LIBERATION DAY: USA and China agree to a 90 day pause on most new tariffs

[seafoam1 2,877]

54 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Or there is a third alternative: they can threaten us and Trump will back off and surrender: 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canadian-steel-aluminum-imports/82265993007/

[The Real timschochet 6,544]

2 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

It’s right in the story that Ford backed off first. You’re pathetic. Truly. 

Sure he backed off after Lutnick promised him that Trump would back off. Lolol. 

[squistion 2,074]

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

“Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries…tariffs are a tax cut for the American people”

[The Real timschochet 6,544]

1 hour ago, squistion said:

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

“Tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries…tariffs are a tax cut for the American people”

Amazing isn’t it? And people around here actually respect her and pretend that she’s intelligent. 

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

9 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

Amazing isn’t it? And people around here actually respect her and pretend that she’s intelligent. 

Some people here actually believe this.

[seafoam1 2,877]

1 hour ago, The Real timschochet said:

Amazing isn’t it? And people around here actually respect her and pretend that she’s intelligent. 

 Oh, you are so hurting. 

This is awesome. 

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

“I’m going to say this at risk of my job,” he said. “But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is about the eighth reason we’ve had for the tariffs. And now he’s saying he’s putting 50% tariffs on Canada unless they agree to become the 51st state. That is insane. There is just no other way of describing it.”

Liesman went on to say that Trump’s posturing toward Canada demonstrates that this Trump administration is much different from the first, “where there were people around him who seemed to, I don’t know what the word is, but smooth over some of the edges now.”

He added that the president’s policies by and large have been “bad for the attraction of capital.”

“We need massive amounts of capital if we want to fund our deficits, pay for the things we want to pay for, sell our bonds, and have high stock prices. And it seems as if this administration is doing everything it can to chase foreign capital away,” Liesman continued. “Insanity’s not a strategy. I’m sorry.”

[jbycho 747]

Trump is killing the liberals. 

[supermike80 1,872]

3 hours ago, The Real timschochet said:

Amazing isn’t it? And people around here actually respect her and pretend that she’s intelligent. 

You did the same for Kamala.   So quit it.

[The Real timschochet 6,544]

35 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

You did the same for Kamala.   So quit it.

I regard Kamala Harris as extremely erudite and highly intelligent. I don’t feel the same about Caroline Levitt and I don’t see any contradiction. 

[Maximum Overkill 1,879]

1 minute ago, The Real timschochet said:

I regard Kamala Harris as extremely erudite and highly intelligent.

STOP I'M GOING TO DIE LAUGHING  

[supermike80 1,872]

50 minutes ago, The Real timschochet said:

I regard Kamala Harris as extremely erudite and highly intelligent. I don’t feel the same about Caroline Levitt and I don’t see any contradiction. 

I know you don't.  Yet others think she is very unintelligent.  The same thing you are saying about Leavitt

[Hardcore troubadour 15,167]

3 hours ago, Ron_Artest said:

“I’m going to say this at risk of my job,” he said. “But what President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane. It is about the eighth reason we’ve had for the tariffs. And now he’s saying he’s putting 50% tariffs on Canada unless they agree to become the 51st state. That is insane. There is just no other way of describing it.”

Liesman went on to say that Trump’s posturing toward Canada demonstrates that this Trump administration is much different from the first, “where there were people around him who seemed to, I don’t know what the word is, but smooth over some of the edges now.”

He added that the president’s policies by and large have been “bad for the attraction of capital.”

“We need massive amounts of capital if we want to fund our deficits, pay for the things we want to pay for, sell our bonds, and have high stock prices. And it seems as if this administration is doing everything it can to chase foreign capital away,” Liesman continued. “Insanity’s not a strategy. I’m sorry.”

Why would his job be at risk? 

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1 hour ago, The Real timschochet said:

I regard Kamala Harris as extremely erudite and highly intelligent. I don’t feel the same about Caroline Levitt and I don’t see any contradiction. 

You gotta be one stupid focker to think Kamala is smart

[Gepetto 1,333]

Democrat leadership would have just kept throwing away money until the U.S. is bankrupt.

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

1 minute ago, Gepetto said:

Democrat leadership would have just kept throwing away money until the U.S. is bankrupt.

So adding to the debt is bad?

