Trump announces 25% tariffs on ALL products from Canada & Mexico

[LilMonst3r 5,700]

So avocado prices will get ridiculous 

[Emvee 8,868]

Democrats better get their **** together, because in two years they need to sweep both houses to check him.  

[LateToCult 42,163]

Nooo! The Abuelita hot chocolate tablets are about to skyrocket. 

[Omar Vela 2,745]

Mexico kinda deserve it to be honest

I'm saying this as a real mexican born and raised in mexico... and yeah i hate the cheeto but mexico deserves it for letting cr1m3 go way higher during last administration (and the actual one is not doing better)

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3 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

Idc if this is petty, but I hope they get EVERYTHING that they voted for. 

I am prepared to pay the price if it means they suffer. 

I think this is the wrong attitude. Abandoning what you believe in just so other people suffer is not the way forward. 

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Low information voters who didn't know what tariffs are (or how they work) who voted for him because they thought things would get cheaper are now seemingly beginning to realize the consequences of that decision. And even though it impacts me and I shouldn't be, it is making me feel kinda vindicated in how stupid they must feel.

[Morphine Prince 109,997]

8 minutes ago, stvn said:

I think this is the wrong attitude. Abandoning what you believe in just so other people suffer is not the way forward. 

I’m not abandoning what I believe in. I am watching voters get what they wanted. 

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1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said:

I’m not abandoning what I believe in. I am watching voters get what they wanted. 

I understand. But the undercurrent of wanting people to suffer because they may not have understood what they wanted because of lack of education is gross to me. 

Let's focus on getting people education and more opportunity. Wanting people to suffer isn't a strategy. Introspection is a strategy. 

There was a woman who is very prominent who I won't name who is a democratic party operative. When Trump won, she sent out a wishlist of who she wanted to be deported because they didn't support her side. You know what I'm getting at? We can't claim to believe in something and then want the same people we ostensibly fight for to suffer if they don't capitulate. Because again, that isn't a strategy--nor will it change anyone's minds. 

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10 minutes ago, stvn said:

I understand. But the undercurrent of wanting people to suffer because they may not have understood what they wanted because of lack of education is gross to me. 

Its not a lack of education. Its a lack of Googling a word. Seeing the word 'suffer' in reference to paying more for an avocado is kinda silly though. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,350]

32 minutes ago, Omar Vela said:

Mexico kinda deserve it to be honest

I'm saying this as a real mexican born and raised in mexico... and yeah i hate the cheeto but mexico deserves it for letting cr1m3 go way higher during last administration (and the actual one is not doing better)

Baby, Mexico isn’t going to be paying for these tariffs, the US consumers are lol

[Morphine Prince 109,997]

17 minutes ago, stvn said:

I understand. But the undercurrent of wanting people to suffer because they may not have understood what they wanted because of lack of education is gross to me. 

Let's focus on getting people education and more opportunity. Wanting people to suffer isn't a strategy. Introspection is a strategy. 

There was a woman who is very prominent who I won't name who is a democratic party operative. When Trump won, she sent out a wishlist of who she wanted to be deported because they didn't support her side. You know what I'm getting at? We can't claim to believe in something and then want the same people we ostensibly fight for to suffer if they don't capitulate. Because again, that isn't a strategy--nor will it change anyone's minds. 

We tried education. People don’t care. They only care about how they FEEL about how much their dollar stretches, regardless of the facts or logic. 

People didn’t care about electing a felon. People didn’t care about him inciting an insurrection to overturn an election. People didn’t care about the dehumanizing rhetoric he spewed for YEARS. 

It’s not 2016. This is the THIRD time many people voted for him.

[Omar Vela 2,745]

14 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Baby, Mexico isn’t going to be paying for these tariffs, the US consumers are lol

it affects both ways... you should do a better research (100% not being shady)

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,350]

7 minutes ago, Omar Vela said:

it affects both ways... you should do a better research (100% not being shady)

Tariffs disproportionately impact importers and consumers. Sure, they have a marginal effect on exporters because they may have to cut prices to remain competitive (not necessarily though, depending upon how much the importer relies on the exporter for the particular good). So, imo, if the goal was to “teach Mexico a lesson” there are probably more direct ways to do that that don’t have disproportionate downstream effects on consumers in the US domestic economy (also there’s virtually no correlation between Mexican commercial imports and drug cartels, so the whole explanation feels pretty ad hoc at best). 

[Phoenix Rises 954]

somehow his voters will blame it on democrats. one person said Hillary owns walmart and thats why their raising prices...

[doppelganger 4,023]

Aren't Teslas made in Mexico?