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Donald Trump has continually insisted that deals over his tariffs are coming.

Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that the U.S. doesn’t “have to sign” any trade deals, inadvertently admitting that his administration hasn’t made any progress during the 90-day pause on his disastrous tariffs.

During a tense meeting to discuss tariffs with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the president attempted to move the goal posts on actually completing any agreements with foreign countries.

“Everyone says, ‘When, when, when, are you going to sign deals?’ We don’t have to sign deals!” Trump said.

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[–] [email protected] 217 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Trump: we’ve made over 200 trade deals

Everyone: with who?

Trump: she goes to another school

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

It's funny he is so stupid he can't even tell a plausible lie! Because he has to exaggerate beyond what's even possible.

https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/

Countries in the world: 195

So surprise surprise the actual number is zero. 🤣🤣🤣

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"He never said they were Earthly nations. He's making deals with nations across the galactic empire!" - One of Trump's 20 billion supporters.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She lives in Canada. Wait, not that Canada...

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[–] [email protected] 177 points 1 month ago (5 children)

“We don’t have to sign deals. They have to sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market, we don’t want a piece of their market. We don’t care about their market. They want a piece of our market,” Trump rambled.

"Trump rambled" is the best attribution for trump quotes.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

'We don't care about their market' is such a self indictment of his understanding of global trade.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Poor soybean farmers hearing that when maybe 40% of their crop ends up in Chyyy-nah

Your base mighttt care about their market lil bro

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

He'll just distribute them largess from the public coffer. He doesn't give a shit. Let them watch gladiators while Rome burns.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

To be fair, the bread is still a problem, but he's saving a bundle on the circus

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

also like… literally the reason for tariffs: because people want international goods and nobody wants yours

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If we don't care about their market, why are we trying to balance trade?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Trump doesn't. He just wants vassal states.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

This is what happens when you mainline American Exceptionalism for 80 years - It rots your brain.

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[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Emperor has no clothes. Nazis don’t care.

Dday part 2 coming soon.

[–] YurkshireLad 48 points 1 month ago

If there’s one emperor you absolutely want to wear clothes, it’s trump.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Last month, Trump claimed to have already struck 200 trade agreements with foreign countries, a remark so outlandish it sent members of his administration scrambling to make it make sense. (There are also only 195 countries in the world.)

The vile foreigner swine must have pulled out of all of them over the past month.

[–] Labtec6 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I would say this guy this is dumber than a bag of hammers but that would be an insult to the bag of hammers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

At least hammers have a use.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (9 children)

If you have money in your 401k pull it now.

Shits gonna pop

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (6 children)

You can direct your investments in your 401k to international funds much more easily

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Im planning on rolling it into Euros.

That is the likely currency to replace the US dollar.

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[–] rabber 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Doesn't matter the currency will be worthless too

Pull 401k and buy a tangible object

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is just the push I needed to buy that Mercedes, thank you

/s

[–] rabber 7 points 1 month ago

If tariffs continue for long enough then the value of all cars will skyrocket actually

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This is stupid. Selling your investments at a low price for a currency that's quickly devaluing is two boneheaded moves in one.

Move as many of your investments as possible outside of the US.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Not bad advice

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You can’t do that in the US for 401ks with the company you currently work for

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How many MAGA folks will ever see this? Probably very few. And most of those few will dismiss it without a second thought.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

He wanted to nuke a hurricane and americans still voted for him.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Well, we all know how incapable Trump is regarding business and economy. Basically any halfway professional diplomat or trade official will basically run him into the next wall, head first.

China is only the first of many countries where he will learn that he is playing with adults for the first time. These are not random bootlicking apprentices he can fire at a whim.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Holding all the cards but his casinos are gone.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Made deal with 200 nations? Yeah, imagiNations.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wherever he appears, everyone should just break out in laughter.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If we could get someone Trump listens to saying that the United States is falling behind Norway in dilithium mining, and state it confidently, he would 100% be demanding Norway's dilithium operations the next day.

We should find a way to do this.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

oh you mean Donald Trump is full of shit like always?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm really hoping that after enough people yell at him about how much money they are losing, he will just drop the tariffs and wonder off to the next disaster.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

What's that, Lassie?

All he's done is ruin everything and make the world worse for everybody?

He's crashing the US economy?

He's doing hundreds of years worth of damage to the country?

Millions of innocent people's lives are ruined?

Millions of innocent people outside of the country will probably needlessly die because of him?

What's that, Lassie?

Huh? It almost sounds French.

Oh, guillotine.

GOOD DOG!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump is full of shit. As usual.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

He also brought in 9, maybe even 10 trillion dollars to the US! No other president has even brought in 1 trillion! Did you know that?

I really wish the camera didn't keep focusing on Trump, I wanted to see Carney's reactions throughout.

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

Who is going to sign the first deal with a President who's famous for backing down? I

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