Eleventy billion percent just around the corner

  • selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    7 days ago

    Lol good god drumpf is the stupidest freaking blob ever to have existed…

    And I’m including pond scum and red algae bloom in that.

    Chinese citizens, we implore you to do your worst memeing the shit out of the orange cancer! It’s been hilarious

  • TipRing@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    26
    ·
    7 days ago

    After 100% what’s even the point? Margins on imported goods are already tight, after you price imports out of the market you’re just increasing the number in a meaningless way.

    • gressen@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      7 days ago

      Imagine you’re manufacturing an end product that contains 10% of parts that are under tariffs. Your end cost goes up by 10% of that tariff value, i.e. by 24,5% in this case.

    • malloc@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      7 days ago

      No logic. Using this as distraction as rest of administration does atrocious things. Flood media with enough bullshit and the most egregious shit gets unnoticed.

      No due process for deported migrants.

      People getting picked up off the streets to never be seen again.

      Orange man floating the idea of US citizens getting sent to foreign prison.

      Oh, and the genocide going on with Israeli govt hardly getting any notice. Have to follow UN directly and parse through their reports.

      We are only 3-4 months into this shit stains presidency/“leadership”.

    • Snowclone@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      Trump recently said he thinks more extreme tariffs will cause instant business relocation to the US.

      • Jaysyn@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        If he’s negotiating with countries, then he doesn’t care if they build factories here, he just wants bribes.

  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    7 days ago

    I think part of this is that because they “paused” the other tariffs, they still want to feel like they’re punishing a ton of countries. So that means they go from a 54% tariff on China just a few weeks ago, to the 104% tariff on China for just a few days, then the 124% tariff on China, and now the 245% tariff on China. They want to feel like they’re punishing other countries and this is the only way they can get that feeling, that fix. They’re fucking idiots.

  • Elaine Cortez@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    7 days ago

    Do you think we’ll find out the maximum number that Trump and his ilk can count up to from this?