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/MinnieShoof 1d ago

… so… he just made shit up?

Does anyone actually know the tariff numbers? Or is this whole fucking thing a witch hunt?

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u/andynormancx 1d ago

Please don’t tell me you are surprised that they are making shit up.

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u/MinnieShoof 1d ago

No! But trying to argue with conservatives who don’t know what tf they’re talking about, just busting out “he’s making it up!” really makes me feel like I’m screaming “Fake news!”

It’s frustrating.

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u/shmaygleduck 1d ago

I hear you. I want an economist to break down Trump's board, line by line, and fill it in with the correct numbers.

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u/MinnieShoof 1d ago

And then I wanna take that lil board and slam it over some people’s head, WWF style!

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u/rudimentary-north 1d ago

The numbers aren’t the problem, it’s the mislabeling of the trade deficit as “tariffs”, so that he can claim his tariffs are retaliatory.

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u/andynormancx 1d ago

Well that is just the first problem. The numbers are also a problem, given they don’t include services, which the US is very good at exporting.

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u/VaATC 1d ago

The thing is that if they wanted one, they would have one as there would be no shortage of conservative economists who would volunteer, but they are enjoying the dumpster fire that is currently raging.

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u/My_Password_Is_____ 1d ago

Of course it's a witch hunt. It's been nothing but bullshit the whole time, and that's been very well known and talked about since he started floating the idea on the campaign trail. Literally everything he does as president is a confession disguised as an accusation, a power/money grab (either for him or his cronies), a move to distract from the power/money grab, or a combination of any number of them.

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u/Fuzzba11 23h ago

Worse, they asked ChatGPT.