• blakenong@lemmings.world
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    8 days ago

    Except the fat bully doesn’t get punished. Just a significant number of people who voted for him, and even more who didn’t. Too bad we can’t just pay tariffs based on political party.

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      8 days ago

      Oh, I think we should just stop buying things.

      Like, altogether.

      Lets hit a great depression, and let THAT be trumps legacy. Killing over 1 million americans intentionally, and crashing the global economy intentionally.

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          Except he does care about his reputation. It is all he cares about. He is just wrong about what helps it.

          He will go down as the dumbest and weakest President ever. He cares. But without a ghost of Presidents past intervention, he will not believe it. He feels tough right now and, I believe, honestly thinks he is right on tariffs. He is wrong and history will record it so, but he really believes it.

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            Ooooooooh, you know what we should do? We should wait until 2028 and then forget he ever existed.

            Like he’ll be saying some thing on a tv show. And then the host will be like “I’m sorry…WHO are you?” And he’s like “C’mon, it’s me!” And the host is like “that doesn’t help” “I’m donald trump!” “Where would I know you from?” “DONALD TRUMP!!!” “Yes, I heard your name, I just haven’t heard what project you’re promoting.”

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              OMG. That is the most brilliant thing ever. I normally don’t get excited but that would be so good. Better than prison.

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      Yeah. We’re all on board this wild ride and none of us are experts, but I really do have a strong suspicion that this thing is going to go real bad for Trump in a very meaningful way.

      It’s not just like the time he said whatever stupid thing. He’s really fucked everyone for no reason and even his supporters are going to judge him harshly when they lose their jobs and everything costs twice as much.

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        even his supporters are going to judge him harshly when they lose their jobs and everything costs twice as much

        This is where you got it wrong, his accolytes are in this as a matter of faith, if the orange cunt makes them lose their job, he only needs to blame “the woke” and they will believe it.

        China must send the US to the great depression era all over again and even then, I’m not sure the magats will stop voting for him

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        7 days ago

        Zero things will happen to him unless he goes to jail for life or is killed. Other than those two, he is untouchable…. Sadly.

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          I suspect you might be underestimating the fall out.

          Unemployment will increase. The cost of everyday items will increase significantly. There may be shortages of foodstuffs.

          These aren’t intangible gloomy pessimistic “what ifs”, but rather predictions shared by most experts.

          When a significant portion of the population is unable to feed themselves they will become ungovernable.

          Trump is incapable of backing down on anything ever. He just doubles down. Always. He’s doing it this very moment with China and their 100% tariffs.

          What else can possibly be the outcome of having an ungovernable population and a POTUS incapable of addressing the problem?