Summary
Critics slammed Trump for admitting his tariffs may cause “short-term pain” for Americans, contradicting past promises that they wouldn’t raise consumer prices.
During his campaign, Trump insisted tariffs would only hurt foreign nations, not U.S. families. He also vowed to lower costs for essentials like groceries and utilities.
Now, he acknowledges economic hardship but claims it’s necessary to fix trade imbalances.
His remarks sparked backlash, with many accusing him of downplaying the financial strain his policies could impose on millions.
Musk said this a day before the election. They knew it was going to happen. His voters didn’t care.
I’m sure it will only be as painful as a “2-week special economic operation”…
“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.” ~ Lard Fuckwad
“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I
am willingwill gleefully make.” ~ Lard FuckwadFixed it for you.
Missed a “to”
It’s only a “Let them eat cake” moment if it leads to some actual fucking consequences finally.
As long as they can afford 1 egg, just enough to not starve to death, then nothing is going to happen.
What’s the metric again? 9 meals between civilization and anarchy?
I wish we were 9 meals aways from being that cool.
Time for those right-wing nuts to start that Civil War they’ve been promoting, right? You’re going to go and overthrow Trump now because he fucked you over, RIGHT???
“we need all these guns to stop hitler” they said
by “hitler” they meant women who wont have sex with them, people who wont employ them, and anyone who looks down on them.
And I have the feeling that those of us who never owned defensive armaments will start getting flagged pretty quick for not owning any in the past.
During his campaign, Trump insisted tariffs would only hurt foreign nations
And anyone believing this shit must be dumb as a rock. Just like Trump himself.
And anyone believing this shit must be dumb as a rock. Just like Trump himself.
In other words, the ~28% or so that forms the unshakeable base.
No, it’s the 50.2% that voted for him.
No source but I remember musk saying that the tariff change would require a rough transition that Americans would need to go through to get to good times or whatever.
I though that that was to prepare their base to the actual shitstorm and to them promise them the good times or whatever.
Is this PR comment forever gone now that they are in power?
Not enough backlash
“Downplaying the financial strain his policies could impose” translates as “lying”. He knew perfectly well what would happen. He also knew that if he told the truth about it he was unlikely to be elected. So he lied. That pretty well describes his entire campaign.
What worries me is that Trump no longer has any reason to care what people think. He doesn’t need their votes or their support. And while people keep talking about how he wants to be loved, I don’t think that’s true. He wants to be important to people, but he can achieve that through fear and intimidation too. Which is what he’s doing now.
At this point I don’t expect any elected Republicans to stand up to him. Those who had a conscience have been driven out or have put it in storage for the duration. Sadly, our greatest hope is that the ultra-wealthy who financed this mess may turn on him and put pressure on the legislators they own to do something about it.
He WANTS to be a despot … he eagerly looks at, admires and wishes to count himself amongst worldly despots like Putin, Maduro, the Saudi kings and even the younger Kim Yong Un.
He does not aspire to be a benevolent leader at all, I don’t think he even can be one. To be important is indeed what he wants, but it is the importance in the form of keeping him happy or he’ll give you misery.
He also has done nothing but spout lies and easy grifts for decades now, and if caught he’d be as vindictive as possible to instill fear and hesitation on any who would oppose him. So, swift opposition from within his ranks is not going to happen soon.
The ultra rich might turn on him if he torches the economy, but they do know he now has the power to take away their assets if push comes to shove…
Reminds me of Margaret Thatcher in The Crown insusting that her regressive economic policies was medicine and that the interim pain was temporary.
“We’re going to change it. It’s been unfair,” he said.
A grown adult talking about unfair. Believing in fairytales.
Like all conservatives say when some expresses frustration over being objectively exploited, I have this to say to them:
“Sorry bucko, life’s not fair.”
“Fairness? That sounds like some DEI nonsense, I thought you didn’t like that stuff?”
It’s not unreasonable to want a contract to be fair. In a proper contract, both sides benefit.
What’s childish is that he apparently doesn’t know the first thing about the effect tariffs have, and what a trade balance means.
We both know he has no intention of being reasonable.
“Moscow by Christmas” ass speech.
Does that mean he gets his head chopped off next?
Gonna have to do a robespierre to get all the rot.
chop chop chop chop chop chop chop
Wow they SLAMMED him?!?! He’ll never recover from this one. \s \s \s
Do we really need this comment in every single thread?
Even ones that don’t use the word “slammed” in the headline?
