Trump warned automakers not to raise prices after his tariffs and be happy how ‘great’ they are

trump has had 6 companies go bankrupt he is not a good business man.

So he's basically telling the other billionaires to eat the cost of the tariff themselves and NOT pass them on to the consumer.

Trump really is stupid enough to start biting the hands that gave him his current position, all because Musk tells him to.

Holy shit everyone was right and he doesn't understand how tariffs work

Is he so stupid he doesn't understand how to fascism?

How great would it be if he somehow accidentally killed car dealerships

So basically government price fixing. Isn't USA supposed to be the pillar of libertarian capitalism?

I'm starting to think that this guy might not understand how economies work.

I hope the car makers said ‘thank you’

Is that.. is that a portrait of Reagan on the wall behind him? The man has no concept of irony..

Let's do some overly simplistic bad economics just for fun. Let's suppose that the American car companies are not hurt by the tariffs because those only target foreign car companies. Now all the foreign cars are 25% more expensive. This raises the demand for domestic cars. If the domestic car companies are trying to make money, they will jack up their prices 24%. And what are we told? Something about how they have duty to their shareholders? ... Donald is having fun living in his dream world.

I cannot wait for that fat bastard to die. Plenty of much better, useful, kinder, loved, younger people die every day. Why can't we have some fucking justice?

Ugh, I hate this timeline, where a whole lot of people, countries, and organizations are trying to avoid incurring the wrath of a complete dipshit and total baby named donvict.

Can you say "economic collapse".

He's such an abysmally bad politician. Bungler. He's ruining the country.

This, again, shows the enormous reaches of stupidity that Trump fills.

Absolute clown administration

Don’t raise prices ! Just sell at a loss ! How hard could it be ?

This is #mafia #fascism tactics. I hope #us economy leaders will realize how crazy #trump is and the will go against him.

Why’s he so utterly obsessed with tariffs? Like he thinks they just fix everything. It’s so stupid.

Don't worry guys, he "saved them" by eliminating subsidies for EVs. That fad is clearly going away, and by gutting the American auto industry's ability to grow their EV market share, we'll clearly be poised for global dominance. Obviously the rest of the world LOVES smog and HATES silent/emissions free vehicles and will FLOCK to ICE cars that are priced the same as Chinese EVs.

Yeah... that's not how that works. He's shitting on us and blaming everyone else for it

While the United Auto Workers union support the move as a job creator

Yeah, I bet the Canadian members of the UAW will be stoked to hear this

The United Auto Workers(UAW), […] that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and southern Ontario, Canada

So America is great again right? Right?

Yeah, good luck with that. He has lost what little business sense he had

Keep this up and we might even get to see America starting a state-run car company. This'll be great to watch. 🍿

Capitalism at work, shithead. Get fucked

Be sure not to offset the costs by eliminating executive raises and bonuses, or by trimming their ridiculously large salaries! Those are sacrosanct!

So, now when the automotive manufacturers inevitably raise their prices, he can point and whine “but I told them not to, see it’s their fault”. And the foaming masses will blindly follow the pied piper off the cliff, further into fascism. I hate how fucking predictable this is becoming. It’s like a terrible abc sitcom. Only it’s scary real life.

The man simply does not know what a tariff is, and is doing this because otherwise Putin releases the tapes. Its simple

"The price is the same as last year's but today's model comes with x, y, z optionals that make the price go that high"

claiming the tariffs would be “great” and benefit U.S. manufacturing

would be wild to get his elevator pitch in this. lol. without saying "trade war" and bigly fear mongering.

I know at least Subaru has already sent out emails to dealerships to expect prices to increase in April. If you're currently looking into purchasing a new car, better do it sooner rather than later.

I know he's dumb, but god. Wow.

Question here, anyone know if Tesla is produced entirely domestic? The Detroit brands all at least have parts and for some models entire production facilities in Canada/Mexico.

Not that he would use government power to so explicitly help his playmate there, just curious...