The Fake News Washington Post, Amazon’s “chief lobbyist,” has another (of many) phony headlines, “Trump Defiant As China Adds Trade Penalties.” WRONG! Should read, “Trump Defiant as U.S. Adds Trade Penalties, Will End Barriers And Massive I.P. Theft.” Typically bad reporting!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 5, 2018
STATEMENT FROM TRUMP: instructed ustr to consider another $100 billion in tariffs. pic.twitter.com/5k6WAsW4I7
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 5, 2018
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Wrong again, Donald!
Two points: If China reacts in size/kind it would have to impose tariffs on all US exports to China (and more). And to add $100bn in tariffs US would probably have to start hitting consumer goods it avoided in first round. https://t.co/uFtWL98m6D
— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) April 5, 2018
Ten Trump red states will all be hit with soybean tariffs. @hughhewitt just said this is "terrible economics and worse politics." @TheRickWilson
— Jack Jarvis (@jxjarvix) April 4, 2018
Add a new woe to Republicans’ efforts to hold House majority: The price in China of U.S. sweet cherries, raw almonds and frozen pig forelegs. How the emerging trade war is shaking up politics. https://t.co/HyD1otRKVq
— michaelscherer (@michaelscherer) April 4, 2018
Trump voter and Iowa hog farmer Tim Schmidt tells me Chinese tariffs will cost him $35k/year. 3,700 jobs at risk in his county alone. If tariffs don’t change, says his vote at risk.
— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) April 3, 2018
If it weren’t for all our 401(k)s and other retirement accounts, I’d be just as happy to watch Steve “Pig Muck” King trying to explain to his pork- and soybean-raising voters that those wiley ChiComs just have more experience at this whole international trade stuff than the Party of Smoot-Hawley Mk. II…
China is smart. They are targeting Trump voters with their tariff pain. This is thought out policy and opposed to a dictate by a party of one who had no vision of how this would play out. https://t.co/zNHnyFiSID
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) April 4, 2018
Here's a chart that shows the jobs in industries targeted by China's retaliatory tariffs, broken down by Trump and Clinton counties:https://t.co/E2gedMDwmX pic.twitter.com/yqR1930tEv
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 3, 2018
Of the top 10 soybean producing states, Trump carried 8: Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Arkansas. And Minnesota, a key swing state for House control, is ranked 3rd. Trump took aim at China and hit his own base. https://t.co/7u6xoglpRa
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 4, 2018
The U.S.-China tariffs war will cost 190,000 American jobs and shave some GDP growth from the economy, according to estimate from Moody’s economist. https://t.co/DgKj9UFcCo
— Axios (@axios) April 4, 2018
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NOTHING TO SEE HERE, FOLKS! ALL IS WELL!…
Kudlow tells me the tariffs are only "proposals" right now as the Trump administration tamps down fears of a trade war.https://t.co/xwFVhszpRT
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 4, 2018
.@larry_kudlow on market reaction to China's tariff announcement: "Don't overreact, we'll see how this works out… At the end of this whole process, the end of the rainbow, there's a pot of gold." pic.twitter.com/ZPeYpYq2Kw
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 4, 2018
Old GOP: Voodoo Economics
New GOP: Leprechaun Economics https://t.co/PwCnytRkku— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 4, 2018
"is China trying to pit portions of America against other portions of America?" asks Pres Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro @NewsHour tonight
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) April 4, 2018
Isn’t that what Trump’s doing?
— David Clayton, LLC (@i8dc) April 4, 2018
No, that’s Russia. China is trying to hurt the President politically by causing economic pain in swing states and among his base. https://t.co/MjCJXheRXg
— Abraham M. Denmark (@AbeDenmark) April 4, 2018
Viva BrisVegas
The interesting thing to watch for now is who in Trump’s cabinet and family are shorting the market.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
Once more with feeling: Good and hard, red states and Trump cultists. Good and hard. And no lube. Reap what you sow.
Mike in NC
Very much looking forward to “tariff pain” stories originating in various parts of Trumpistan. Elections have consequences, they say.
Schlemazel
I only have a 3.5 years before mandatory withdrawals kick in & I don’t have enough as it is. I pulled my entire portfolio out of the market late last year because I can’t afford another 2007. I wish utter destruction on the morons that voted for this fucking disaster
Jim, Foolish Literalist
hmmm…….
NotMax
Toddler economics.
mainmata
The stupid is strong with this one.
Jay
It’s actually as funny as hell. Treasury has “spiked” or hasn’t gotten around to actually doing the paperwork on the first round of tariffs,
( basically said Treason Tribbles twit’s arn’t actually policy)
China did do the paperwork on the first round, and the second round should be ready Monday/Tuesday.
I guess Xi thinks that twit’s are policy.
geg6
Though this will hurt us all, I do have to admit that my own suffering will be tempered by how all these despicable people who voted for him with such glee at the thought of how he’d take it to women and people of color are going to be getting fucked good and hard. I will throw it in every face if they dare to even say one word about it in complaint. MAGA, motherfuckers!
James E. Powell
@Viva BrisVegas:
All of them, Katie.
