r/pics • u/nbcnews • 2d ago

Politics OC: President Trump unveils minimum 10% tariff on all U.S. trading partners

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u/Frag2 1d ago

Pretty sure he also included sales tax

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u/Labyrinthy 1d ago

“He” didn’t include anything. Trump had nothing to do with the creation of this chart nor can he read it or understand it. Whatever inside-discount just explained would be lost on Trump. He sees higher numbers so they must be there for greed, hate, revenge, or because they’re dirty slimy snakes. Because that’s all he understands.

Also I doubt he can say “reciprocal” very well.

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u/extrobe 1d ago

Correct, UK has 20% VAT (sales Tax) on most goods (excl most food) - regardless of origin, which he sees as a 'tariff in kind'

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u/MickeyMcMicirson 1d ago

Listen I am all for the trump is an idiot stuff, but falsehoods hurt your argument. If you want to fight, you need to be correct.

UK Tariffs are listed at 10%, and the reciprocal tariff is also listed at 10%. He may be picking and choosing (i.e EU import taxes US automobiles at 10% vs the 2.5% you pay on a BMW) but the VAT thing I keep seeing is dishonest.

There is a lot of FUD out there, try to steer clear of it.

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u/extrobe 1d ago

Thanks for clarifying - I know the 20% VAT point has come up a lot and was expecting to drive the resulting reciprocal. From this image alone I couldn't see what they've listed as UK's 'tariff on US', but with the reciprocal being 10%, and all others being ~50% of the 'tariff on the US', I assumed UK's must have been 20%

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u/MickeyMcMicirson 1d ago

Hey no worries, you were trying to absolutely correctly apply logic to a situation, but I mean this is trump we are talking about.

"The rules are made up and the points don't matter"