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In reply to the discussion: Trump just gave away the reason for tariffs today [View all]uponit7771
(93,119 posts)2. He's an idiot acts like internet and jet engines don't exist
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And the GOP is compliant. Worked over the weekend on tax cuts. Ignoring the tariffs
Raven123
Apr 2025
#1
Compliant and complicit. Democrats tried twice to impeach him and Republicans gave him a pass so he run again and destr
OAITW r.2.0
Apr 2025
#13
Exactly! I am hoping more people will realize he wants to take everything from us, including our very lives.
LiberalLoner
Apr 2025
#25
The British Empire was significantly more powerful and influential in 1900 than the US was.
meadowlander
Apr 2025
#24
For a brief time after the Civil War, the US was the most powerful nation in the world
Kaleva
Apr 2025
#48
Plus income tax cuts don't help the elderly who live only on their Social
allegorical oracle
Apr 2025
#21
You betcha. I think of it as homage to the old time Russian Radicals who communicated by "samizdat".
marble falls
Apr 2025
#44
Trump believes tariffs are a tax on other countries. He's a moron. If he was smart, he wouldn't knowingly look like an
Doodley
Apr 2025
#15
He's been talking about tariffs since the 1980s, saying how other nations are ripping us off.
Doodley
Apr 2025
#50
Tariffs are also one of the most regressive taxes around, hurting everyone but the wealthy.
Lonestarblue
Apr 2025
#23
This is Conservative Movement gospel. He's preaching to the Heritage Foundation choir
JHB
Apr 2025
#26
I think angry protestors will far outnumber the Proud Boys and their ilk n/t
AntiFascist
Apr 2025
#40