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I’ve seen less pretzel logic from flat earthers, yet you’re bringing it with religious zealotry over an objectively terrible tool inappropriate for the times. Of course the tariffs will be blamed: because they’re the root cause. Asshat Trump is obsessed with them because he saw someone else get one for their industry in the 80s. Now he wants his own, only bigger and dumber, being implemented by absolute amateurs who asked a LLM to implement a massively simplistic scheme based solely on goods trade differential, and based on internet domains regardless of having an actual trade economy. Ignoring the fact that we “export” a massive services and information technology industry to all of those places that operate at far higher margins than manufacturing marbles in Sri Lanka. And ignoring that 45% of our imports are raw materials. And ignoring that tariffs are a massive self-own tax increase on the people. And ignoring that we don’t really have a massive unemployment problem requiring all this manufacturing to move back. And ignoring that manufacturing won’t move back before companies run the clock out for a different admin. And ignoring how wildly unsuccessful they have been in the past when implemented broadly. It’s just tanking the market. Penalizing people with higher costs (inflation), and driving people in the middle to trend their support to other political factions none of us want in charge. But keep blindly supporting your new religion.

I guess this is also bad? Asking for a friend… “We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods — as we have successfully done with many other trading partners — because Europe is always ready for a good deal, so we keep it on the table.” https://thehill.com/policy/international/5236107-european-union-tariff-negotiations/amp/

The stock market is overvalued by *at least* 33%. If you factor in the ridiculous earnings expectations, 50% would be completely acceptable. So using the market as a gauge of how good or bad tariffs are is absurd. We have been overdue for an economic reckoning based on the irresponsible fiscal and monetary decisions of *both* parties since the GFC. Unfortunately, the tariffs will be blamed for it because people don't think I'm terms of decades, but in days. The world has been living off our system for a long, long time. Hopefully that ends now. Everyone is acting like the world can just stop doing business with the US, but deep down we know that's not true. If we put a tariff on Canada, it hurts us a little. If Canada puts a tariff on us, it hurts us a little. But both actions are devastating to the Canadian economy which is heavily reliant on both selling to and buying from the US. Same for many other nations. The reason you hear such shrill screaming from countries like Canada is that they know if America (as a populace, not just the President) realizes how much we've been funding the growth of everyone else, and that we could have been talking a cut of that action with only minimal pain... Well that represents an existential threat to the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too method of government the West has been living on. If everyone else suddenly has to fund a functional military, and fund their massive social welfare programs, *and* engage in fair reciprocal trade with the US.... They're done. They will bend the knee so long as the anti-American Americans don't trick we-the-people into backing their failed globalist cosmopolitan utopia. Edit: A great example is Qatar Airways. They don't tariff our airlines, but they sure do subsidize theirs. Let's slap some equalizing tariffs on those tickets and see what happens to their traffic.

This is precisely the point. Ask any modern liberal (leftist), mutatis mutandis, and they will not be able to answer this question - i.e. they cannot provide a general or abstract answer. Nay, they will not even engage with the argument on that level. It is literal proof of an uninformed argument and an unconsidered position. All you will get is some variation of he's stupid and/or colored orange.

Today was a huge day. Got my orders, house confirmed on base at Columbus and had my FINI flight! Next stop CAFB!

Hah! Refute the points.

If this dude got bounced because Laura Loomer...wtf is even this administration. Holy shit, is this real life? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/national-security/3370237/trump-fired-nsa-director-tim-haugh-laura-loomer/ or https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/04/04/democrats-attack-discredited-conspiracy-theorist-laura-loomer-as-nsa-director-and-deputy-are-reportedly-axed/

Unfortunately you voted for the whole circus, not just the elephants. All the other acts are queuing up Newsom/AOC 2028.

It is Blue Chip bargain time.

New York proposal would ban police from making traffic stops for minor violations to pursue 'racial equity'

Representation has generally meant the Congress, which is my argument. These powers should not run unchecked for any administration, much like the War Powers Act.

What's the issue exactly? @SurelySerious has been a contributor here for as long as I can remember and is clearly not a spammer. The posts are all on topic, and the only response you've been able to put together is downvoting all of them, which is even less value added than the admittedly large amount of twitter copypasta. If you disagree, maybe put together a coherent defense of this tariff clown show and a real conversation can be had. Until then, remember this isn't reddit so we don't go whining to the mods when someone has opinions we don't like.

The globalists, neocons, corporate shills, rootless billionaires loyal to no nation or people hate it then it’s good for America. VDH had good words on this policy with also the question if tariffs are so bad for an economy then why did/do other nations have/had them? MAGA is the voice of the middle, working and professional/entrepreneurial classes saying no more to a trade and economic system that trades our economic position and opportunity so a bunch rich assholes can get some access to an economy for slave labor/no regulations. Then there’s the migration labor issue but that’s another head of the hydra to slay… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Worked for him when I was in CYBERCOM. Good dude, mostly good ideas and really cared about the mission and the people. His bad idea(s) were trying to solve a problem he was put in, and the didn't ever take effect. I can't speak on the CSAF, CNO, VCSAF getting fired with a personal anecdote. But Haugh knew his shit, was a cyber "operator" (stop laughing), and cared about his people. This is a massive loss for warfighing in the "new" domain. And if this is because he wouldn't co-sign splitting up NSA and CYBERCOM then whoever replaces him to do that is setting back our capes at minimum a decade, if not more.

Trump administration fires director of National Security Agency/Cyber Command The Trump administration has fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the United States’ powerful cyber intelligence bureau, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, members of the Senate and House intelligence committees and two former officials familiar with the matter. The dismissal of Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also leads US Cyber Command — the military’s offensive and defensive cyber unit — is a major shakeup of the US intelligence community which is navigating significant changes in the first two months of the Trump administration. Wendy Noble, Haugh’s deputy at NSA, was also removed, according to the former officials and lawmakers. The top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence committee, Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Jim Himes, denounced the firing of Haugh, who served in the roles since February 2024, in statements on Thursday night... (Full article at title link) I've had a couple of opportunities to meet with Gen Haugh when he was the 16AF/CC. He was an articulate, dedicated and experienced leader in the field of cybersecurity and intelligence, and I cannot fathom how his dismissal will benefit our national security.