Trumps Presidency 2025

[AlaskanTigersFan]

What I love is the Republicans are like, "We'll bring back manufacturing jobs!", "We'll build new factories to create jobs!"

How long does it take to build a factory? Also where are the materials going to come from? America evolved to get away from manufacturing jobs to pay employee's higher wages in the tech industry. People always point to China because they "make things". They also have a communist political party where the bottom social class barely makes any money with not a lot of options to move up.......

I wish people would think about this. I'd love to talk to a Republican that thinks this is good......

[mtutiger]

15 minutes ago, chasfh said:

And it's not even an actual defense, since prices on domestic products will rise to fill the new price gap created by dramatic increases in the prices of foreign products.

The only thing that might delay that some is a honeymoon period in which domestic products do not rise yet, which will immediately trumpeted as a triumph for the American consumer, and then as soon as the next horror takes over the news cycle, the prices will unceremoniously increase, and then when the media finally notice, Biden policies from years prior will be blamed.

Seems like he's taking ownership of the crash and outcome to me

[mtutiger]

18 minutes ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

What I love is the Republicans are like, "We'll bring back manufacturing jobs!", "We'll build new factories to create jobs!"

How long does it take to build a factory? Also where are the materials going to come from? America evolved to get away from manufacturing jobs to pay employee's higher wages in the tech industry. People always point to China because they "make things". They also have a communist political party where the bottom social class barely makes any money with not a lot of options to move up.......

I wish people would think about this. I'd love to talk to a Republican that thinks this is good......

Another way of looking at this: there was a carveout for O&G in these tariffs which people are pointing to as an example of Trump protecting a friendly constituency from the impacts of these tariffs.

The problem? Oil prices, like just about everything outside of beer and cigarettes, are cratering at the moment. Oil companies require both capital for expanding operations (which they aren't going to do with a barrel of oil under $60 regardless) and operating expenses (for maintaining existing infrastructure). Capital and operating expenses are for things like steel and parts which, because of these boneheaded tariffs, are all way more expensive than they were prior to yesterday.

The end result is that even this sector, which ostensibly is being shielded more than others from the impact of these tariffs by the administration, will pull back and will suffer along with all the rest.... there's no being "made whole" out of any of these actions.

Edited 10 hours ago by mtutiger

[RatkoVarda]

19 minutes ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

What I love is the Republicans are like, "We'll bring back manufacturing jobs!", "We'll build new factories to create jobs!"

How long does it take to build a factory? Also where are the materials going to come from? America evolved to get away from manufacturing jobs to pay employee's higher wages in the tech industry. People always point to China because they "make things". They also have a communist political party where the bottom social class barely makes any money with not a lot of options to move up.......

I wish people would think about this. I'd love to talk to a Republican that thinks this is good......

more manufacturing were created under Biden than Trump

not sure when the impact of IRA and the Chips Act will be, but in theory they were good ideas grounded in reality

[CMRivdogs]

33 minutes ago, AlaskanTigersFan said:

What I love is the Republicans are like, "We'll bring back manufacturing jobs!", "We'll build new factories to create jobs!"

 

How many of them are willing to work for peanuts or even walnuts?

[CMRivdogs]

https://bsky.app/profile/ianbremmer.com/post/3llymdpsrac2q

[romad1]

9 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

How many of them are willing to work for peanuts or even walnuts?

 

17 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

more manufacturing were created under Biden than Trump

not sure when the impact of IRA and the Chips Act will be, but in theory they were good ideas grounded in reality

It would be great if we could reestablish manufacturing.   To quote Valeria in the movie "Conan" when discussing invading Thulsa Doom's lair:

Quote

• Subotai: The old man says the Mountain of Power is hollow. Thulsa Doom is in the mountain.
• Valeria: What else does he say?
• Subotai: That in the back of the mountain there's a gorge. Many caves. A good thief could get in there, steal the princess, and be off before she's missed in the darkness.
• Valeria: Good thieves could do that, but not vengeful ones.
•  

the monomania of Trump and these crap advisors combined.  They aren't particularly good at economics because they don't see economics through the filter of data and analytics but in terms of platitudes and loyalty. 

[mtutiger]

3 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

https://bsky.app/profile/ianbremmer.com/post/3llymdpsrac2q

Another John Burn-Murdoch graphic...

A couple of takeaways: 

1.) Immigration is basically the thread holding the enterprise together at the moment

2.) Not every Trump voter is a "red hat"... 

[romad1]

The Russell Brand story is really struggling to break through the fall of Civilization and death of hope. 

[romad1]

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[romad1]

Did the leopards eat your face? 

 

[CMRivdogs]

And of course the nations Commander in Chief couldn't be bothered to respect the fallen because he had to go to a reception of something for a bunch of LIV Golf multimillionaires 

 

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Nobody was going to vote for him after that debate.   That killed him.  And I know Trump's debate performance vs Harris was even worse, but it doesn't matter with him.  

[CMRivdogs]

4 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Did the leopards eat your face? 

 

Buyers remorse? They got what they paid for.

 

[CMRivdogs]

This ought to upset a few Red Hat Bros..

 

[mtutiger]

 

[Tigerbomb13]

Boom boom boss man involved

[CMRivdogs]

 

[mtutiger]

15 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Boom boom boss man involved

If Sarah Langs did economic commentary, there'd be a lot of "WEEEEEEE"ing this week

[mtutiger]

32 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

This ought to upset a few Red Hat Bros..

 

One of those things that won't go unnoticed by the general public.

[Hongbit]

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

The Russell Brand story is really struggling to break through the fall of Civilization and death of hope. 

Brand is a Grade A piece of **** human being if these allegations are true, which I believe them to be. He is yet another online podcaster/political hack who completed his grift from left to right when it suited him.

[romad1]

2 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Brand is a Grade A piece of **** human being if these allegations are true, which I believe them to be. He is yet another online podcaster/political hack who completed his grift from left to right when it suited him.

no argument

[smr-nj]

We all know this is how the rich get richer.  Every time, the finger is always on the scales for them.