[jbycho 747]

2 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

So adding to the debt is bad?

Sending money to Ukraine to fund a war is bad.

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

It used to be common knowledge — not just among policymakers and economists but also high school students with a grasp of history — that tariffs are a terrible idea. The phrase “beggar thy neighbor” meant something to regular people, as did the names of Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis Hawley. Americans broadly understood how much their 1930 tariff, along with other protectionist and isolationist measures, did to turn a global economic crisis into another world war. Thirteen successive presidents all but vowed never to repeat those mistakes.

Until Donald Trump. Until him, no U.S. president had been so ignorant of the lessons of history. Until him, no U.S. president had been so incompetent in putting his own ideas into practice.

In short, a willful, erratic and heedless president is prepared to risk both the U.S. and the global economy to make his ideological point. This won’t end well, especially in a no-guardrails administration staffed by a how-high team of enablers and toadies.

Trump’s critics are always quick to see the sinister sides of his actions and declarations. An even greater danger may lie in the shambolic nature of his policymaking. Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.

[Horseman 2,438]

1 hour ago, Ron_Artest said:

It used to be common knowledge — not just among policymakers and economists but also high school students with a grasp of history — that tariffs are a terrible idea. The phrase “beggar thy neighbor” meant something to regular people, as did the names of Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis Hawley. Americans broadly understood how much their 1930 tariff, along with other protectionist and isolationist measures, did to turn a global economic crisis into another world war. Thirteen successive presidents all but vowed never to repeat those mistakes.

Until Donald Trump. Until him, no U.S. president had been so ignorant of the lessons of history. Until him, no U.S. president had been so incompetent in putting his own ideas into practice.

In short, a willful, erratic and heedless president is prepared to risk both the U.S. and the global economy to make his ideological point. This won’t end well, especially in a no-guardrails administration staffed by a how-high team of enablers and toadies.

Trump’s critics are always quick to see the sinister sides of his actions and declarations. An even greater danger may lie in the shambolic nature of his policymaking. Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.

 Wakes up early to plagerize opinion pieces in the New York Times.  Who pays for that crap?  

100% Life Loser. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,167]

Just now, Horseman said:

 Wakes up early to plagerize opinion pieces in the New York Times.  Who pays for that crap?  

100% Life Loser. 

My lord. He’s just pathetic. Says he’s close to someone cashing in their 401k to buy groceries too because of Trump. Gutterboy is an unhinged flat out liar. 

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

34 minutes ago, Horseman said:

 Wakes up early to plagerize opinion pieces in the New York Times.  Who pays for that crap?  

100% Life Loser. 

Wakes up early to read my posts and accuses me of plagiarism.

Shut up nerd 

[squistion 2,074]

https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1900168730627248275

More price hikes possible:

Trump just threatened to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from the European Union in response to the region's retaliatory 50% tariff on U.S. whiskey.

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

Though the attendees identified as 60% Republican to 40% Democrat, the mood was dour. In a flash poll at the summit, 80% of CEOs said they find themselves “apologizing to our international partners for Trump’s capriciousness.” Eighty-five percent oppose his approach to tariffs and think they’re backfiring. Almost all—92%—are now concerned about recession. Indeed, Goldman Sachs’ chief economist just downgraded the entire U.S. economy.

https://fortune.com/2025/03/12/ceos-losing-faith-trump-tariffs-yale/

[Hardcore troubadour 15,167]

Trump is going to quadruple the tax on European liquor after they have put a 50 pct tax on ours. Let’s play! 

[Mike Hunt 270]

Liberal Union Hero Sean Fain endorses tariffs.

 

CNBC: The head of the United Auto Workers has become an unexpected ally for President Donald Trump’s plans for North American tariffs.

UAW President Shawn Fain, who was boisterous about his disdain for Trump during the president’s campaign, is now openly voicing his approval and support of the tariffs, which include 25% levies on automobiles and supporting parts.

 

“Tariffs are an attempt to stop the bleeding from the hemorrhaging of jobs in America for the last 33 years,” Fain said Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week,” referring to the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1992. “Tariffs aren’t the end solution, but they are a huge factor in creating, fixing the problem.”

