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Trump Tweets How Awesome Tariffs Are for America; Bulls Cringe

Even the guy with the MAGA hat is cringing like fuck right now — as Trump descends into nonsensical banter about the virtues of duties on Chinese goods. HELLO, they don’t just import Hello Kitty shit. The entire store of Target and Walmart is filled with Chinese wares.

That tweet, I believe, is genuine. He really things that shit.

But in reality…

More posturing by Dealer in Chief ahead of the all important dinner with Xi?

We’ll see soon.

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28 comments

  1. txchick57

    The trade war is going to end the day the Mueller report hits. Bet you a nickel.

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    • moosh

      Throwing the war word around is a bit extreme, but yeah, that would be dope. I’m guessing you think this mix would be used to neutralize the tape though?

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    • Lyndon Keltner

      He would want a literal nuclear war by then. Jim Jones actually forced his worshippers to drink the Koolaid at the end of the story; Trump will likewise be more than happy to bring the country/world down with him when his game is over.

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      • cancel19

        I remember you Hillary pussy porkers ok with her wanting to nuke Russia. No problem to you guys back then.

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        • Lyndon Keltner

          Hillary should be executed for losing (?) the election to Trump if you ask me what she deserves.

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        • Lyndon Keltner

          And, to be very frank, I prefer Trump to Hillary as president. No one could have done a better job to speed up the loss of political powers of the old white male demo.

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          • moosh

            And there it is. A little religion bating here and a little class bating there… but race bating is your true same old shtick that makes you tick

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          • Lyndon Keltner

            To me, what you call “race bating” [sic] is the making of a United States HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES more representative of the racially diverse population of the United States.

            You’re welcome.

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          • moosh

            My bad for the grammar error. But cut me some slack as I am typing with cheeto powdered fingers. And i never voted for a single one of those politicians

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          • Lyndon Keltner

            Well, good. It’s your right to opt out of the political process.

            What I am for is a democracy that truly reflects the will of its people. And I do believe diversity is America’s strength. The politicians that possess the political power should, in turn, reflect its ever-growing diversity.

            Hardly would any reasonable mind call those beliefs race baiting.

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          • ferd

            Lyndon,
            “diversity is America’s strength”
            It could be if we do some stuff, like:
            – Stop the type of politics that seek to divide people based on race (see mirror);
            – Seek to provide equal opportunity ..but not outcomes. Starting by ending the condescending and racist “affirmative action” programs that poison the true accomplishments of blacks and cause resentment on the part of whites and Asians.

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          • numbersgame

            Lyndon, you are making the same mistake as Trump’s base: they saw “white man and proud of it” and totally ignored “born into the 1% and thinks that the other 99% deserve to be there.”

            Obamacare is full of faults, but you can’t deny that most of it’s benefits fall to the bottom 30%. That is waht the Democrats passed when they controlled the Presidency, the Senate, and the House. The Rpublicans passa tax cut for the 1% whn they had control.

            The talking heads are discussing how the Rep are losign the suburbs, but the fact that the Dems are losign the rural areas is more suprising. If the Dems got their sh!t together and ran socially conservative candidates in rural areas, they would trounce the Republican across the board, not jsut in urban and suburban areas. Right now, they force rural votesr to choose between voting for their econmic interests or their social PoVs..

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  2. heckler

    Fuck China I’m glad the tariffs are making US much richer

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    • s.k.

      The tariffs are paid by us consumers or business. It’s a tax on us so it doesn’t make us richer.

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    • it is showtime

      YEAH! –FUCK CHINA!

      AND FUCK AAPL!

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    • moosh

      The Orange one is looking to play a good hand. Them fuckers stealing our well thought out ideas for knock-offs and even worse…add in Melania just did an impromptu forum at Liberty University on fentanyl, which basically comes from fucking China in a strategic move to kill us

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  3. ironbird

    But in reality CNBC is nothing but fucking lies. Same with the Treasury Department.

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  4. ferd

    Come on Fly, he doesn’t believe his own bluster …he’s not that dumb …he thinks he’s being a slick negotiator.

    Anyway, a trade war is bad, but related and more important is our cajoling the world into dumping the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Sanctioning the Russians and everyone who deals with them, with Iran, with…., is the far greater concern. What will the adjustment be to our living standards as, increasingly, the ROW is less willing to send us things of value in exchange for our fiat?

    The warmongering neocon tick is merrily killing the dog that sustains it.

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    • Lyndon Keltner

      But isn’t Trump all about fucking the people that worship him (mostly Walmart customers) and/or believe anything that he sells (Trump steaks/Trump University diplomas)?

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    • tha pirate

      Ferd,
      SERIOUSLY, do you work for the Iranian propaganda department in Tehran??

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      • ferd

        Please explain how the United States is “way better off” without the JCPOA. If you a couple of weeks to do some research before answering, that’ll be fine.

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      • chuck bennett

        The pirate ,

        Shut up you stupid animal. War is a racket. Just because the TV people tell you things doesn’t mean it’s totally true.

        If you want to fight Iran, go there yourself pal

        Have a great day

        Regards

        Chuck Bennett

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      • numbersgame

        The pirate, read some history books.

        Iran hates our guts. Why? Because their *elected*, *secular*, goverenment was overthrown by the US and UK after Iran kicked out our oil companies and the Shah installed, but was overthrown himself by a religious populist movement. Thanks, CIA. Imagine if some country removed Trump and installed a King of their choosing in the US. Think that would piss of Americans?

        Beside wasn’t Trump elected partly so that the US could withdraw from Middle East politics?

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  5. chuck bennett

    2017, The deficit was 666?

    How did anyany of you monkeys miss that #?

    Regards

    Chuck Bennett

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