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The Trump team doesn’t seem to understand the severity of what they’ve done to the economy. Shipping volume is cratering and warehouses are being depleted. Peop

The Trump team doesn’t seem to understand the severity of what they’ve done to the economy. Shipping volume is cratering and warehouses are being depleted. People are going to notice the upcoming price hikes and shortages no matter how the numbers are shuffled around on the purchase order.

Henchman21 1y ago
They understand. They are meeting their goals. Their goal isn’t the continued stability of the USA.
actionfromafar 1y ago
But it will get better later you see. You just have to believe harder.
- HenryBemis 1y ago
  Heh, I think I get your sarcasm. The problem with "later" is that we got 1 life to live, and if "later" means that I've gotta wait 10 years, sorry-not-gonna-wait. As for harder.. nah.. we got history books telling us how these things play out (not well).
- malfist 1y ago
  Just like one more tax cut for the rich and they'll be satisfied and create a swath of well paying middle class jobs for the rest of us.
allears 1y ago
Oh it's a lot worse than that. Breaking decades-long international agreements unilaterally, and with insults and threats, means that any future trust and credibility has been destroyed. So even when the orange man is gone, it'll take many years to rebuild those relationships if ever.
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- Waterluvian 1y ago
  Long term I think this may be good for the 95% of us non-Americans. It’s forcing us out of a cozy minima, building new supply chains and trading partners. All while everyone is eager to find someone else to buy and sell to, which makes it easier. Maybe it’ll be a net positive for the world as long as he doesn’t destroy the world in the process. In a way this represents a redistribution of wealth away from the rich, which is what I think a lot of people want (though maybe they’d wish it wasn’t away from them)
  - dh2022 1y ago
    I do not get how this is a redistribution of wealth away from the rich (rich spend a very small percentage of their income, middle class and poor people spend almost all of their income on necessities and maybe a bit of fun, so at the end of the day rich will come ahead)
  - EasyMark 1y ago
    This does none of that. The rich will only get richer, that is the trajectory, until there is a civil war. In the meantime this is only going to hurt the middle class on down and they will finally come to realize their orange "benefactor" is actually a stooge for powers much smarter than him who want to see the USA and democracy utterly fail.
    - MattPalmer1086 1y ago
      They're talking about non-Americans. The rest of the world. We are all looking for new trading partners now. It will surely hurt Americans.
s1artibartfast 1y ago
It's hard to destroy international trade without destroying international trade in the process.

Henchman21 1y ago

They understand. They are meeting their goals. Their goal isn’t the continued stability of the USA.

actionfromafar 1y ago

But it will get better later you see. You just have to believe harder.

HenryBemis 1y ago
Heh, I think I get your sarcasm. The problem with "later" is that we got 1 life to live, and if "later" means that I've gotta wait 10 years, sorry-not-gonna-wait. As for harder.. nah.. we got history books telling us how these things play out (not well).
malfist 1y ago
Just like one more tax cut for the rich and they'll be satisfied and create a swath of well paying middle class jobs for the rest of us.

allears 1y ago

Oh it's a lot worse than that. Breaking decades-long international agreements unilaterally, and with insults and threats, means that any future trust and credibility has been destroyed. So even when the orange man is gone, it'll take many years to rebuild those relationships if ever.

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Waterluvian 1y ago
Long term I think this may be good for the 95% of us non-Americans. It’s forcing us out of a cozy minima, building new supply chains and trading partners. All while everyone is eager to find someone else to buy and sell to, which makes it easier. Maybe it’ll be a net positive for the world as long as he doesn’t destroy the world in the process. In a way this represents a redistribution of wealth away from the rich, which is what I think a lot of people want (though maybe they’d wish it wasn’t away from them)
- dh2022 1y ago
  I do not get how this is a redistribution of wealth away from the rich (rich spend a very small percentage of their income, middle class and poor people spend almost all of their income on necessities and maybe a bit of fun, so at the end of the day rich will come ahead)
- EasyMark 1y ago
  This does none of that. The rich will only get richer, that is the trajectory, until there is a civil war. In the meantime this is only going to hurt the middle class on down and they will finally come to realize their orange "benefactor" is actually a stooge for powers much smarter than him who want to see the USA and democracy utterly fail.
  - MattPalmer1086 1y ago
    They're talking about non-Americans. The rest of the world. We are all looking for new trading partners now. It will surely hurt Americans.

s1artibartfast 1y ago

It's hard to destroy international trade without destroying international trade in the process.