Leopards Ate My Face

You all are snowflakes but please explain this to me without triggering me

What's annoying and nobody seems to grasp is that even if the tax was on the foreign producer instead of the domestic consumer, the end result would be the same thing. They wouldn't just eat the cost lol.

If an entire cult is too fucking stupid to recognize what’s hurting them, then how the fuck could tariffs be MAGA’s death knell like some people are saying? You could literally douse some of these people in gasoline and tell them, ‘I need you to burn for just a couple seconds for Trump,’ and they’d fucking do it.

I saw some asshole in an interview saying, “Sometimes you gotta walk through the fire first.”

Like…Yeah? Maybe. Just don’t start by lighting yourself the fuck on fire. 😕🔫

PLEASE be Nice to Him! He THOUGHT Electing Trump would mean he could PUNCH TRANS KIDS in Public and Run Over Immigrant Children! He DIDNT think it would Hurt HIS Wallet! He's WHITE For Pete's Sake! Show some SYMPATHY!

Is it surprising that the people who thought Mexico would pay for a border wall also don't understand how tariffs work?

They STILL don't get it? Everyone has been yelling about exactly what would happen. The news, social media, people protesting in the streets... even Fox News is critical of the Tariffs now. Journalists are bringing it up at White House press conferences and getting reaponses from the Press Secretary. This is not a secret. What sort of social bubble/echo chamber, do these people live in? Just fully bought in to the kool-aid. Useful idiots, the lot of them!

You voted for it, you figure it out

What's to explain? You got lied to by a liar who says he never lies, and you believed him.

It's like complaining that you didn't realize the Leopard you elected would have spots, when he's ALWAYS had spots.

See, the trick is that calling it a tariff hides the fact it's an IMPORT TAX, paid by the people within the IMPORTING COUNTRY

A tariff is a tax on foreign goods, paid by the consumer.

IT. IS. A TAX

Why is it always my president or not my president with these people? It's not a sporting event, there are teams but not the ones they're thinking of

Trump has said that other countries are ripping off the USA which creates the impression that foreign companies are selling goods far higher than they are worth. That means that people who believe Trump likely think that the foreign companies have enough margin to soak up the tariff, I.e. Pay it themselves, in order to keep doing business. Then the ripping off stops and those foreign countries just grumble that their gravy train is over.

In reality, they are not and never were ripping off the USA in the way that is being suggested. Republicans seem to have forgotten that the market forces they used to talk about being so important have put a downward pressure on prices to some extent have prevented price gouging wherever there is competition and no collusion. Even when the goods come from overseas.

Now due to the tariffs, the cost of doing business with the USA went up. So if they want to keep selling products in the USA, they need to cover the cost of the tariff, and the only way to do that and stay in business is to pass the tariff on by increasing their price to the customer. They can still sell that product outside the USA at its original price but they may choose to increase those due to reduced volume sold over all since the USA will likely buy less.

By labelling the surcharge for the tariff they are simply highlighting the reason for the increase in price. As they should. I fear though that posts like this show that even when the reason for increased pricing is made clear, people will still choose their reality and not believe or understand the causes and motivations.

People still don't know?! Lmao. How stupid can you be?

I'm impressed they are line iteming it for you.

This is 39% of the voting population folks....

Big sad. :(

You can't explain it to them. Not even by using toy cars or gobstoppers.

"There's none so deaf as those who will not listen"

If he's 100% Trump, the Trump tariff is $100. Simple.

Tell him to buy $23 worth of $TRUMP coin or he'll be deported for ripping off his lord and saviour.

Easy, according to Republicans 2+2=5, therefore your regular bill of $100 is actually $177 now. It's not a surcharge, they're literally the same number so the math checks out. Just enjoy your life, have more kids, and don't worry too much about politics, Trump has you covered.

If someone explained to him what tariffs are and how they work without mentioning the president at first, and how it will impact his spending money, there's a chance he might finally admit to Trump making a mistake.

One of the stupid 30%.

The PFP is giving wife beater vibes..

That profile picture looks EXACTLY like I picture those people... I hope this is a joke.

Do your research.