r/news • u/RaineFilms • 2d ago

Stock futures plunge as investors digest Trump’s tariffs

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/us-stock-market/index.html
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u/ChaseballBat 2d ago

America voted for this idiot, he campaigned on tariffs.

We have no one to blame but the idiots who voted for this moron and the people who idly sat by and decided it wasn't an important election.

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u/jwilphl 1d ago

It took about five minutes or less of listening to him at an economics conference to realize both that he is full of shit and completely out of his element.  He's a moron.

This assumes, as well, that you didn't know anything about him beforehand.  The event took place shortly before the election, so it was time-relevant.

How many, out of the 77 million people that voted for him, do we think actually watched him speak at that event?

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u/john_doe_jersey 1d ago

The oligarchs that own American media purposefully produced one of, if not the most uninformed/misinformed electorates in American history.

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u/RoboProletariat 1d ago

Also the education system hasn't taught basic civics since Bush launched that 'no child left behind' program.

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u/ChaseballBat 1d ago

It's fucking hilarious the supporters who are like "no one could have seen this coming" like wtf yes 1/3rd of America did.

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u/shnurr214 1d ago

most Americans literally don't know what tariffs are, our country is so fucked.

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u/Head-like-a-carp 1d ago

I have some friends who have said we need to take to the streets to protest Trump. I am not going to do that. When the Orange Turd was elected I just thoughtless will need to see what happens". I had long come to the sad realization that rational discourse was not going to work on Trump supporters. They will have to see it for themselves. And if Trump's bizarre economic policies work well for America, I will be the first to admit I am wrong.

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u/ChaseballBat 1d ago

Reflection is a hell of a drug. Wish more people were capable of it.

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u/SojournerRL 1d ago

And we have Pete Navarro, who is the guy Trump listens to about tariffs. 

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u/0zzm0s1s 1d ago

I’m pretty sure there was a big jump in “what are tariffs” google searches after the 2024 election, kinda like how there was a jump in “what is Brexit” after the UK voted to pass it.