3 minutes ago, illisdean said:

More Trump effect. Didn't take very long.

And on it goes. Maybe some mandarin speaking folks from PEK will step up too.

 

 

1 hour ago, illisdean said:

It's already ruined, thanks to the mentally challenged Biden "autopen" disaster regime.

 

You damn lucky MAGA has the solution at hand. Be thankful for once. Or do you prefer what the man who insists on placing tampons in boys washrooms in MN schools has to offer? Maybe FREE tampons for every eligible wokerster in America and anyone who enters America as an illegal alien. You should be thanking Trump for saving, fixing the immigration border destruction biden /harris caused! 

The cult speaks.

All based on an error.

Bunch of amateurs.

It's insulting to amateurs to call them amatuers.

Of course Trump is incapable of ever admitting a mistake so he'll just double down on the totally insane destruction that he has started.

 

 

On 4/3/2025 at 8:51 PM, NoDisplayName said:

 

Heard and McDonald Islands: 10% (charges U.S. 10%)

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/04/02/heres-the-full-list-of-trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-announced-wednesday/

 

Wouldn't want some large country using one of their teeny, tiny territories to avoid tariffs.

Perfect example of current administration dipshhit decisions based only on some incorrect paperwork.  They have no desire for accuracy.  A shock and awful campaign.

On 4/4/2025 at 10:57 PM, Cryingdick said:

 

Do they have any plans to retaliate?

They are pretty heavy people from all accounts. Descended from British navy mutineers and intermarried for generations. I had a friend from there who was the singer in a punk rock band. Maybe he will go there and <deleted> on Donald Trump's front lawn. 

18 hours ago, Jingthing said:

The cult speaks.

A cult doesn't have 77 million people. That's called a revolution.

A cult has a few thousand people with blue hair and pronouns, loves child sex deviations, lies like a sidewalk, and loves committing acts of violence against anything MAGA including acts of domestic terrorism targeting tesla with firebombs, arson, vandalism, etc. When liberals lose, which is a frequent occurrence for them, instead of learning from their continual failed outcomes they resort to violence. Not only are the loser liberals a cult of muppets, they are the cult of violent muppets, AND don’t forget your cult brethren advocating for men in women sports. Which one are you...??

LOL.

On 4/4/2025 at 2:27 AM, MalcolmB said:

There is that Golden Showers with the Russian hookers tape. Melania has barely forgiven him for the Stormy Daniel’s thing and the other rapes.

Best not to poke the Russian bear.

Prove that tape exists or it's just another Democrat lie.

Melania isn't Russian.

 

So far you believe in something that doesn't exist, and don't know anything about geography. Are you a liberal winner?

20 hours ago, Wongkitlo said:

Maybe he will go there and <deleted> on Donald Trump's front lawn. 

Good way to end up shot to death. The Secret Service don't mess around any more.

On 4/3/2025 at 8:06 PM, Jingthing said:

Trade imbalances have nothing to do with tariffs. Trump is lying about tariff reciprocity. Belarus and North Korea also excused.

 

It's ok if you don't understand what is happening. Luckily there are more informed members ready to explain.

 

"The tariffs that go into effect Wednesday range from 10 percent to 40 percent on nearly 60 countries. They are calculated based on the U.S. trade deficit with each country and will be added to a 10 percent global levy that went into effect on Saturday."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-tariffs-foreign-governments-negotiations.html

 

Can you guys finally understand it's not a straight tit for tat tariff but calculated to stop trade defecits? So sick of seeing people with no idea what is going on spitting their dummys out the pram 24/7.

 

 

17 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

It's ok if you don't understand what is happening. Luckily there are more informed members ready to explain.

 

"The tariffs that go into effect Wednesday range from 10 percent to 40 percent on nearly 60 countries. They are calculated based on the U.S. trade deficit with each country and will be added to a 10 percent global levy that went into effect on Saturday."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-tariffs-foreign-governments-negotiations.html

 

Can you guys finally understand it's not a straight tit for tat tariff but calculated to stop trade defecits? So sick of seeing people with no idea what is going on spitting their dummys out the pram 24/7.

 

 

Stop trying to gaslight us.

Did you see the Trump Tax Tariff Rose Garden event?

Notice how it was falsely presented.

RECIPROCAL TARIFFS.

Not based on reciprocity. Not based on tariffs either.

 

 

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

So far you believe in something that doesn't exist, and don't know anything about geography. Are you a liberal winner?

Aren’t you that male nurse who lives in NZ?

