everything costs twice as much.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

even his supporters are going to judge him harshly when they lose their jobs and everything costs twice as much

This is where you got it wrong, his accolytes are in this as a matter of faith, if the orange cunt makes them lose their job, he only needs to blame "the woke" and they will believe it.

China must send the US to the great depression era all over again and even then, I'm not sure the magats will stop voting for him

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Zero things will happen to him unless he goes to jail for life or is killed. Other than those two, he is untouchable…. Sadly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I suspect you might be underestimating the fall out.

Unemployment will increase. The cost of everyday items will increase significantly. There may be shortages of foodstuffs.

These aren't intangible gloomy pessimistic "what ifs", but rather predictions shared by most experts.

When a significant portion of the population is unable to feed themselves they will become ungovernable.

Trump is incapable of backing down on anything ever. He just doubles down. Always. He's doing it this very moment with China and their 100% tariffs.

What else can possibly be the outcome of having an ungovernable population and a POTUS incapable of addressing the problem?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO HIM

[ ] Nothing

[ ] Death

[ ] Life in prison

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This whole situation is just embarrassing and scary, as is the entire Trump presidency, but I'd like to point out that the US exports a fuckton of goods and services around the world. At least, the US used to export a fuckton of goods and services around the world.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

The US’s largest “share” of exports to china vs other countries are soybeans and jet engines. China has spent the past decade and a half working to diversify their imports so this exact thing wouldn’t destroy their economy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. I'm hard pressed to think of any physical goods of American origin that I would have in my home. I have noticed grapes and mandarines from the US at the supermarket but definitely no household items.

You're right about services, like digital products and software. In my own personal case there isn't much but I don't think I'm indicative of Australians generally.

I think this is why the Australian government chose not to implement tariffs. We buy American things like airplanes and microsoft windows. There's no substitute for them locally so what would be the point of a tariff ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I was thinking about buying a Schiit headphone amplifier (no joke on the name!), now the USA can get focked.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Tm12 3 points 2 weeks ago

I quite like your glasses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Even if people like American stuff they're not getting paid American salaries to buy those things.

I really like some Peak Design products I bought last year but those were quite expensive for me.

https://www.peakdesign.com/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

China will squeeze the Tariff-wokism out of Trump.