https://bsky.app/profile/jonmladd.bsky.social/post/3llubxecvnk2o

If the US was conquered and under hostile occupation, what would the government do differently? Would an occupation government that wanted to crush the United States as a vibrant, prosperous country with influence around the world do anything differently?

Destroy foreign trade
Betray allies
By losing allies as customers, decimate the defense industry
Destroy government efficiency and capacity (and its human capital)
Vandalize and then sell off government buildings
Destroy basic research
Destroy public health
Destroy the higher education system


Maybe we are actually under a form of foreign occupation.

Anonymous wrote:The stock market has been absolutely speculatively raging since Trump won the election. Biden will get credit for it, but it is really about pricing in a Trump presidency.

This aged well

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Anonymous wrote:Vietnam? Taiwan? What do we have against them?

Trump has shocked us. We are awed. He can cancel these tariffs now. The US economy is sore wrecked.

Catfish farmers in Alabama, or something.

There have been antidumping cases against Vietnamese catfish. They investigate those companies’ books. We don’t need blanket tariffs.

Anonymous wrote:Vietnam? Taiwan? What do we have against them?

Trump has shocked us. We are awed. He can cancel these tariffs now. The US economy is sore wrecked.

Catfish farmers in Alabama, or something.

Anonymous wrote:Congress can revoke Trump's tariff privileges. They can do it tomorrow, or whenever the House bothers to RTO.

They won’t because Republicans are fine, hurting their own constituents. White people will continue to vote for Republicans no matter how much crap they shovel at them. Look at West Virginia, look at Arkansas, Oklahoma, look at MTG‘s district.

You cannot decouple racism from these policies. billionaires know that poor whites take comfort, knowing that they are still white.

And of course, not “all white” I’m a white person, but this is the reality.

Congress can revoke Trump's tariff privileges. They can do it tomorrow, or whenever the House bothers to RTO.

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Anonymous wrote:Senate Republicans are considering joining the Democrat vote tomorrow to stop tariffs on Canada.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/senate-vote-canada-tariffs-susan-collins-00262363

That will really be something if they vote to stop Trump. But I’m not holding my breath.

Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have introduced a bill to reverse the Canada tariffs.

Also WTF Trump thinks drug traffickers pay tariffs?

How does he keep topping himself with his sheer stupidity? How is he this galactically dumb?

He is doing this on purpose. He wants to tank the economy. He wants to make it bad for everyone except for his billionaire friends. And white MAGA will be fine with this as long as non-white people or woke people are hurting more.

Vietnam? Taiwan? What do we have against them?

Trump has shocked us. We are awed. He can cancel these tariffs now. The US economy is sore wrecked.

Piper Sandler: “The tariffs came in higher/worse than we’d expected, so we are lowering our 2Q real GDP estimate from 0% to -1%. And given where the big tariff hikes are concentrated -- China, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc.-- the risks to consumer inflation are much higher than initially thought.”

Anonymous wrote:https://www.policyuncertainty.com/

The Uncertainty Index hasn't been this high since COVID.

Common thread? Trump.

for the win!

And the fool keeps trying to tease his insane “liberation” day tariffs. It’s like he wants everyone to tune in to a special guest star appearance. He actually has ZERO idea of what he’s doing.

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Here's the S&P 500 for presidents in their first 100 days in office, going back to Obama's second term

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/live-blog/trump-tariffs-market-reactions-live-updates-rcna199172#rcrd75890

one of these things is not like the other

That’s so bad. How can Trump and the GOP not see this?

Here's the S&P 500 for presidents in their first 100 days in office, going back to Obama's second term

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/live-blog/trump-tariffs-market-reactions-live-updates-rcna199172#rcrd75890

one of these things is not like the other

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Senate Republicans are considering joining the Democrat vote tomorrow to stop tariffs on Canada.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/senate-vote-canada-tariffs-susan-collins-00262363

That will really be something if they vote to stop Trump. But I’m not holding my breath.

Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have introduced a bill to reverse the Canada tariffs.

Also WTF Trump thinks drug traffickers pay tariffs?

How does he keep topping himself with his sheer stupidity? How is he this galactically dumb?

https://www.policyuncertainty.com/

The Uncertainty Index hasn't been this high since COVID.

Common thread? Trump.

for the win!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Senate Republicans are considering joining the Democrat vote tomorrow to stop tariffs on Canada.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/senate-vote-canada-tariffs-susan-collins-00262363

That will really be something if they vote to stop Trump. But I’m not holding my breath.

Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have introduced a bill to reverse the Canada tariffs.

Also WTF Trump thinks drug traffickers pay tariffs?