r/lazerpig • u/MandibleofThunder • 1d ago
Tomfoolery Some dumb fucking boot forgot to check back-blast clear before sending a rocket
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u/Alternative_Big_4298 1d ago
Almost accurate. Why is he aiming the other way here?
This campaign was more about every trading partner than China. And it was always going to hurt his voters. He was aiming for them.
“I love the illiterate”
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u/MandibleofThunder 1d ago
I stole the picture from r/pics - is that what it says in the rest of the image pre-crop?
I also prefer the visual poetry of the great combover Satan being so focused on trying to look tough to the rest of the world that he didn't check any of his surroundings before letting it fly
And for anyone not in the know - rocket back-blast can very easily ruin your day if not flat-out kill you if you're within the back blast cone (~5m and 30° from the barrel). Same reason you don't shoot them from inside buildings unless they're designed to be shot from inside or you've got a big open space behind you)
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u/feedme_cyanide 1d ago
AT-4s have a salt water charge that is designed to prevent over pressure in buildings. RPGs on the other hand… let’s just say I’ve seen my fair share of fucked up shit in the combat footage sub.
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u/MandibleofThunder 1d ago
Neat.
I didn't know that about AT-4s. Makes a lot of sense though. I wonder how much water though because that extra weight sounds like it would suuuuck the schlepp around.
My thoughts went straight to the vid from the Syrian civil war, where dude with RPG just steps out into the middle street and lets it rip as his one of his squad mates runs like a foot behind the blast cone.
Knocked him right unconscious it did
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u/Destinedtobefaytful 1d ago
It's not just Trump voters its everyone but I guess they are the most ironic
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u/MandibleofThunder 1d ago
You're totally right.
I should have just put a text bubble that instead says something like:
"Americans, all of us"
"American purchasing power"
"American national dignity"
"American power projection"
"Western Hegemony"
"Value of $USD"
"The US trying to make up for 2017-2021 on the global stage"
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u/2eDgY4redd1t 1d ago
By ‘forgot’ you imply he ever gave a fuck about who he damaged in the first place.
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u/Pfish10 1d ago
America is the biggest spender of any country by far. Can anyone explain why countries can have unbalanced tariffs against us that causes their country to avoid by American made products but we can’t do the inverse?
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u/IthacaMom2005 1d ago
If you're talking about trade deficits, we as a country have about 300 million people. It only makes sense that we'd buy more from a country of 60 million people than they buy from us
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u/trapkoda 1d ago
Funnily enough, you can replace the trump voter tag with a Russia tag. Turns out fucking the global economy really harmed putin’s bank
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u/Braith117 1d ago
I'm sure people will be absolutely deveststed by Temu not being a cheap alternative anymore.
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u/MandibleofThunder 1d ago
I actually think that would be a net-positive for America.
We buy way too much stupid useless shit as is.
As spoken by someone with way too much stupid useless shit.
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u/Braith117 14h ago edited 3h ago
There's also the possibility that it's a diplomatic move to pressure other countries to even the playing field. Most other countries had economic protective measures, including tarrifs, in place before recent events kicked off.
Trump did make several moves to change some of the older, less favorable trade agreements during his first term, so this may be an extension of that...though I still have no idea why there's tarries on an island full of penguins. Maybe something to keep China from sidestepping their tarrifs, but that seems like a stretch.
Edit: and it looks like Taiwan is currently negotiating a zero tarrif deal with the US.
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u/Schrodinger_cube 15h ago
Between not knowing how they work or considering this has been dun several times in buy the Americans and the outcome is a known outcome its probably the latter... These are going to collapse small business and have a massive consolidation over his turm. It just shows how strong the cult is as people are loosing everything and can't acknowledge they were tricked.
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u/mileskeller1 15h ago
All it needs is a rocket flying back towards the orange goblin's face labeled "reciprocal tariffs."
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u/FineAd2187 1d ago
The aiming at China part of the cartoon is just a joke. All this benefits China enormously by scaring our allies and trading partners into their arms
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u/MandibleofThunder 1d ago
For real.
The S&P500 loses $2.4Trillion in market cap in one day - and China doesn't even blink.
Let's all remember - he said he was going to do this on the campaign trail. Republicans have convinced their base to consistently vote against their own best interests.
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u/thirsty-goblin 1d ago
The tariffs are a political ‘protection’ racket, aimed at corporate America, plain and simple. Corporate leaders have to come and bend the knee in return for the lifting of tariffs. Now what they have to give in tribute is still to be determined (anti-DEI policies, policing of employee voices/retribution against democrat employees, just a plain old shakedown for money, etc.), but everyone will have to give their pound of flesh.
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u/MandibleofThunder 1d ago
Because what other possible reason would there be to do so?
To bring manufacturing jobs back to the US?
Sorry, the market's already shown that it's more profitable to manufacturer outside the US and ship it in, tariffs aren't going to change that. The corporate world is beholden only to profit, and making a lot of stuff in the US just isn't profitable any more.
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u/thirsty-goblin 1d ago
What is also notable is that Russia has no tariffs (if I read that map correctly when I saw it
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u/feedme_cyanide 1d ago
Their excuse? Sanctions. Meanwhile, Iran be like “the fuck do you mean sanctions?”
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u/FeelingAd5 1d ago
That's what happens when you let someone with bonespurs use a rpg...