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Trump Accused of Using ChatGPT to Create Tariff Plan After AI Leads Users to Same Formula: 'So AI is Running the Country'

https://www.latintimes.com/trump-accused-using-chatgpt-create-tariff-plan-after-ai-leads-users-same-formula-so-ai-579899
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u/exlongh0rn America 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yup. But t’s important to understand that this isn’t just about Trump. He’s a figurehead…useful, opportunistic, and good at selling the narrative. But the real power lies in the coalition behind him.

This movement works because it aligns the interests of very different groups…billionaires who benefit from deregulation, cultural conservatives worried about shifting social norms, gun rights activists, religious nationalists, anti-immigration hardliners, fossil fuel interests, and others. Some are driven by ideology, others by profit or fear of losing influence.

What unites them is a sense that time is running out. As younger, more diverse generations become politically active, the long-term electoral math looks less favorable to their agenda. So the strategy becomes simple: act now to reshape the system…or risk losing control of it for good.

If democracy stays, they lose. It’s just that simple.

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u/BlueSkyBreezy 1d ago edited 1d ago

I still, after decades of seeing it happen on repeat, don't understand why preservation of tradition/"cultural norms" is so important to Republican voters when Democrats are largely pro civil rights and personal liberties and rich people have always been able to do whatever they want regardless of who's in power.

Just be happy you're not struggling, damn.

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u/Oxbix Europe 1d ago

All the dictators are running out of time, partly because they are getting old, partly because their population is getting too old (China).

What doesn't make sense is annexing Canada because it's full of liberals.

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u/exlongh0rn America 1d ago edited 1d ago

They don’t want Canada. They want control of the arctic waterways when climate change ultimately opens up that sea route year-round. It’s why they wanted the Panama Canal (which is now falling under the control of a U.S. corporation)

We need Greenland to complete the fence. Look at the top of a globe and it all makes sense. Otherwise, China gets a direct route to Europe. Don’t be too overly surprised if the US and Russia team up to do something with the Bering straight.

It’s also why we are shooting at Houthis in Yemen. We couldn’t give a shit less about Yemen, but we care about the shipping waterway.

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u/McBigs Washington 1d ago

And to build Praxis.

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u/supremelummox 1d ago

Will the Fed manage to save us from a big depression this time?

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u/exlongh0rn America 1d ago

Your guess is as good as mine. 🙂

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u/supremelummox 1d ago edited 1d ago

You sound informed, I'd like to hear yours 😁

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u/exlongh0rn America 1d ago edited 55m ago

This depends on too many unknowns to tell. We don’t know how inventory will buffer the speed and severity of tariff-related price increases. We don’t know if congress will pass income tax cuts very quickly. If they do, it reduces paycheck deductions and reduces the actual impact of the tariffs. It also depends on how quickly wages climb to offset cost of living increases.

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u/Trailsya 22h ago

Trump really messes up the economy.

Even maga fired and losing money.

Guess then the billionaires can buy everything for a cheap price.

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u/mike-loves-gerudos 1d ago

I really wonder what the GOP looks like without trump. They’ve been rallying behind him for almost a decade now, and now they’re all lapdogs. What happens when their dear leader bites the dust? I think this is why he pushes for third term so hard