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Trump enacts tariffs on Canada(25%), Mexico(25%), China(10%).

www.voanews.com Trump places tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China

President signals that other tariffs will be imposed in coming weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order Saturday that places 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% tariffs on goods from China, the White House said.

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Interesting that he’s going easier on China than us or Mexico. Sorry, I meant obvious.
- Why is it obvious? I still don't understand why
  
  Because this is even more true now than it was in 2017. And if you don't wish to read it all, just go down to the 'paper trail' section.
  https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-conflicts-interest-china/

If you are a non-Trump voter in a red state, especially if you work for the flagship company or industry in that state, I would like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what our government is about to do. We don't want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully.
- I hear ya. Probably going to lose my job because of this, and it isn't your fault.
  
  I think both countries are going to have a lot of job losses because of this. It's never the idiot leaders who suffer, it's everyone else.
  I'm not sure how well I'm going to be sleeping anymore. Oh well.

With this and DOGE it sure seems the US is slowly destroying itself from the inside, all to the benefit of Russia, China and a few rich guys
- Pfffft, "slowly"??? They pushed the pedal to the floor and launched it off the cliff! And we're duct-taped to the back seat...
  
  News can't even report on Elmo's bros taking over our government payment system and HR system because Trump just made everything 25% more expensive
  
  This is the really real world!

What goods?
- Everything except energy apparently?
  
  Go figure, he wants Americans to continue driving gas guzzlers and not see the price of gas go up in the states.
  Americans also unaware that this means they will be paying more for imported goods.
  
  No, oil is 10%.
  
  Yeah good luck with that though. We're going to retaliate with our own energy tarrifs
- Lumber from Canada is a big one.
- The good ones
  
  oooh, that's good

So we raise all prices. Even energy. 40%
"Okay Mr smarty-pants. Do you wanna go for 50? Don't try me."

So the US is only slightly stepping on China for appearances? weirdChamp

There he goes again, attacking allies more than he attacks China.

Gotta go easy on the hammer and sickle for helping him get elected.

But why?
- To tank the entire continent so American tech billionaires can bring back feudalism
  
  Yeah, if you force enough car companies to come close to bankruptcy, they'll have to sell to Tesla before it folds. If left to true capitalism, musk would likely be broke before he dies. This is just an example, and the same model used for every major industry. If Tesla was valued as a regular company instead of a speculation stock, it would be in the dirt already.
- Because he learned a word and built his entire policy around it.
- To encourage more manufacturing in the US. Such will not be exposed to the tariffs.
- Putin, why else. He wants a weakened US.
  
  So does China. All of our economic rivals.

Trump wants lower interest rates, but does everything to raise inflation and therefore keep them up.

Ugh!

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