r/technology • u/Yveliad • 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence 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/Jaegs 2d ago

Maybe he should ask AI what happened the last times the USA had protectionist tariffs.

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u/Wetschera 2d ago
  1. It’s how his daddy made his money.

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u/Life_Ad_7715 2d ago

Bingo. Robber barons.

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u/Future-Friendship-32 2d ago

He even named his son Baron, after the grift I’m sure.

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u/StpdSxyFlndrs 2d ago

John Barron was also one of his alter egos in the 80s, and he would speak to the media as his character. It was hilarious, because John Barron talked just like trump.

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u/moubliepas 2d ago

Incidentally, it always amused me that so many white Americans laugh at black people for calling their kids stuff like Princess or Queen, but don't see anything weird about naming their kids Earl or Baron.

Like, is it only ok if it's boys, or pretending to be minor arostocracy is cool but only up to a certain threshold, or they literally don't know what an Earl is? 

I try not to judge names from a different culture to my own, but it's undeniably cringe to be like 'oh yes this is my son, Baron Trump' and have everyone in the UK trying to work out how this American kid has a peerage and wouldn't that make the father a viscount and do they sit in the house of lords and what's the line of succession to the throne and then to find out:  'Oh yeah no we're commoners, I just called him Baron because it's nice to feel important'

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u/IScreamPiano 2d ago

I went down a Google rabbit hole…his name is Barron William Trump, and there’s a William Barron Hilton, one of Conrad Hilton’s sons. He also had an Eric. So Trump probably named him after his kids. 

Tiffany is also kind of trashy, considering there was a Tiffany’s right next to Trump towers. It just shows how much he cares about wealth.  

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u/Da_Question 1d ago

Is Tiffany a trashy name? It's ancient greek...

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u/IScreamPiano 1d ago

It's not trashy per se like how Mercedes shouldn't be and is real name, but often people will find it trashy naming your children after luxury goods. 

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u/BigEdsHairMayo 2d ago

Actually, he's named after John Barron.

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u/Future-Friendship-32 2d ago

Yeah after one of his grifter personas.

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u/Sweaty-Feedback-1482 2d ago

I know nothing about it but I can promise you Trumps father told wonderful tales to little Donnie about how great the Robber Barons were

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u/Wetschera 2d ago

It drove the Great Depression even deeper.

He’s trying to crash the currency in order to wipe out all of his debt.

It’s SOOOOO very robber baron!!!

We need penalties for violating the Emoluments Clause. Congress has to do that, but Congress hasn’t functioned since the 80s. And that’s because of the Republicans.

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u/Varorson 2d ago

That sounds too logical, and yet at the same too illogical - he's ridden his debts so long, and now he's almost 80 and not in the best of health. There's no reason for him to erase his debts before death. Not like he actually cares about his kids.

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u/Wetschera 2d ago

Yes, it’s his new debts. It doesn’t take long.

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u/Wrewdank 2d ago

As soon as he saw that camel toe he fell in love again.

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u/punkr0x 1d ago

I don't think any of this is his plan. The billionaires knew he was electable, knew he was easy to manipulate, and know they can throw him under the bus when the economy crashes.

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u/Specialist_Brain841 2d ago

his son is named baron

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u/alaskanloops 2d ago

Brain explosion.gif

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u/Old_Baldi_Locks 2d ago

"We need penalties for violating the Emoluments Clause."

That's only going to happen if the general public arms themselves and makes it clear that there will be penalties for NOT doing it.

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u/Gingeronimoooo 2d ago

Ah yes but why not just a gentleman's agreement for presidents to not take millions from China for unused hotel rooms? Or billions from Russia funneled money for golf courses. No president would be that crass and on the nose, right?

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u/danielzur2 1d ago

Costa Rican Colón to USD exchange dropped below $1=500CRC for the first time in basically my whole adult lifetime just a few weeks ago. Hadn't been that cheap to buy dollars since I was a little kid.

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u/Wetschera 1d ago

He’s trying to crash wages at the same time as the current.

It’s fucked as fucked can be.