Mike in DC
Well, the markets will go nuts tomorrow. Trump is toying with a forced recession with this shit.
El Caganer
I don’t believe there will be any actual change at all. Trump will instruct the US ambassador to tell the Chinese he was jes’ funnin’ them, then he’ll go on Twitter and announce to America that his bluff worked and the Chinese backed down. That fact that this wouldn’t be true wouldn’t make any difference – none of his other lies seem to be generating a lot of pushback.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
CNN says Drumpf may have damaged his credibility by denying knowledge of hush money to Stomry Daniels.
Yes CNN, he had so much credibility before today.
Chet Murthy
@Jay:
I don’t want to attribute to Xi and the CCP leadership cadre anything they don’t deserve. But still, I think they must be quaking in their boots about Spanky McTrump being Predisent[sic]. I can imagine they would much rather have a rational adversary like Obama, than this ….. buffoon. So that’d be a reason to retaliate in a trade war — much, much, much better than doing nothing (only encourages bullies).
In short, Xi loves Chinese children too (to paraphrase Sting).
Baud
Oddly, electing Trump president isn’t working out so well.
Schlemazel
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
The best part is he broke the NDA (if there ever was one) and he is selling the dumbass lawyer down the river which might piss him off enough to make him unwilling to do his best for hair furor
Wag
The idea of Leprechaun economics is awesome and deserves to be a rotating tag line.
Amir Khalid
There seems to be a cycle for some American voters:
1. Vote for Republicans.
2. Republican policies hurt you.
3. Democrats offer a fix.
4. Vote for Democrats.
5. Democrats fix it.
6. It is now safe to vote for Republicans again. Go to step 1.
Baud
@Amir Khalid: You are quite observant.
Shalimar
I really love the hog farmer who says this might put his Trump vote at risk next time. Might. He isn’t fooling anyone. Trump could personally take away everything that guy has and he still wouldn’t leave the cult.
PsiFighter37
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: People think this dumbass motherfucker has a thought in his head before he opens his pie hole. People have to stop treating this assclown with any seriousness.
Chip Daniels
Somewhere in the bowels of Fox News, there is a group of interns frantically trying to craft a message that explains how the Urban People with their droopy drawers and Cadillacs caused this pain to the heartland.
Baud
@Shalimar:
He’ll always have his sparrows and curtain rods.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Trade war, whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, say it again.
it ain’t nothing but a heart-breaker
friend only to the undertaker
Oh, trade war it’s an enemy to all mankind
The point of trade war blows my mind
Trade war has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants…
Shalimar
@Amir Khalid: The sad part is that most of them still won’t go for #4.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
This trade war will pay for itself
piratedan
@Schlemazel: i hear ya, I moved all of my 401k stuff into international and emerging markets because I KNEW that Trump’s economic policies would be an utter shitshow. After all, he’s the guy that went broke on casinos multiple times and has a history of financially fucking over everyone who has ever worked with him or worked for him.
and what is worse, everybody knew this, it was extremely well documented and all of these supposedly fiscally responsible foofs over in the GOP know just how empty their policy is and as usual, it will take Dems to fix it while they piss and moan and are given multiple forums to bitch about how the Dems are fixing things.
PsiFighter37
@Shalimar: Sticking it to China while losing your job is a bit different from sticking it to brown people in America and not being personally impacted.
This keeps going, these fuckers are gonna get really anxious economically, and then those fucktards in the MSM will understand that Trumpers are just racists. Probably not.
SiubhanDuinne
When you’ve lost the ambulatory cream cheese sculpture….
PsiFighter37
@piratedan: What’s the ETA on them becoming deficit scolds as soon as they lose power? I bet that if ZEGS hasn’t quit or lost re-election, his first floor speech will be about it.
Baud
@PsiFighter37: They are deficit scolds now.
Sm*t Cl*de
Trump is not authorised to speak for the White House.
Matt
@Jay:
Look at it this way: if Xi announces counter-tariffs and Drumpf’s team actually goes ahead with the twits, no harm. But if the team talks him back from the edge, Xi can spin it as “America backed down in the face of our might”.
p.a.
@Shalimar: correct. it’s more like: 4) stay home peevishly so Dems get power, straighten things out.
5) vote peevishly for Rs because Dem regimes raise everyone’s boats.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
genuine frontier gibberish.
eric
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: @David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: a concealed force field that can repel bullets fired from a distance without warning or provocation.
PaulWartenberg
Trade war! Huh! Good God y’all what is it good for? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Say it again!
Sm*t Cl*de
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
The rifle bullet might have bounced off it.
p.a.
@Baud: As earth warms we’ll have parrots (roast Norwegian Blue, anyone?) as a replacement. Much more meat on a parrot. See? Global warming > qualitative improvement.
Chip Daniels
@Shalimar:
Cue the LBJ quote about giving a man someone to look down upon, and he will empty his pockets for you.
p.a.
@Sm*t Cl*de: Might be alive if abortion was available and legal for Ray’s mom too, Dana.
