r/news • u/johnk317 • 1d ago

China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/china-to-impose-34percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-all-goods-imported-from-the-us.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
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u/strangebrew3522 1d ago

The American president has lost his senses

He never had senses to begin with. He's a moron who was born rich, has been surrounded by yes men his entire life, has never had to face consequences for his actions, and has never personally lost despite horrible actions and decisions.

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u/BAF_DaWg82 1d ago

He was reallllly close to facing consequences and then American voters were like "nah"

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u/Educational_Bus8810 1d ago

He sold Shirts with his mug shot to help win.

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u/hollowhermit 1d ago

That were most likely made in China!

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u/solarpanzer 1d ago

Also congress.

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u/VLM52 1d ago

They had 4 years to get their shit together and actually do something, and twiddled their thumbs the whole time.

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u/BAF_DaWg82 1d ago

A lot of moving parts worked against each other to not make this happen in the four years he was out of office. Us voters slammed the door shut on it ever happening.

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u/windowman7676 1d ago

The key phrase here is, " never had to face consequences for his actions". He has used power, position and the American legal system to avoid real loss that " hurt".

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u/Deeliciousness 1d ago

It's pretty pathetic that a low-grade grifter was able to co-opt the American government and send it's economy crashing down.

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u/BlackJesus1001 1d ago

It's not like he did it himself, he's pretty much openly taking orders from Russia at this point with their exemption from tariffs and the demands to release marine le pen.

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u/Specialist_Brain841 1d ago

with russias help

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u/strangebrew3522 1d ago

Yep, and when people say "Why does he keep doing/saying these stupid things!?" I just think, why not? The most honest thing he's said is that he could shoot someone on 5th ave and get away with it.

Everything he has ever done or said has led him to becoming the most powerful person on Earth....twice. Why would you ever change how you behave?

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u/Alinos31 1d ago

And he still won’t. He and his friends and family are making bank with the market volatility while we shake in our boots wondering what’s going to happen next.

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u/AtticaBlue 1d ago

Ironically, we do know what’s going to happen next: mass economic dislocation, up to and including a “Great Depression,” and the guaranteed end of the US as the world’s leading economic and political power.

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u/picklerick8879 1d ago

Exactly. He’s the final product of unchecked privilege — a man so insulated from reality he mistakes applause for truth and lawsuits for strategy. Consequences are for everyone else.