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But they're already talking about walking it back or lowering them tomorrow (Wed). All these stupid sky-is-falling headlines that become forgotten in a couple

But they're already talking about walking it back or lowering them tomorrow (Wed). All these stupid sky-is-falling headlines that become forgotten in a couple days when it's on to the next outrage moment. Like the whole Zelensky/Trump white house blow up is like sitting in on couples therapy. The deal is off! No, it's back on! It's tiresome. Edit: I'm not pro Trump or trying to defend the fuckery. I'm just sick of Trump headlines every day. But pls, do continue the down votes.

cmrdporcupine 2y ago
Note that the "might walk it back" thing hasn't come out of Trump, but out of one of his stooges. So more than likely it was either an attempt to pump the stock market back up (so some people can make more coin on trades), or a way to float a trial balloon to gauge reactions from Trump's base etc. Or both.
bamboozled 2y ago
"It's the art of the deal" "He's just trolling" etc
ToucanLoucan 2y ago
> The deal is off! No, it's back on! It's tiresome. On that much, we agree. Perhaps he should stop attempting to govern like the tragic parody of a business man he is and just be a normal fucking president then, with the added benefit of not being a worldwide embarrassment every.. what, 4 hours?
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afavour 2y ago
It isn't sustainable though. People are making consequential business decisions based on the tariff announcements, even if they get walked back last minute those choices have still been made. > All these stupid sky-is-falling headlines I mean, what can be done here really? They're reporting on things Trump is doing. They can't not do that.
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  I don't personally blame the media here, and it is tiring keeping up with it. There's no real solution to it outside of the circus ending one way or another.
beowulfey 2y ago
You know what's so interesting? If I had known he was going to threaten tariffs, I might have considered shorting a lot of stocks. And well, if I knew he was going to then quickly walk them back the next day, I probably would have bought those same stocks. If only I had known he was going to do this! Now that I think about it, if he had told me about these things in advance, I could probably make a LOT of money. I mean sure, it's illegal, but we could always gut the SEC[1]! [1] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/doge-targets-sec-next-for-job-cuts-priority-shifts-explained https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/doge-targets-sec-next-for-...
- lukas099 2y ago
  You can bet your right ass cheek there are all kinds of shenanigans going on right now. The president himself has broad immunity and is a known grifter, and for his lackeys of course there’s the pardon power.
energy123 2y ago
Businesses and investors hate uncertainty. Even if the tariffs get taken off again some damage will be done.
goatlover 2y ago
Didn't sound like Trump was rolling anything back during his speech to Congress. Gave April 2nd as deadline for retaliatory tariffs to go into effect.
Ancalagon 2y ago
Interesting. Does revoking all funding for Ukraine equate to "walking it back"? https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hitting-brakes-on-flow-of-arms-to-ukraine-980a71d1 https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hitting-b...

cmrdporcupine 2y ago

Note that the "might walk it back" thing hasn't come out of Trump, but out of one of his stooges. So more than likely it was either an attempt to pump the stock market back up (so some people can make more coin on trades), or a way to float a trial balloon to gauge reactions from Trump's base etc. Or both.

bamboozled 2y ago

"It's the art of the deal" "He's just trolling" etc

ToucanLoucan 2y ago

> The deal is off! No, it's back on! It's tiresome. On that much, we agree. Perhaps he should stop attempting to govern like the tragic parody of a business man he is and just be a normal fucking president then, with the added benefit of not being a worldwide embarrassment every.. what, 4 hours?

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afavour 2y ago

It isn't sustainable though. People are making consequential business decisions based on the tariff announcements, even if they get walked back last minute those choices have still been made. > All these stupid sky-is-falling headlines I mean, what can be done here really? They're reporting on things Trump is doing. They can't not do that.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
I don't personally blame the media here, and it is tiring keeping up with it. There's no real solution to it outside of the circus ending one way or another.

beowulfey 2y ago

You know what's so interesting? If I had known he was going to threaten tariffs, I might have considered shorting a lot of stocks. And well, if I knew he was going to then quickly walk them back the next day, I probably would have bought those same stocks. If only I had known he was going to do this! Now that I think about it, if he had told me about these things in advance, I could probably make a LOT of money. I mean sure, it's illegal, but we could always gut the SEC[1]! [1] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/doge-targets-sec-next-for-job-cuts-priority-shifts-explained https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/doge-targets-sec-next-for-...

lukas099 2y ago
You can bet your right ass cheek there are all kinds of shenanigans going on right now. The president himself has broad immunity and is a known grifter, and for his lackeys of course there’s the pardon power.

energy123 2y ago

Businesses and investors hate uncertainty. Even if the tariffs get taken off again some damage will be done.

goatlover 2y ago

Didn't sound like Trump was rolling anything back during his speech to Congress. Gave April 2nd as deadline for retaliatory tariffs to go into effect.

Ancalagon 2y ago

Interesting. Does revoking all funding for Ukraine equate to "walking it back"? https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hitting-brakes-on-flow-of-arms-to-ukraine-980a71d1 https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-hitting-b...