Blocking tariffs would be "end of the United States," top Trump adviser says
Blocking tariffs would be "end of the United States," top Trump adviser says
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A non-exhaustive list of what conservatives say will end the United States:
Tariffs
Socialism
Trans people
Gay marriage
Obamacare
Abortions
Immigration
Mail in voting
Civil Rights
Women voting
Ending slavery
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Nothing makes me more interested in socialism than when conservatives explain all the awful things that are socialism. Universal healthcare, you say? Free education? Feeding children and homeless people? Tell me more about how terrible socialism is... I'm almost there....
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Tariffs
Well, that's what they used to say prior to Taco, showing what good little authoritarians they truly are.
Now they say that ending Taco's tariffs will end America. 🤯
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Electric vehicles.
People with blue hair.
People who aren't Christian.
People with brown skin.
People marrying who they love.
Abortions.
Sympathy.
Empathy.
It's almost like conservatives are terrified little chickenshits.
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After seeing the version of the United States they want, I'm okay with it ending.
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American here, I fully agree
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The nazi's must make everything an emergency to bypass law and order.
Meanwhile the rest of us are wondering why ground beef is $8 a lb and all produce when up 20% JUST LAST WEEK. Oh yeah, it's trumps fault with his stupid tariffs and ruining all global trade relations with the US.
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Electing Trump would be the end of the United States, advises everyone with a functional brain.
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It would be "the end of the United States" if President Trump's sweeping global tariffs are ultimately struck down by the Supreme Court, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday.
No it wouldn't. Not the tariffs, anyway.
The US was fine before these tariffs and it'll be sort of fine after
That is way WAY worse is the permanent damage Trump has done to the US, most of it will take decades to repair.
It's image, never was great, but now even the positive aspects are all but shit.
It's soft power, all gone
It's trading; Canada and Europe have started processes of getting rid of business with the US and it will take years before all of it is done, but when it's done, the US will have a shit tonne less trade with the entire world.
It's science: scientists are leaving the US, Canada is poaching doctors and nurses there, and well, one only needs to watch the news. Science in the US is now one of kiss up trump, include religion, or some conspiracy theory.
It's green technology sector: they're even trying to get rid of the wind mills that have already been built FFS.
It's allies: trump had been nicer with its enemies than it's allies and at this point it's quite clear that no one has to expect the US to help out unless they're willing to kiss the ring. Fuck that shit.
The US has destroyed itself within a year. Things were always shit, but people kinda went with it because there were still good parts. All that is gone now.
Its weather forecasting and disaster response systems, all but gone
It's readiness to respond to the next pandemic: don't make me laugh. There will be blood, and lots of it. I'm almost wishing for the next pandemic just to see the US turn into a leper colony while the rest of the world lives on.
Tourism? Who the fuck would want to go to the US now? Come to the US! See our grand Canyon and 50% chance you'll see our torture prison facilities in El Salvador! Canadians and Europeans are staying away and I'm wondering how the next world Cup will do...
Good luck to those still living there, I expect things to get a lot worse in the next decades
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Seems more like they're admitting they spent all their political capital, and burned too many bridges with the tariffs. They're afraid Europe, Canada, etc will keep their retaliatory tariffs even if Trump's aren't enforceable.
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My word, these people are just so delusional.
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Keeping things the same as they were before would be the "end of the United States"?
How many times have I asked why people thought it was right to be conservative, and they said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," or something along those lines?
Now, I guess they're just throwing that whole pretext out, as well. Not that I ever believed people really thought that way. Try and find a conservative who doesn't lie about what they believe.
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I don’t think they believe anything. They know they should feel the same as their in-group, or they’re out. Everything they say is like an octopus inking everywhere. A distraction.
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“If it ain’t broke(for me) don’t fix it!” They like being on top, and conservatism gives them that. It also hands out a lot of pain to other people but they don’t care about that.
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Not only do they not care, inflicting harm is the entire point for these people.
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Yep it's wilhout over and over again. It's the heirarchy that they crave. They don't care about the means as long as it's "my people on top, your people squashed face down into the mud".
It's, at its core, all the same. From reaganism to the ku klux klan.
People that want freedoms, rights, and dignity for all people regardless of sex, age, disability, or skin tone are their enemies, and will remain their enemies no matter which form the "conservatives" occupy.
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What they are trying to conserve is not how it is, it's how it was.
You know, back before the Civil War when they could own people.
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Whenever the MAGA refers to "America" or "the United States" they are ALWAYS referring to Trump himself.
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If he had any personality (abrasive whininess doesn't count), you could call it a cult of personality.
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Well yeah, that's how monarchies work; the king is the state and the state is the king
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L'etat, c'est moi
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Even if we cast aside their bullshit claims, that has nothing to do with whether it is illegal. Tariffs and taxes are always supposed to come from congress, this dumb fascist fuck just doesn't care and keeps getting away with it.
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I think there's some caveats to that, because the ruling did say that some of the tariffs were legal (I think steel and aluminum).
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While that is entirely possible, I think the reason those were exempted here is because Trump wasn't using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to push them through.
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*"End of our fragile egos"
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It’s already over. Hahahahah.
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It ended January 20th
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wow. I wonder how the US existed for like 60 years (I think reagan was the last with huge tariffs?) without the massive tariffs before trump brought them in?
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Reagan ended his term 36 years ago. Don't make us that old for being there!
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I wasn’t even close lol
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Imagine reading this and being like, "oh yeah that tracks."
I just can't anymore.
Can someone please just nuke the fucking planet already and get it over with?
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Don't worry. We've barely had nukes for even a single lifetime. On a long enough timescale I'm pretty sure it'll end up happening.
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"USA is not a real country" -Canada.
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End of the united states like under obama and biden and clinton. bring it. Im fine with end of reagan, bush, trump america.
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Good. Let it end.
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Tariff Revenue prior to January was sub-1% and is now in excuse of 15% of imports.
Amazing how quickly the Republicans can normalize a heterodox economic theory when they've got Silicon Valley media echoing them.
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Please stop. My doctor says it's not supposed to be hard for more than 4 hours.
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Is that a threat?
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Idiot shitbags.
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... Because he's going to complete his coup and remove the courts?
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This guy's a goddamn ghoul
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Would the US be better or worse off if someone fed Peter Navarro into a wood chipper on live TV?
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As long as it didn't end there, it'd eventually get better. A billionaire a day and then move down the list until what $20 mill?
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Honestly might considering they've cut taxes so much and lost so much faith in American securities that this loss of revenue could send the states over the edge.
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Good.
I want this version of the United States to end as quickly as possible.
P.S. This shitstain loser was 100% onboard with Jan 6 and did prison time for ignoring a Congressional subpoena. He's a traitor.