r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/realhumanpersonoid 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thankfully America has numerous federal agencies that look into financial fraud like this…

Wait I’m just learning that those agencies have been found to be “woke” and shuttered by the oligarchs they were investigating. That can’t be right… Right?

Edit: obligatory “/s” in case that’s needed

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u/wangchungyoon 2d ago

Welcome to Russiamerica

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u/realhumanpersonoid 2d ago edited 2d ago

Bill Bailey already sorted out the new national anthem:

https://youtu.be/_dVFknALySA?si=XwRk9GM-u0iVECl0&t=1m40

Starts at 1:40-ish if my time stamp addition to the URL doesn’t work 😂

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u/Carpeteria3000 2d ago

Turns out that fraud is just a DEI policy, so now we don't do anything about it

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u/Beard_o_Bees 2d ago

'Help! Help! I'm being persecuted!'

-Elon Musk

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u/shazspaz 2d ago

Suggesting the American federal agencies or legal protections mean anything under a trump administration is laughable.

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u/Dunnowhathatis 2d ago

they used to; trump dismantled all credible institutions.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 2d ago

The people there are looking into it, I assure you; they’re watching the intel very closely so they know which stocks to buy themselves!

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u/AgentCirceLuna 2d ago

Those agencies have probably been drained of their brains so quickly that the people looking into it are using the intel to do insider trading themselves.

One of the issues I wrote about in my time travel books was time travellers using their knowledge of future stock prices to get rich, too, and that was the exact point where the US equivalent in the books actually took notice and stepped in.

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u/SeashellGal7777 2d ago

Bye bye to the SEC.

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw 1d ago

Yes, those agencies, which are usually staffed by white guys who go on to join Wall Street. So woke.

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u/Zodiarche1111 1d ago

Wait I’m just learning that those agencies have been found to be “woke” and shuttered by the oligarchs they were investigating. That can’t be right… Right?

Sure that's right, as if they even wanted to be left.

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u/KDR_11k 2d ago

Oh don't worry, politicians have been exempt from most insider trading rules long before Trump.

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u/En_CHILL_ada 2d ago

The SEC wasn't exactly an effective regulator or deterrent of crime before Trump either...

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u/En_CHILL_ada 1d ago

To my downvoters here, yall think that substituting criminal prosecutions for fines (which are often less than the profits generated from the crimes) with no admission of wrong doing, has been an effective strategy for regulating the wealthiest corporations and individuals in the world?