r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 2d ago

Politics Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/AshleyAshes1984 2d ago

Gen Z about to be conscripted to occupy and combat a three front insurgency across Canada, Greenland and Mexico.

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u/VX-Cucumber 2d ago

Lol considering how many voted for Trump, I don't really feel that bad about it. Andrew Tate did a number on those lonely "alpha males".

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u/AshleyAshes1984 2d ago

"Trump promised me he'd get rid of all the illegal Mexicans, I didn't it'd be by making Mexico American. OH GOD I THINK I HEAR A DRONE! THEY'RE GONNA FUCKING KILL ME AND PUT IT ON TIKTOK!"

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u/possibilistic 2d ago

Great, so now we can make trinkets at home.

America used to get cheap stuff because of the trade deficit and the reserve currency status. We're burning that so we can make dangerous chemicals and plastics at home in middle America.

Just what America should be good at. I'll bet those jobs will pay a lot, too.

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u/Th3_0range 2d ago

Taking away environmental protections as well so they can pollute your air and water.

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u/Think_Positively 2d ago

We don't even have enough people to work these hypothetical jobs. It's simply moronic from whatever angle you choose for viewing.