The reaction to these the new tariff policies of DJT defies logic and common sense.

Concerted global effort to bash and potentially oust Trump who is paying for all of them and their safety and funneling dark money in the form of USAID funds into their countries. Not to mention the fact that he’s messing up the globalists’ “one world” plan.

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The reaction to these the new tariff policies of DJT defies logic and common sense.

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You mean by the countries who are pushing back?

Not really.

They are simply invoking the same thing that gets posted here over and over and over and over and over, which is that we are the largest single economy in the world.

From their perspective, they're thinking, "How can those assholes be angry that we're doing whatever we can to keep our citizens working and our modest economy functioning at a reasonable level while they are blasting grand slam home runs every day with theirs? We need these tariffs. They don't. They are just being greedy. They already are the richest country on the planet, what else do they want?"

Am I saying I agree with their reasoning? No, but you should. It's a 100% populist mindset.

It's the same reasoning y'all use when you cheer Trump's populist pandering about eliminating taxes on OT or tips. The "Little Guy" ought not have to pay. Only the "greedy bastards" making all the money in the first place, regardless of the fact that they already pay a wildly disproportionate amount of the total taxes collected.

In the world economy, that's us. We're the greedy bastards. We are "The Elites." They are the "Little Guy."

Now, I don't expect anything but a bunch of mindless downvotes and insults from posting this, because that's the nature of populism...you can't be out-victimized in the populism game or you lose. So a bunch of you who will not be able to substantiate why will simply call me retarded or stupid, but that's the reality of the situation.

If you can understand your reaction to the tax pandering, you can understand their reaction to these tariffs. Because it's the same reasoning.

I don’t know what these people expect the United States to do. Are we supposed to go broke and end up a failed and collapsed country so they can keep riding the gravy train. The whole reaction is totally strange and odd. What Trump is doing is a very normal reaction to being 36 trillion in debt. They would be doing the very same thing if it were any of them in our shoes. The threats of retaliation and their overall bad attitudes have really been mind blowing.

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The fact is, people think tarrifs, higher prices for my Lowenbrau beer (that might be a bit of a lighthearted thing but not in NY which gets its power from Canada)

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The fact is, NY getting it’s power from Canada was wrong from Day 1. That’s the whole point. There is no conceivable way it makes sense for Americans to import electricity from another country. We do it from Mexico too.

If Obama would have shined light on this, as much of a despicable piece of shite that has done harm to this country as he has, I would still agree with him.

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Am I saying I agree with their reasoning? No, but you should. It's a 100% populist mindset

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The fact that you think you have the right to tell others what they should incorrectly think just proves you don't understand the "populism" you hate. Why should I agree with foreign countries tariffing us higher when I'm America First? That's retarded. You are grasping at straws desperately trying to attack Trump any way you can.

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It's the same reasoning y'all use when you cheer Trump's populist pandering about eliminating taxes on OT or tips. The "Little Guy" ought not have to pay. Only the "greedy bastards" making all the money in the first place, regardless of the fact that they already pay a wildly disproportionate amount of the total taxes collected.

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Another lie. That's all you TDS lunatics can do. No one is complaining because "the rich aren't paying enough." I'm OK with Trump's tax plan because of support lower taxes, and I can see the potential benefits.

Have you ever complained about the birth rate being too low, not having enough workers, traditional families becoming rarer? You know what fixes that? Lower taxes for the middle class. Make life more affordable and we get more babies.

Tired of our moral decay? Suburban life is better than urban life for that, but we can't help good people move up in life with lenient policies because all we can see is the direct impact of them getting an advantage we don't. The indirect impacts that benefit everyone are ignored.

You "true conservatives" bitch about our problems but then look at every situation in a vacuum, so you never find a working solution because some belief always contradicts with another when you try to solve problems in the real world. There's never any compromise for you, even when it results in the status quo you claim to not like.

Tariffs will strengthen our manufacturing base and bring jobs to families that can give them extra money to buy a home and help build a strong future. "I don't care. I only want cheaper crap."

Young people can't afford houses in decent neighborhoods to raise kids. "I don't care. No one should get a tax break for making less money. I get a tax break for having kids that other people don't, but that's fair because it benefits me. Other people paying less because of a tax break I don't get, that's not fair."

You people live in a dreamland where everything is black and white and no decision has secondary or tertiary effects.

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You mean by the countries who are pushing back?

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We are the country pushing back. You idiot.

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coolpapaboze

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My one upvote includes an implied 1000 upvotes.

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They expect us to act against our national interest because that is what the political class in this country has done for the last forty years.

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Exactly. Add to that any way they can transfer money from the American people to "causes" allows them to line their pockets. Elon is uncovering all this corruption and the left is holding their fingers in their ears and going "alalalalalalal orange man and mars man bad."

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I don’t know what these people expect the United States to do.

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Not interfere with trade between two private parties.

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The reaction to these the new tariff policies of DJT defies logic and common sense.

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IMO Trump is intentionally causing uncertainty in the market to fear money flow into the bond markets from stocks. During times of uncertainty stocks dip and bonds rise. This will help the U.S. Treasury refinance $9.2 trillion this year. I expect the the $DJI and S&P to be cut 20% from their January highs before the stock market turns up again for the better and much more sustainable climb.