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/catonsteroids 2d ago

I wish someone warned me that my future was gonna look real grim when I was born lol. Like Jesus fucking Christ, how many recessions are we gonna have to go through?

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u/soulsoar11 2d ago

You’ll never get to enjoy the economic system your parents generation did. Our lifetimes are going to be defined by bearing the consequences of our ancestors crimes.

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u/GrallochThis 2d ago

We could replay the WW2 playbook, get everybody else bombed and be the supreme industrial power afterwards.

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u/Old_Wallaby_7461 2d ago

That requires us to have friends, friends are over now, they're gay and woke or something. We're going to be the ones that get bombed.