On 4/3/2025 at 10:48 PM, NoDisplayName said:

 

According to U.S. government data, the U.S. has recorded trade deficits with Norfolk Island for the past three years. The island exported $300,000 worth of goods to the U.S. in 2022, $700,000 in 2023 and $200,000 in 2024. Its imports from the U.S. stayed at $100,000 in those years.

 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/trumps-tariffs-target-tiny-australian-islands-including-some-with-no-people/article69407600.ece

 

And what about those uninhabited islands?

 

According to World Bank export data, the U.S. imported $1.4 million (A$2.23 million) worth of goods from Heard Island and McDonald Islands in 2022, with the vast majority classified as "machinery and electrical" products. The specific nature of these imports remains unclear.

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-trump-tariff-norfolk-island-we-are-scratching-our-heads-trump-imposes-29-tariff-on-tiny-remote-australian-island-with-barely-any-exports/articleshow/119941985.cms

 

OMG the Penguins on Heard Island have been busy exporting goods to the Land that has a lunatic in charge

On 4/3/2025 at 10:48 PM, NoDisplayName said:

 

According to U.S. government data, the U.S. has recorded trade deficits with Norfolk Island for the past three years. The island exported $300,000 worth of goods to the U.S. in 2022, $700,000 in 2023 and $200,000 in 2024. Its imports from the U.S. stayed at $100,000 in those years.

 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/trumps-tariffs-target-tiny-australian-islands-including-some-with-no-people/article69407600.ece

 

And what about those uninhabited islands?

 

According to World Bank export data, the U.S. imported $1.4 million (A$2.23 million) worth of goods from Heard Island and McDonald Islands in 2022, with the vast majority classified as "machinery and electrical" products. The specific nature of these imports remains unclear.

 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-trump-tariff-norfolk-island-we-are-scratching-our-heads-trump-imposes-29-tariff-on-tiny-remote-australian-island-with-barely-any-exports/articleshow/119941985.cms

 

It seems clear those figures are based on incorrect US data. A closer examination shows that the goods that were supposed to come from Norfolk Island, were actually based on data entries where the:

 

Quote

port of departure is Norfolk, UK, or the destination is Norfolk, Virginia in the US, or a company’s registered address in New Hampshire (NH) has been listed instead as Norfolk Island (NI).

 

The supposed US imports from Heard and McDonald Islands were also apparently based on mislabelled bills of lading.

 

Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade

 

Perhaps if these tariffs hadn't been implemented in such a rushed and haphazard manner, such obvious errors could have been caught.

What Trump has done can't be defended with any kind of rational argument.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

It seems clear those figures are based on incorrect US data.

from your link:

Among the erroneously labelled shipments over the past five years

 

So you're saying that Biden Regime documentation is not to be trusted?

 

Let's get Doggie looking into this and see what else the Biden Regime has falsified.

USA has about twenty Free Trade Agreements with various countries. trump's unilateral imposition of tariffs would surely be in breach of the Agreements. Anyone know why this issue isn't being covered by media?

 

https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements

On 4/7/2025 at 2:03 AM, Jingthing said:

All based on an error.

Bunch of amateurs.

It's insulting to amateurs to call them amatuers.

Of course Trump is incapable of ever admitting a mistake so he'll just double down on the totally insane destruction that he has started.

 

 

 

A conservative think tank found the White House measured retail price elasticity when it should have used import price elasticity. That mistake meant the tariff outputs were about four times higher than they should have been.

 The correct version of the formula uses price changes in the cost of imports, meaning how much it costs a U.S.-based company to buy a good from a foreign seller. Instead, the White House factored in the retail price change, which is what consumers pay.

 

Thus Cambodia’s 49% rate would drop down to 13%, and Vietnam’s would decrease from 46% to 12.2%. The vast majority of countries would end up being subject to the 10% tariff minimum that is part of the White House’s new policy.

Trump’s tariff formula used the wrong value in its calculations, conservative think tank says. ‘This whole thing was rigged’

22 hours ago, Jingthing said:

What Trump has done can't be defended with any kind of rational argument.

 

I will admit that a lot of this economic stuff is way over my head.

But you people have it all figured out?

Some economists are predicting that the tariffs could be positive economically in the long-term. Maybe there is some sort of gamble/risk involved in what he'd trying to do. 

Watch out for fake news vultures pouncing on Trump and preying on the average person who doesn't  understand economics enough to understand what he's doing or trying to do. 

 

In Trump's own words, he believes the previous administration policies were ruinous.