Another Scott
@Viva BrisVegas: CNN:
Just about everything Donnie and his Minions [do] has the effect of weakening America. We shouldn’t be surprised that that’s happening – he thinks and has explicitly said that the way for him to win is to destroy value held by anyone else.
Cheers,
Scott.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Gentry republicans and media dimwits insist the tax cut will win them reelection. Drumpf exposes them, saying republican voters care about racism, not economic anxiety.
efgoldman
@Mike in NC:
Nooooo
The depth of his ignorance is lower than the Marianas trench
And his “advisors” aren’t much better
Government by toddler. Even my granddaughter learns things
ETA: The congresscritters and state legislators from those places are deciding whether to “retire” or go down in flames as we speak.
I said after the election in 2016 that the way forward for Democrats was to superglue Weasel Face to every RWNJ’s ass. Even truer now.
Jay
@El Caganer:
Except China’s gone ahead with Tariff’s I, Tariff’s II will be ready Monday/Tuesday, and Tariff’s III the following week.
So much for calling Xi that it was all “a bluff”.
The Chinese arn’t bluffing, and they arn’t waiting for Treasury to enact Treason Tribble’s twits.
OGLiberal
@Amir Khalid: Yes, the GOP effs stuff up for everybody. Once fixed by Dems, GOP offer you a chance to vote based on racism/sexism v. “O shit, my personal economic situation is in trouble” so they go GOP. A few years later it all falls apart again and people vote for Dems who want to govern and fix things. Things get better then, in a few years, we’re back to the politics of rage, resentment, racism and xenophobia.
It’s called white America. And they still have a lot of votes.
SFAW
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
What a fucking moron.
efgoldman
@Schlemazel:
They’re going to get exactly that, but not because of anything you wish or do.
joel hanes
@Schlemazel:
I sold about half last August because I was going to be out of touch for two weeks,
and didn’t trust The Donald not to destroy the markets in that interval.
That wasn’t looking like such a great idea — until just recently.
Sold much of the rest the day after Trump first tweeted “tariff”.
Tomorrow will be a good day to be in cash.
By summer, bonds will be a bargain, I hope.
Mnemosyne
@SFAW:
What, you don’t think a concealed handgun can magically protect you from a sniper shooting from a rooftop 300 yards away? You just need to believe, my son!
OGLiberal
@SFAW: James Ray was firing from about a block and a half away from a bathroom window. MLK likely didn’t even hear the shot.
What a maroon.
Jay
@p.a.:
Nope, they will all die from pining for the fiords, as the fiords drown, the glaciers melt and the pines die.
There will however be a good market in selling their stuffed carcasses, nailed to a perch, to Gullabillies as live food.
Mnemosyne
@OGLiberal:
I’m pretty sure that Loesch doesn’t actually understand how guns work. She points the boomstick and it makes a cool noise that puts a hole in stuff.
Mnemosyne
I was going to make a mordant joke about the US Secretary of State calling Xi to say that Trump was only bluffing, and Xi responding, “I wasn’t,” but then I realized that we don’t even have a fucking Secretary of State right now.
Sm*t Cl*de
Economics is boring. Don’wanna talk about economics. Wanna talk other stuff.
Amir Khalid
@Mnemosyne:
Oh shit, that’s right.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I’d say this merits a “Boom!” That’ll scare some legislators, I’d bet
Steve in the ATL
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: teamsters refusing to work? Color me shocked!
J/k—good for them
Hkedi [Kang T. Q.]
I could totally see China responding with real trade sanctions in retaliation every time Trump threatens on tv to invoke a tariff, but doesn’t actually MAKE any trade sanctions “Because governin is HAAarrd”.
Trump has run on the “squeaky wheel gets the grease” his entire life. In the east, they have a different saying: “the nail that sticks up gets hammered down”.
NickM
So how’s that MAGA stuff workin’ out for ya?
Omnes Omnibus
@OGLiberal:
He basically fired across the parking lot. I’ve been there. You, however, are correct that MLK never heard the shot and that carrying a weapon would have done fuck all to stop the assassination.
Villago Delenda Est
My sympathy for Tim Schmidt is non-existent.
You voted for this idiot. You’re getting what you deserve…a royal screwing.
Mnemosyne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Loesch is now saying that her point was merely Hur-hur, libtards, MLK wanted a gun permit, so suck it! and she didn’t make the claim that having a gun would have prevented his assassination.
That sounds about right for Loesch, since she specializes in pointless non sequiturs.
SFAW
@Omnes Omnibus:
You mean to say that Eric Starvo Galt didn’t shout “Hey, darkie! I’m-a shoot you in 3 … 2 … 1 …”
Maybe Loesch thought that Ray shouted “Incoming! Pew pew pew” first.
She’s still a fucking moron.
Chacal Charles Calthrop
@Wag: agreed!11
efgoldman
@Mnemosyne:
Somebody in the office should look at what sher’s going to say before she makes asses of them.
Bess
@Sm*t Cl*de:
That would have been quite a trick. King was hit by a .30-06 caliber rifle bullet that entered his right jaw, traveled through his neck, severing his spinal cord, and stopped in his shoulder blade.