Now the stupid ones can 'figure' it out.
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Or do their own research to figure out why everything is so expensive.
You didn't miss anything, you're just getting what you voted for.
I guess Democracy is allowing voters to shoot themselves in the foot an then letting them wonder what happened.
Yes. They missed the part where they specifically and repeatedly said they were going to do this. Because American voters evidently have the cognitive skills of a fucking sea sponge.
My sister voted for Trump, only learned after the fact, because of "the inflation" so I asked her how she tough the tariffs would help on that. Her answer? "What do you mean, what are tariffs?" A little too late I send her a youtube video about Tariffs and Trump and she was like wtf. She lives in California, so it's not like she helped him win, but I'm going to keep a tab on her before elections.
its low information voters that mostly voted for him besides the incels/joe roegan people.
Because ~~American~~ Trump voters evidently have the cognitive skills of a fucking sea sponge.
FTFU.
No the non-voters are just as responsible for this mess.
And some of the Democratic voters might actually approve of them waving little round signs around while they vote for Republican bills and confirm Republican nominations.
The percentage of Americans who are above sea sponge levels seems to be vanishingly small.
Unfortunately the Trump virus has infected other countries too. I’m really proud of Canada for not following us.
Oh we still have a major fight on our hands. It was a very close outcome and only happened because we burned our number 3 and 4 parties to the ground to make it happen. That isn't really a win. It only buys a little time to get our shit together before this happens again.
Hey, man, don't insult the sea sponge.
A sea sponge at least absorbs something.
It also doesn't fuck up life for everyone else on the planet, which is a boon.
One mistake Temu is making is showing it as "Import fees". That's correct of course, but they should label it specifically as "Import tariffs" or "Tariffs", so that it's clear what this is. From the comments in the linked reddit threads, a lot of people just think they're extra fees Temu is voluntarily putting on as retaliation, their brains still aren't making the link between "import fees" and "trump's tariffs on China".
Definitely needs to be "Trump's tariff" to be clear.
Trump Tariff Tax would be even better.
This has abbreviation potential. "Have you paid the TTT on this?".
There are some brave businesses around here that have started posting signs.
"Due to tariffs, we've had to raise our prices."
I'm in the Deep South, I bet by end of week I see a place charging "Fuck China" surcharges.
Digikey an electronics parts site has it listed on their stuff now.
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"Did I miss something?"
No, you intentionally avoided listening to what we were telling you.
I’m not totally convinced that a huge swath of trump voters ever heard any alternatives to the propaganda that lead them to believe tariffs=good. Like i imagine a ton of them are structurally isolated from hearing alternatives the way social media and television works
If Mangolini weren't such an idiot, he wouldn't have revoked the de minimus exemption (meaning orders under $800 were exempt from the tariffs), then his rube followers would never have noticed anything.
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Donald J Trump is a liar, rapist, cheat and a lousy business man that has failed every single business, and Americans voted in this useless excuse for a human being to enforce facism, racism, and colonialism. Well done America.
He bankrupted a casino.
A FUCKING CASINO!
That's like bankrupting a money printer.
Twice.
and actively worked with russia since the 80s to undermine the USA.
You forgot sexism. There's a non-zero amount of people who simply will never vote for a woman.
sexism and racism, the reason people were giving for not voting her, is because "i dont like her, or she hasnt done anything" codewords for she was black and a woman.
“Non zero” just doesn’t do justice to the sheer amount who won’t vote for a woman. Even among women voters.
I for one could never vote for a man to be president. Men are just too emotional to serve as leaders. Do you really want some roid-rage dude with his hands on the nuclear button? Please. Men are just too pigheaded, irrational, and obsessed with petty dominance issues to be trusted with real power. They're like selfish little children. Can you imagine it, a male president? The very idea is laughable! Only someone who knows just how hard it is to birth and raise a child should be trusted with the power to direct the military to take lives. Only women can really grasp the real stakes involved. /s
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It's only just begun. Wait until there are empty shelves at Wal-Mart. MAGA is going to have to work overtime to blame it on Biden.
walmart, the magats go-to for stores.
It's not hard work. They just blame Biden. When you're lying, and everyone knows you're lying, then there's no reason to put effort into the lie. If that doesn't catch on, they'll blame someone else. Zelensky or Xi, or they can always Blame Canada.
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