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4mo ago

Trump threatens new tariffs on smartphones days after exempting them

Trump threatens new tariffs on smartphones days after exempting them

cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/28912

President Trump says Chinese-made electronics are simply moving to a different levy "bucket".

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4mo ago

Trump threatens new tariffs on smartphones days after exempting them

www.bbc.com /news/articles/c62z54gwd22o

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Very stable genius
He excluded Smartphones because Apple (who donated to his campaign) asked for it, I think they've realized they could just straight up ask him to tariff their competition away.
- What competition does Apple have that still has a tariff? I'm a little surprised he didn't just come out and EO a program where any company that contributes X amount of dollars is exempt. Make Samsung pay also.
Dementia. Allegedly.
- Yeah, though he calls it “the weave”
- Don't these things get cheaper over time?
Trump is dumber than a bucket of hair.
in my headcanon, Xi didn't call so his plans to announce a china-self-made-"deal" didn't follow through.
this is another tantrum.
Babe wake up it’s robo-Trump’s 10th term and stocks are still sinusoidal
I’m so tired of this.
Dementia here we come
Yet again he proves this true:
brrr line goes down the hole tomorrow
trump .0002 seconds after crashing the economy
The only good thing that came out of the Trump tariff is the volatility index going up!
Its obvious here. He threatens corporations who dont submit to the regime. If you play ball then he undoes it. This is all consolidation of his illusion of power. I say illusionn because these people live in a state of Mind that most of us will fortunately never experience. .

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