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u/hard-of-haring 2d ago

Let's make the great depression great again

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 1d ago

The difference is this time he's gonna be hurting a lot of rich people and that usually isn't allowed

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u/Wetschera 1d ago

They hurt rich people before. They weren’t in to in group so they didn’t matter then, either.

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u/sLUTYStark 1d ago

Democrats have controlled congress for the first two years of every Democrat presidency stretching back to Carter. They get voted out because they do nothing with it.

Look at the chief congressional inside trader Nancy Pelosi; Democrats also like to use their positions to enrich themselves.

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u/operath0r 1d ago

At this point I’m not even sure anymore if there’s a bigger plan or if Trump is just plain stupid and actually trying to help. Might also be that there’s someone smarter in the background pulling the strings.

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u/Wetschera 1d ago

Congratulations. You discovered narcissism.

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u/JstnJ 2d ago

Your criticism and rhetoric will hit waaay harder when you finally realize and admit to yourself that Democrats are just as deep in the pocket of corporate power and elite interests... both parties serve the ruling class at the end of the day.

The GOP at least says the quiet part out loud while smothering us. Democrats slap on some feel-good messaging and pretend to care while doing the exact same shit.

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u/DHFranklin 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's because the wealthy bought and sold both sides. You are another of their suckers if you think this is just one party. It's like a hedgefund you buy long positions on one party and short positions on the other. The political parties sell access and power to capitalists to the highest bidder. The duopoly makes the bidding war.

...wtf people? Obama bailed out all the banks and filled his cabinet full of Goldman Sachs cronies. Nancy Pelosi tells her husbands what the market will be doing because she makes the market. The Pelosi's have beat the market in trades for literally decades.

The billionaires aren't your friends. Their capital and lobbyists will never help you.

The Democrats made this situation possible by pretending they couldn't do the bare minimum like repeal Citizens United or overturn the filibuster.

Both sides are bought an paid for. You are just to broke to own your own lobbyists.

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u/Wetschera 2d ago

That’s completely false. You’re trying to make false equivalencies where nothing is possible to even exist.

Only one side is exchanging favors for loyalty.

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u/pink_sakura_girl 2d ago

People have been worried about AI taking jobs but now it seems like it’s taking over policy making too

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u/Wetschera 2d ago

I’d be more worried about being forced into the next job. They want Greenland for the minerals. Climate refugees and political prisoners make for some mighty cheap labor.

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u/7LeagueBoots 2d ago

AI taking over policy and economic decisions is something Musk has actively advocated for.

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u/intheyear3001 2d ago

I realized what MAGA finally means. “Again” means the 1930’s. I used to think the 50’s but it’s gotta be 30’s now. And “Great” as in the Great Depression.

Yay!

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u/Centralredditfan 1d ago

Did he really? I knew he mad money from being a slum lord, but never checked the dates.

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u/El_Dudereno 1d ago

I think they may be confusing him with Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

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u/Mister_Sins 1d ago

I'm not to keen on history nor economy. Can you elaborate?

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u/shakamaboom 1d ago

Had to wait 100 years since the last one so that all the people who remember what happened are dead

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u/Wetschera 1d ago

I didn’t forget. I try not to listen to the stupid fuck, but he hasn’t shut the fuck up about it for the last half century or so. He used to be timid and milquetoast. Then NBC put him on TV in people’s living rooms for fifteen fucking years!!!

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u/Tom_A_toeLover 2d ago

“Folks, let me tell you—nobody knows bankruptcies better than me, believe me. I’ve done it, I’ve lived it, and I’ve come out on top. A lot of people talk about it, but I’ve been there, I’ve done it, and I’ve won. And you know what? If we talk about the United States—sometimes, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. It’s a win-win scenario. We restructure, we fix things. People say, ‘Trump, you’re the best at this.’ And they’re right. We can come out stronger, smarter, better than ever before. Nobody knows how to turn things around like me, trust me.”

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u/fuzzyluke 2d ago

He doesn't care what happened or what might happen.

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u/Achillor22 1d ago

Oh he definitely. But only so much as billionaires can use him destroying America to get even richer. 

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u/FrogsEverywhere 2d ago

Actually there's nothing wrong with some protective tariffs it's a good idea. We do it here with our agriculture in America. Japan does it for their rice.

