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Well, it's true that that figure of $2 million is wrong. From the Marxist-Leninists at Fox News: "Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, who has taken a buzz saw to the federal government workforce as he steers Trump's recently created Department of Government Efficiency, dished out roughly $20 million in the Wisconsin race through aligned groups in support of Schimel." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/liberal-wins-first-major-2025-statewide-battleground-election-race-turned-trump-musk-referendum You gotta get out more.

Unfortunately, the US has a Supreme Court that treats the presidency as though were a kingship.

And it's a good thing that other countries won't respond with countervailing tariffs because you know... logic...

I never had seen that one. But usually when I think I've come up with an original bon mot and check it on the internet, it turns out that somebody or several somebodies, have gotten there before me. So discouraging.

Samsung is makes more mobile phones than anyone else, including Apple. It's a good thing it's phones aren't manufactured in China but in Vietnam instead... Vietnam is actually where Samsung phones are made, most of them anyway. Samsung's manufacturing facility is located in Vietnam's Thai Nguyen province where two factories are churning out smartphones, tablets and wearable devices. The company is in the process of adding another factory to the facility to further increase its production in the country. https://www.sammobile.com/where-are-samsung-phones-made/ oh wait a minute...maybe not such a good thing... https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/politics/vietnam-regrets-us-s-decision-to-impose-46-tariffs-4869825.html

Actually, not random. Not sensible but not random. Basically you take the the percentage of exports vs imports and divide that percentage by 2. For example. Let's say the USA imported $10 billion from country ex and exported 5 billion. 5 billion is 50% of 10 billion. Divide that by 2 and you come up with 25%. And that would be the tariff. Except when the formula yields a number lower than 10%. Then it's still 10%. Even in the case of countries like Brazil that actually run a deficit in trade with the USA.

They why does Trump repeatedly cite false tariff rates to justify the tariffs. And even if a country runs a deficit with the US, a 10% tariff charge will still be imposed on it.

False, The 10% figure is the minimum for every country (except partially Mexico and Canada) regardless of whether they run a trade surplus or deficit with the USA.

That's what the penguins want you to believe. They're everywhere.

You mean the huge invisible docking facilities and warehouses located on these islands?

That's what those fentanyl smuggling amphibians want you to believe.

How about "America is the greatest country in the United States?"

Excellent point!! After all, even though China has imposed a 34% tariff on all US imports and taken several other retaliatory measures, what does that matter when compared to the possible acquiescence of Thailand

Except that, before the vaccines were introduced, death rates from COVID were very close in both red and blue America. But once there were the vaccines, then the death rates diverged. And, no, it wasn't the unvaccinated who fared better

On Friday evening in Beijing, in a rapid fire series of policy announcements including 34 percent across-the-board tariffs, China showed that it has no intention of backing down in the trade war that Mr. Trump began this week with his own steep tariffs on imports from around the world. China’s Finance Ministry said it will match Mr. Trump’s plan for 34 percent tariffs on goods from China with its own 34 percent tariff on imports from the United States. Separately, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it was adding 11 American companies to its list of “unreliable entities,” essentially barring them from doing business in China or with Chinese companies. https://archive.ph/QrBwf Actually, after Canada and Mexico, China is America's third largest export market. China is also going to restrict the export of seven rare earth elements which it pretty much has a lock on. Rare earth elements are crucial to lots of industries. Doesn't look exactly like China is quaking in its boots.

President Trump said this week that Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have been “decimated by the relentless strikes” that he ordered beginning on March 15. But that’s not what Pentagon and military officials are privately telling Congress and allied countries. In closed briefings in recent days, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only limited success in destroying the Houthis’ vast, largely underground arsenal of missiles, drones and launchers, according to congressional aides and allies. https://archive.ph/itWrr#selection-4589.0-4601.254 Limited success is bureaucrat-speak for failure.

It is hard to figure how much payback will be coming from consumers outside of the USA. Maybe track Coca-cola sales? Allthough, I think Coca-cola has been so thoroughly naturalized throughout most of the world that it may not be affected. McDonald's and/or Burger King maybe? Still these are companies that sell physical products. Not the same as services.

Here's a link to a page that addresses this issue in some detail. https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/medicare/medicare-premiums.html

Honorable people back up their claims.. It's ip to the person who makes the claims to provide the evidence. I'm not your research assistant.

Because the Nazis were big fans of antitrust enforcement?

Service sectors — which include the finance, travel, engineering and medical industries and more — make up the bulk of the American economy. Exports of these services brought more than $1 trillion into the United States last year. But that dominance also gives other countries some clout in negotiations — including the ability to impose some pain on the U.S. economy as they look to retaliate against Mr. Trump’s tariffs on goods. https://archive.ph/p61f5

It's been the case for a long time that inflation for the elderly is a lot higher than the inflation average for everyone. Trump in his first term actually made it worse by using a "chained" measure of inflation instead. . In addition, medical costs in the US have been rising far faster than inflation.

Thanks for still evading the issue.

Rather, the reason Trump has a bunch of tech guys around him is because they see an opportunity to profit bigly by enabling him.

Whether this is true or not , why couldn't the same be said for American expats living in Thailand?