2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems

Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by ceejayoz on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:48PM (#43511130)

> “I think our tariffs are very good for us. We’re taking in tens of billions of dollars. China is paying for it.”

We pay for it.

https://apnews.com/article/ba54214acc644729947c98f4539afc05

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by magicalhippo on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:53PM (#43511174)

This quote from your source is even more direct:

TRUMP: “The tariffs have cost nothing, in my opinion. ...And we’re not paying for the tariffs; China is paying for the tariffs, for the one-hundredth time.” — remarks on Aug. 18 to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey.

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by spacechild1 on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:10PM (#43511353)

Wow, that's pure gaslighting. Shockingly, it seems to work. This guy still has an approval rating of 47% at the moment! Seriously, what's going on with this country?

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by moshegramovsky on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:51PM (#43511682)

You should read The Authoritarians. I can give you link if you want.

But in a nutshell, a lot of people who have authoritarian tendencies believe that law and justice flow out of the leader. The leader is, therefore, literally above the law (since it emanates from him).

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by genter on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:52PM (#43511169)

Is it technically lying if he's too dumb to actually know anything and just spews whatever bullshit comes to mind?

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by dailykoder on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:57PM (#43511218)

I wouldn't imply that he's too dumb. He just wants to sell it and make the actual dumb people believe that he is doing good for them.

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by andreygrehov on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:46PM (#43511640)

But he’s right. The U.S. collected tens of billions in tariff revenue, and much of that came from price cuts by Chinese exporters trying to stay competitive. China may not write the check, but they absolutely paid through lost profits and market share.

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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by crowselect on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:51PM (#43511151)

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/politics/fact-check-trump-van...

Unless you’re just sea lioning, this is pretty easy to google.

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