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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It also forces farmers to sell more of their products here in the U.S., to bring grocery prices way down. We’ve already seen this with eggs.

The absolutely stupid thing about this particular statement is that egg imports had risen to meet demand which was forcing egg prices back down. The tariffs are going to completely reverse that.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Also, plus, too we're doing next to nothing about Bird Flu that's killing the egg laying chickens and causing the shortage.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The MAGA fucks will drink this new batch of Orange Kool-Aid, mixed with Russian vodka.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I wish they would all drink the Jonestown kool aid

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Millions of Americans voted with the delusion "Trump really cares about me"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It's so obvious to anyone that looks at his actual actions through his life that he cares about no one but himself.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

The wealthiest 10% of Americans own 93% of the stocks. I'm glad to hear they're hurting and not anyone else.

Trump is doing by accident things I'd never hoped to see in my life: The end of American hegemony, unification of Europe, the fall of the petrodollar, the elimination of the fake wealth on Wall Street.

But I can't stand the motherfucker.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I’m glad to hear they’re hurting and not anyone else

Except when equities plunge it drives up borrowing costs. That impedes how businesses maintain and expand their enterprises, which puts downward pressure on employment and wages.

We're also seeing a crash in commodities prices - particularly US exports - and energy demand, which is gearing up to wreck the O&G, automotive, and agricultural sectors.

It's bad bad bad for everyone. A totally unforced error by Trump that will have huge negative downstream reprecussions for us all.

Trump is doing by accident things I’d never hoped to see in my life: The end of American hegemony, unification of Europe, the fall of the petrodollar, the elimination of the fake wealth on Wall Street.

Maybe. The US has been written off a few times before this and rebounded. And there's no real reason to believe the current EU will be any less xenophobic, imperialist, or wreckless and wasteful as their American peers, given that they've been drinking as hard from the fascist well as the rest of us.

We'll see what comes of it all. Maybe America will go quietly off into the graveyard of empires and swallow a bullet. Or maybe we're come roaring back for one last nightmarish global thermonuclear Holocaust because we just can't stand not being the center of attention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Either way I’m good. Animals have had a good run. Time for the fungi to take over.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

That's hard to buy for nearly any given politician, but especially donvict - that's next-level delusion.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

GOP presidents do this every time. Crash the market and the oligarchs buy it up for pennis on the dollar.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah those bastards should let all of us buy stock with penis.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

If that is the case I guess I am getting shorted.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

😂 I'm leaving it as it is, somehow still correct

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago

Republicans are such idiots that they would mistake huffing paint as a sign of genius.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Oh, cool! If he meant to do it then nothing is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“The president isn’t a number-crunching guy, per se, but President Trump strongly demanded big numbers that would make other countries treat us fairly. And I think you can see today that those numbers are huge,”

HAHAHAHA

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

That should be illegal

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago

The Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.

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