cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/28912
President Trump says Chinese-made electronics are simply moving to a different levy "bucket".
Trump threatens new tariffs on smartphones days after exempting them
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62z54gwd22o
24 Comments
Taiatari@lemmynsfw.com · 79 pts · 1y
For fucks sake make up your mind. Tired of reading about tariffs every other day.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 64 pts · 1y
He forgot to buy stock before exempting it, so he has to redo
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
The no-takesies-backsies rule wasn’t called, bro!
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y
To make your mind, one must have a properly functioning mind.
huppakee@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y
He made up his mind a bunch of times already, he just waits until all his friends bought/sold stocks and then he makes up his mind again.
straightjorkin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
But then you wouldn't be hearing his name every single day!!!!!
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com · 64 pts · 1y
Very stable genius
qaz@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 1y
He excluded Smartphones because Apple (who donated to his campaign) asked for it, I think they've realized they could just straight up ask him to tariff their competition away.
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
What competition does Apple have that still has a tariff? I'm a little surprised he didn't just come out and EO a program where any company that contributes X amount of dollars is exempt. Make Samsung pay also.
arakhis_@feddit.org · 38 pts · 1y
zephorah@lemm.ee · 30 pts · 1y
Dementia. Allegedly.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y
Yeah, though he calls it “the weave”
Yoga@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 1y
InFerNo@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Don't these things get cheaper over time?
Buelldozer@lemmy.today · 27 pts · 1y
Trump is dumber than a bucket of hair.
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
I could imagine a few smart uses for a bucket of hair. How about "dumber than a potassium umbrella"?
entwine413@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
I'd go with, dumber than a thermite firesafe.
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl · 11 pts · 1y
in my headcanon, Xi didn't call so his plans to announce a china-self-made-"deal" didn't follow through.
this is another tantrum.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
phoenixarise@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
I’m so tired of this.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Dementia here we come
harmsy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Yet again he proves this true:
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 1y
brrr line goes down the hole tomorrow
kazerniel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
trump .0002 seconds after crashing the economy
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The only good thing that came out of the Trump tariff is the volatility index going up!
amadeus84@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Its obvious here. He threatens corporations who dont submit to the regime. If you play ball then he undoes it. This is all consolidation of his illusion of power. I say illusionn because these people live in a state of Mind that most of us will fortunately never experience. .