He had this great, ‘bigly’ idea. Slap tariffs on the rest of the world (except Russia) and force them to bow to our will (except Russia). He made a mistake that just blew that out of the water and lost any advantage he had. The word ‘negotiate’ showed up. Just one slip of the tongue ended all his great plans. His idea of American businesses was that they could manufacture and grow all the products we had originally imported right here at home. I’m going to stick my neck out and say that isn’t possible. We are just one country in the northern hemisphere, not the entire world.
Asked by reporters whether he planned to negotiate the tariff rates, the president said, “The tariffs give us great power to negotiate. They always have.” WHAM. Lost it right there. Forcing people to bend to your will does not have that word in it. Nope. Now, other countries won’t believe it if you go back to saying you won’t negotiate. You’ve made your bed, boyo. Now you get to lie in the big pile of sh!t you just created. Too bad so sad.
He had a plan. Not a great one or even a plausible one. But at least, surprise, surprise, it was a coherent plan. Slap *everyone* with tariffs, including the penguins, and create an incentive for us to do all of those goods right here in the US. And as I said above, that’s just not possible, for many reasons beyond the specific one I listed. The key to making this work was to make it possible for our businesses to be competitive. Durable tariffs, like the ones former President Biden put in place, are necessary to show our companies that we can be aggressive in today’s markets.
From The Atlantic: Trump’s aides grasped this dynamic. “This is the great onshoring, the great reshoring of American jobs and wealth,” Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, declared on “Liberation Day.” The White House accordingly circulated talking points instructing its surrogates not to call the tariffs a leverage play to make deals, but to instead describe them as a permanent new feature of the global economy.” Okay, that seems sound. Almost immediately, Eric Trump flapped his lips and tweeted “I wouldn’t want to be the last country that tries to negotiate a trade deal with @realDonaldTrump. The first to negotiate will win – the last will absolutely lose.” BAM. There’s the first hint of it – “negotiate”. Someone didn’t send him the memo, I guess.
Someone seems to have then told THE MAN WHO PAINTS HIS FACE ORANGE that this stance would paralyze business investment, because he reversed course immediately, writing on Truth Social, “TO THE MANY INVESTORS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE.” Yuh huh. Except there’s no such thing as “taking it back”. It’s been said. No one is going to believe you won’t negotiate after this word came out that you would.
So then tRump decides to flap *his* lips. Here’s the killer that blows his tariffs out of the water. Precisely two hours and 17 minutes after insisting that his policies would never change, Trump returned to Truth Social to announce excitedly that the policies were going to change: “Just had a very productive call with To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who told me that Vietnam wants to cut their Tariffs down to ZERO if they are able to make an agreement with the U.S. I thanked him on behalf of our Country, and said I look forward to a meeting in the near future.” No one is going to believe a damn thing from him about negotiating tariffs is a no go. Not only did Agent Orange shoot himself in the foot, he also shot *both* feet and *both* kneecaps. Traitor Tot, you done f*cked up.
We are waging a trade war against the entire planet. Other countries are banding together against us (except Russia). When Japan and South Korea get together with *CHINA*, you can pretty much conclude that we’re in a bad, bad way. You can’t use the strong-arm tactic against everyone. And now that you’ve said “negotiate”? You can’t undo it. Once more from The Atlantic: In any case, the madman approach to achieving freer global trade by tanking the American economy, whatever odds it may stand of success, is simply not the same thing as creating a permanent new system of protected domestic industry. That vision had danced in Trump’s head since the 1980s. He decided that now was his chance to finally make it happen. It lasted less than a day. Well, hell. Nicely done, asshole. Nicely done.
Zoomers, if you have any spare change, please, we could use it. We are now entering month five of Trump Depression Syndrome, the moniker given to the phenomenon of a lot of Democrats tuning out from politics to save their sanity. I understand and respect that. I also know that somebody has to stay on the front lines, or there won’t be an army left to fight this war. So, that’s us. Please, we could use your help. And thank you for coming here to read about all the events. Ursula
all America wins because Vietnam is going to give, I mean negotiate, the permits for trumps personal business to build a hotel there?
Hahahaha well said sir!
🤨 Plan. He had a plan?! Oh, Susan, you crack me up…”we don’t need no stinking plan!” 🤣 In business, something Trump knows nothing about, people tend to say “plans don’t work, but planning does.”
[from Google AI Overview: The original of that phrase “plans are useless, but planning is indispensable” is often attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower, emphasizing that while specific plans might fall apart, the process of planning itself is crucial for success, especially in dynamic and uncertain situations.
🫡 I trust any statement from the D-Day planner. But, Trump doesn’t respect planning. He wants the uncertainty. He is the dynamic process! He is Dear Leader! As I watched news this morning, in the 8:00 a.m. (MT) hour, it started with a little bit of hope because the stock market had gains. By the end of the hour, those gains were gone and continued downward! As I researched what happened, I found that Trump had screamed about China reataliating with 34% tariffs. “If China does not withdraw its 34% tariff increase, along with its long-term trade abuses, by tomorrow, April 8, 2025, the United States will impose additional 50% tariffs on China, effective April 9!” Does that mean bring the total to 50% or add 50% more to bring it to 84%?! Who the hell knows! “But that’s not all, because [Trump] also announced that all talks with China regarding their requested meetings will be suspended.”
So, once again, Trump destroyed any stability the world markets were seeking! Market volatility! So much winning! 💩💩💩
Gee, sorry I said that.