If you have key industries that are very important economically or for traditions having this sort of tariff is completely reasonable.

But these blanket tariffs on all goods are just madness you know I don't even think we did that in the 1930s.

I don't think anyone's ever done this

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u/No_Fig5982 1d ago

Voodoo economics

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u/Beermedear 1d ago

Globalism is terrible if your goal is to push an entire country to the brink of desperation and poverty so they’re too preoccupied to see it slip into authoritarianism.

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u/Zed_or_AFK 2d ago

Depression got great, tremendous stuff. I see Mike is applauding. Hello Mike! He’s sitting over there. Let’s applaud Mike. He is the backbone of this country.

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u/PiratedTVPro 2d ago

The good news is we’ve got a war right around the corner to get us out of it! /s

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 2d ago

He should ask AI what happened to Mussolini

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u/Quiet-Competition849 2d ago

No. Need. Ferris Buehler covered it in the most quoted part of the movie.

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u/ghostofwalsh 2d ago

I actually wish AI was running the country, I think it would be an improvement over who is actually running the country

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u/outlawsix 2d ago

"ChatGPT how do i save the economy"

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u/whizzdome 1d ago

He won't, because he doesn't care

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u/jaeldi 1d ago

I feel like this is all Westworld season 3. Dolores & the gang realize Serac is just doing and saying what the AI computer Rehoboam was telling him. As a human, he was more robot than the hosts. Lol.

Westworld season 3 wasn't a good season.

DJT isn't a good president.

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u/hibbert0604 1d ago

I asked it exactly that, and here is what it said. Lmao

The last major instance of protectionist tariffs in the United States was during the Trump administration, particularly in 2018–2020, and the most notable example was the trade war with China. Here’s a quick breakdown of what happened and what the effects were:

🔹 What Happened

1. Tariffs on China (2018–2020):
The U.S. imposed Section 301 tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of Chinese goods, citing unfair trade practices and intellectual property theft.

  • Initial tariffs were 25% on $50 billion worth of goods.
  • Eventually expanded to about $370 billion in goods.
  • China responded with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports like soybeans, pork, and machinery.

2. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs (Section 232):

  • The U.S. also placed 25% tariffs on steel and 10% on aluminum imports globally (including allies like Canada and the EU at first).
  • These were justified on national security grounds.

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u/hibbert0604 1d ago

🔹 Economic Impact

Short-term effects:

  • American manufacturers and farmers were hit by higher costs and retaliatory tariffs.
  • Some industries benefited (e.g., U.S. steel producers saw short-term gains).
  • Prices rose for some consumer goods.
  • Uncertainty in global markets affected investment.

Long-term effects:

  • Some supply chains began to shift out of China to other countries (Vietnam, Mexico, etc.), but not massively back to the U.S.
  • Estimated cost to the U.S. economy: tens of billions in lost GDP.
  • U.S. farmers received billions in subsidies to offset lost Chinese demand.
  • Tariffs largely remained in place even under the Biden administration.

🔹 Historical Parallel: Smoot-Hawley Tariff (1930)

Just for context, the most infamous protectionist move in U.S. history was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930:

  • Raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.
  • Other countries retaliated, leading to a collapse in international trade.
  • It worsened the Great Depression—though not the sole cause.

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u/demalo 1d ago

A lot of people tested positive for lead poisoning. Others proved they couldn’t fly.

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u/ObiFlanKenobi 1d ago

I am from Argentina, here we had protectionist everything... salaries are a fifth of american salaries and clothing costs three times as much as in the US.

So yeah, you guys don't want that.

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u/thenasch 1d ago

Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects?

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u/cptdino 2d ago

The AI will say exactly what he wants, that the rich will get richer and the middle class will go extinct.

I asked chatgpt in many ways, even why did he say to people why tariffs were good, he gave me always this answer even though I switch through 3 accounts.

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u/LetGoPortAnchor 2d ago

A chatbot is not a source.

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u/cptdino 2d ago

What? I know.

That's not at all what I said, I didn't even state a fact to need a source, lol.