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cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/28912

President Trump says Chinese-made electronics are simply moving to a different levy "bucket".

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[–] Taiatari@lemmynsfw.com 79 points 5 days ago (4 children)

For fucks sake make up your mind. Tired of reading about tariffs every other day.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 63 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He forgot to buy stock before exempting it, so he has to redo

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

The no-takesies-backsies rule wasn’t called, bro!

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago

To make your mind, one must have a properly functioning mind.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 13 points 5 days ago

He made up his mind a bunch of times already, he just waits until all his friends bought/sold stocks and then he makes up his mind again.

[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

But then you wouldn't be hearing his name every single day!!!!!

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 64 points 5 days ago

Very stable genius

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

He excluded Smartphones because Apple (who donated to his campaign) asked for it, I think they've realized they could just straight up ask him to tariff their competition away.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

What competition does Apple have that still has a tariff? I'm a little surprised he didn't just come out and EO a program where any company that contributes X amount of dollars is exempt. Make Samsung pay also.

[–] arakhis_@feddit.org 38 points 5 days ago
[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

On Monday, Sony announced that it was increasing the price of its flagship games console, the PlayStation 5, by about 10% in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, citing a "challenging economic environment", inflation and fluctuating exchange rates. It did not announce price rises in the United States.

We call this a "just try to stop us" surcharge.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Don't these things get cheaper over time?

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, though he calls it “the weave”

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Trump is dumber than a bucket of hair.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I could imagine a few smart uses for a bucket of hair. How about "dumber than a potassium umbrella"?

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd go with, dumber than a thermite firesafe.

Surely chocolate teapot is th classic. Although that tastes good - I'd wager Trump does not.

[–] amadeus84@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Its obvious here. He threatens corporations who dont submit to the regime. If you play ball then he undoes it. This is all consolidation of his illusion of power. I say illusionn because these people live in a state of Mind that most of us will fortunately never experience. .

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Babe wake up it’s robo-Trump’s 10th term and stocks are still sinusoidal

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Dementia here we come

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Yet again he proves this true:

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 11 points 5 days ago

in my headcanon, Xi didn't call so his plans to announce a china-self-made-"deal" didn't follow through.

this is another tantrum.

[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

I’m so tired of this.

brrr line goes down the hole tomorrow

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

The only good thing that came out of the Trump tariff is the volatility index going up!