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Musk and Trump have both publicly said that people will need to accept higher prices.
by UncleMeat 2y ago
Musk and Trump have both publicly said that people will need to accept higher prices.
- llamaimperative 2y ago(After getting elected on promises to lower prices on day one)
- Xunjin 2y agoI'm not doubtful that happened, but could you provide a source?
- asveikau 2y agoThe recording I saw was Trump saying we need to accept pain. He's asked frequently why his actions make very little sense and he typically responds incoherently.
- tzs 2y agoI don't have a specific cite but I saw it in quotes from when he was announcing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico. He said they could cause price increases and pain in the US but that they would cause more pain in Canada and Mexico.
- verdverm 2y agoIts in one of his screeds on Truth or Musk Social Colbert has a good bit and quip about it
- dekhn 2y agoTrump said it directly in a news conference. https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-trade-surplus-3010e6368545e2976feb5ac6b41e528e https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china... "We may have short-term, a little pain, and people understand that,"
- butlike 2y agoPlease stop the precedent of saying both their names in the same breath
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoThey seem to be joined at the hip now, what with Elon being granted carte blanche. If it helps, I prefer "fat man and little boy".
- rsynnott 2y agoPoor ol' JD Vance is presumably https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Man_(nuclear_bomb) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Man_(nuclear_bomb) (The _third_ WW2-era bomb design, an impractically long plutonium gun-type. Much like Vance, it was rather pointless and impractical, and was never really heard from again.)