 

[Mike Hunt 270]

7 minutes ago, squistion said:

https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1900168730627248275

More price hikes possible:

Trump just threatened to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from the European Union in response to the region's retaliatory 50% tariff on U.S. whiskey.

"Drink Local"  Booze is everywhere. 

Support your local breweries and distilleries. 

[seafoam1 2,877]

9 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Trump is going to quadruple the tax on European liquor after they have put a 50 pct tax on ours. Let’s play! 

This is great news. Fock yeah!

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

31 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Trump is going to quadruple the tax on European liquor after they have put a 50 pct tax on ours. Let’s play! 

Great news indeed!  The more pain laid on Americans the faster we can rise up against this POS and oust him.

[Hawkeye21 2,389]

25 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Great news indeed!  The more pain laid on Americans the faster we can rise up against this POS and oust him.

Yeah.  Americans are really going to suffer without their European liquor.

[seafoam1 2,877]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

Yeah.  Americans are really going to suffer without their European liquor.

Do we import Miller Lite from Europe? 

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

Most Americans think President Trump is too “erratic” in implementing his trade agenda as he slaps tariffs onto the country’s top trading partners and they want him to combat high prices, according to a new survey published Wednesday night. 

The new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 57 percent of U.S. voters, including around a third of Republicans, think the president’s policies are shaky as he imposes levies on goods coming into the country. A third, 32 percent, disagreed while 11 percent were unsure. 

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

Last month, the number of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—representing the majority of Canadians who visit—dropped by 23% compared to February 2024, according to data released Monday from Statistics Canada, while Canadian air travel to the U.S. was down by 2.4% over the same period.

The U.S. Travel Association (USTA) warned last month that even a 10% reduction in Canadian inbound travel could translate to $2.1 billion in lost spending and 140,000 jobs jeopardized in the hospitality and related sectors.

Using the USTA’s metrics, a sustained decline of more than 20% in Canadian visitors would translate to more than $4 billion in losses to the U.S. economy in 2025.

Flight Centre, Canada’s largest travel agency, told Forbes it saw a 40% decrease in leisure bookings in February compared to the same month last year, and a 20% cancellation rate on prebooked trips to the U.S. over the past three months.

FAFO

[Hawkeye21 2,389]

7 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Do we import Miller Lite from Europe? 

We should deport it.

[seafoam1 2,877]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

We should deport it.

We do. Don't we? 

[Hawkeye21 2,389]

Just now, Ron_Artest said:

Last month, the number of Canadians taking road trips into the U.S.—representing the majority of Canadians who visit—dropped by 23% compared to February 2024, according to data released Monday from Statistics Canada, while Canadian air travel to the U.S. was down by 2.4% over the same period.

The U.S. Travel Association (USTA) warned last month that even a 10% reduction in Canadian inbound travel could translate to $2.1 billion in lost spending and 140,000 jobs jeopardized in the hospitality and related sectors.

Using the USTA’s metrics, a sustained decline of more than 20% in Canadian visitors would translate to more than $4 billion in losses to the U.S. economy in 2025.

Flight Centre, Canada’s largest travel agency, told Forbes it saw a 40% decrease in leisure bookings in February compared to the same month last year, and a 20% cancellation rate on prebooked trips to the U.S. over the past three months.

FAFO

You know which country can't withstand a lack of tourism?  It's Canada.  A lot of their tourism relies on sportsmen from the US.  People from Canada are not going to fishing and hunting resorts.  They will all fail without the US.

[Hawkeye21 2,389]

Just now, seafoam1 said:

We do. Don't we? 

All of it.

[Ron_Artest 1,269]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said:

You know which country can't withstand a lack of tourism?  It's Canada.  A lot of their tourism relies on sportsmen from the US.  People from Canada are not going to fishing and hunting resorts.  They will all fail without the US.

You think Americans are boycotting Canada now?  Or they will?

[seafoam1 2,877]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said:

All of it.

Why? I like it. And yes. I did the whole craft beer thing for years. Went to countless breweries across the country and enjoyed them. And still drink some here and there. 

Stop being a snob. 

Jeez. 

[seafoam1 2,877]

4 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

You think Americans are boycotting Canada now?  Or they will?

What do you own that is from Canada? 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,167]

47 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Great news indeed!  The more pain laid on Americans the faster we can rise up against this POS and oust him.

Like an insurrection?