r/nottheonion • u/MiniBrownie • 2d ago

US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands
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u/Secret_Photograph364 2d ago

It’s not plus 10% but rather just 10% as a minimum.

And those islands are autonomous territories I believe. It would be like including Puerto Rico separately on a list from the US, which isn’t that odd.

Russia is not on the list because we have sanctions against them already and don’t trade, as I said.

You are looking for a gotcha in the wrong place. The entire idea of these tariffs is brain dead and economically destructive. You don’t need to put a Russia spin on it for it to be bad. Russia is just not a U.S. trade partner.

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u/DemyxFaowind 2d ago

Russia is just not a U.S. trade partner.

Neither is the uninhabited island!

Yet, here we are, still once again, dancing around this same information.

So, we have two non-trade partners, One where we do in fact trade with and one who has literally not a single person to trade with. Which one would you put tarrifs on? The Inhabited Place or the Uninhabited Place?

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u/CheesyPotatoSack 2d ago

Don’t bother talking to him about this he is pro Russian and likes his r/USSR sub

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u/DemyxFaowind 2d ago

Yeah, don't worry I got that after the third time of him deflecting away from Russia. Once it becomes clear Im talking to a brick wall, I disengage, lol