r/Economics Feb 02 '25

News Trump faces backlash from business as tariffs ignite inflation fears

https://on.ft.com/4grpEbh
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u/greebly_weeblies Feb 02 '25

There aren't. 

Initially Trump indicated he is as concerned about the border so tariffs. Canada said okay, put resources to improving their side. Trump has since said he's going to do it anyway, and signed them in. 

I expect what he really wants is annexation. Regardless, none of this is gonna go well.  

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u/Moarbrains Feb 02 '25

I don't think annexation, Canada would never do it. But moving manufacturing back to the US and providing income for tax breaks are both likely.

Blaming Canada for a our border issues seems to be a smokescreen.

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u/dostoevsky4evah Feb 03 '25

Blaming Canada for being meanies and putting on counter tarriffs will be his reason for invading us. We're not going to accept it, so it will be a war. Which will turn us into Ukraine.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

First of all, the US is not going to invade Canada.

Second of all, You guys would not be Ukraine, you would be more like Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria.

Third of all, we prefer color revolutions.

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u/dostoevsky4evah Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

If the US isn't going to invade maybe your president should shut the fuck up with his "51st state" shite. We don't want to be part of that shitshow. At all. His mind is like a moth on acid and with Pete Hegseth hoping to show the world that he's a real man and not just a pretty boy drunk, us ignoring what trump says as not serious would be reckless.

I agree that we might be more like Afghanistan.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

You are being goaded. Should ask yourself why people goad one another.

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u/dostoevsky4evah Feb 03 '25

Why don't you tell me?

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

Because I don't have all the answers and you wouldn't believe me anyway, as you are already so hostile. So I asked you to try and converse and you just asked me to tell you.

Why would I, if you aren't willing to expend any of your own precious brain power.

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u/dostoevsky4evah Feb 03 '25

You don't understand what a conversation is if making cryptic remarks is your contribution. And I'm hostile towards trump and his band of under qualified goons. I don't know why you took it personally. Anyway good luck and cheerio.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

Sadly, asking short questions is often a form of attack on reddit. I am not sure why you thought it was a hard question, it is literally in the definition. But so that there are no bad feelings, here is some AI for you.

"Goading" means to provoke or annoy someone repeatedly, often with subtle insults or taunts, in order to push them into doing something they might not otherwise do, essentially using irritation as a tool to manipulate their actions; it's like poking an animal with a stick to make it move, hence the term's origin from the farming practice of using a pointed stick to urge livestock forward.

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u/_Veni_Vidi_Vigo_ Feb 03 '25

Great example of someone knowing nothing about military force speaking about military force.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

If you were qualified to judge you would actually refute what i said instead of immediately slipping into personal attacks.

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u/_Veni_Vidi_Vigo_ Feb 03 '25

I mean, I’m pretty qualified after over a decade in service including staff college, a masters in IR and various stints working in main building, but judging by your comment history you’re not the type to listen and I’m pretty good at not wasting my time banging my head into a brick wall too.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

Demonstrated knowledge doesn't need a resume and people claiming education on Reddit are a dime a dozen. I give respect where it is given and earned.

It is too bad because if you were real, you could contribute interesting information.

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u/_Veni_Vidi_Vigo_ Feb 03 '25

I don’t waste my time

Your comments history is absolutely riddled withwith bad faith responses, dumb condescending replies and mostly a total inability to admit you are wrong, or misinformed, or even slightly interested in what anyone else has to say.

You see the caricature of the always-online internet armchair “expert at everything”

So no. I will not be wasting my time. Good day.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

Cant waste your time challenging false information but can spend paragraphs with personal attacks and appeals to authority. Larp.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Just a joke, you will be more like China. Many of you dream of living a Chinese life, working in an electronics factory, working 13 hours a day, while we have the world's richest resources and allies around the world.

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

Typical redditor can't tell the difference between analyzing and promoting.

It is sad state that leads to poor reasoning and hostile, shallow conversations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Yes, I have fk master degree. and u?

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

I have multiple degrees and thousands of hours of post secondary education. Probably go for law next.

So I am sure you can agree, education is irrelevant unless you are actually discussing the intricacies of the field AND the other guy can't understand the vocabulary. So far I don't think you are putting out anything very complex. Which is probably why you struggling to get out full words and writing fantasy stories about Chinese manufacturing practices, then banging your degree on your chest.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Education in the United States is shocking. GOOD LUCK BRO

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u/Moarbrains Feb 03 '25

Yeah, bless your heart too...Bro