• @BigMacHole@lemm.ee
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    2114 days ago

    I voted for Trump because he’s Bringing Prices DOWN and, as a Free Thinking Republican, you LIBTARDS need to CALM DOWN! We need SOME Hardships to be GREAT Again! EVEN though I voted for Trump for the EXACT OPPOSITE REASON!

    • @cogman@lemmy.world
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      614 days ago

      Truly Democrats just didn’t understand “the price of eggs” was actually a call to raise prices.

      • @Scrawny@lemm.ee
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        113 days ago

        When they said they’d bring down the price of eggs they meant relative to the price of everything else.

      • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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        13 days ago

        I’ve seen Trumpers simply claiming that eggs are cheaper now. And I bet many of their followers don’t question it, even as they pay more for their eggs.

  • @Einstein@sh.itjust.works
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    2514 days ago

    It’s probably dropped low enough now for him and his goonies to buy everything up just in time for the tariffs to get reversed this week. At this point I’ll be shocked if they don’t reverse the tariffs this week.

      • @markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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        1414 days ago

        Isn’t that what Canada last time he announced a Tariff then dropped it? They just said “Nope not dropping ours until you calm the fuck down”

        • @rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works
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          513 days ago

          You can’t manufacture leverage like that. The “imbalance” he’s talking about didn’t exist in the first place. If he drops tariffs, he’s still in a materially worse position than when he started. He would need to provide concessions to get other nations to drop tariffs.

          • alaphic
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            513 days ago

            Or as I like to call it: The “Play Shitty Games, Win Shitty Prizes” Principle

  • @adarza@lemmy.ca
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    1714 days ago

    On Sunday evening, he doubled down again, posting: "We have massive Financial Deficits with China, the European Union, and many others. The only way this problem can be cured is with TARIFFS, which are now bringing Tens of Billions of Dollars into the U.S.A.

    fucking moron still believes tariffs “bring in” money from and paid by other countries.

    total amount ‘brought in’ by tariffs: $ZERO

    total amount paid by working americans: $all of it