I want a whole article here.
Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread
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This didn't happen because of people that voted for Trump and then realized it was an error. It happened because of people who voted for Trump and are proud of it. You are off the hook, Deathy. I believe your marker just slipped in the voting booth.
An article from The Economist, to provide historical context: https://archive.ph/UdUXk
Apparently tarriffs at this level have not existed in the US since the 19th century. We now have higher tariffs than even the Great Depression era.
Apparently tarriffs at this level have not existed in the US since the 19th century. We now have higher tariffs than even the Great Depression era.
I need to pay more attention to Chris Murphy. He actually gets it.
The tariffs being trade deficit divided by exports would explain a lot. NZ got hit with a tariff of 10% because we were supposedly charging the US a 20% tariff, which we're not (it's a little under 2%) so we've all been trying to work that one out.
It's going to be difficult for a country of 5 million people to buy enough from a country of 340 million people to even out the trade deficit, I have to say.
This has insufficient Sickos, so I feel obligated to apply my own.
Also in answer to that, this is the biggest drop since June 2020 in the COVID lockdown days: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/trump-tariffs-stock-market
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I will also participate.
I verified all the numbers here https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/ and then made this worksheet for my 9-year-old. She got Japan wrong because my 4 looked like a 9. She is slightly off from Trump's poster because she ignored the numbers after the decimal point, which I freely forgive as a mathematician, because I know that there were zero significant figures on the entire sheet. She is ready for a job in Trump's Office of the US Trade Representatives, who supposedly did all of the analysis to determine what reciprocal tariff would be necessary to balance these nations, factoring in all the various variables and unfair trade practices, currency manipulation and so on. It took my daughter 4 1/2 minutes.
With that skill? Member of the Cabinet!
Would she like the job? We're going to make that legal in Florida.
Trump administration fires National Security Agency chief
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who met with Trump on Wednesday, said Gen Timothy Haugh was fired because he was "disloyal".
www.bbc.com
In case you were wondering how the market news folks are handling this:
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I keep Bloomberg TV on in my office all day. It's good background noise, good if I need a quick distraction, and good at cutting to breaking news if, you know, Chinese tanks are rolling down 45th in Manhattan. As such, I have gotten to know the personalities on here. I know their political...
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Case in point, one of the anchors just asked one of the techbros "The united states is moving from a capitalist economy to a planned economy, not unlike China, how does that impact company plans?" The response: "As I am sure you can imagine, it is an unmitigated disaster. Everyone loses."
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Trump administration fires National Security Agency chief
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who met with Trump on Wednesday, said Gen Timothy Haugh was fired because he was "disloyal".
Ah, now this makes sense:
Jesus Christ that picture is horrifying.
Oh good, you passed. That picture is supposed to be a Rorschach test.
Her eyes already do. Hollow, crazed, fanatical. I mean, the sheer volume of surgery and makeup already triggers my uncanny valley response, but those eyes look like she wants to jump through the screen and eat my heart while screaming about how vaccines are the devil's urine.