Donald I, emperor of the world.

[briantrumpet]

I see Rump is playing tariff whack-a-mole again. 25% on Apple, 50% on the EU.
Apparently not happy with the UK deal either, and may have to revisit it.
Is there any point in negotiating with this muppet?

No.

Next question?

 

[orraloon]

It′s time to play the music
it's time to light the lights
it′s time to meet the muppets on the muppet show tonight.
It's time to put on makeup
it's time to dress up right
it′s time to raise the curtain on the muppet show tonight.

 

[Pblakeney]

It′s time to play the music
it's time to light the lights
it′s time to meet the muppets on the muppet show tonight.
It's time to put on makeup
it's time to dress up right
it′s time to raise the curtain on the muppet show tonight.

Too late. He'll be away to do his most important thing, playing golf.
The music restarts with his Sunday night ramblings.

 

[Psamathe]

Singling out a specific corporation is an interesting one. It makes it really quite easy to calculate an award of damages.

Particularly as there is apparently no way Apple can move production to US, not enough people with necessary experience.

Plus cheaper for Apple to pay the tariffs than pay what US staff would need.

I'd have thought targeting a specific company, specific product line would not be legal, bit like President deciding one CEO should pay a higher income tax rate than another on the same income.

But he won't follow it through, US consumers paying significantly more for their iPhones than people in that EU (whose only purpose is to fück over the US).

What happened to non-US film production other than getting the world focusing on Trump.

Ian

 

[Ian H]

Meanwhile, in the murkiest corners of MAGAism...
Bannon... detests Musk, whom he has recently described as a 'parasitic illegal immigrant'.

 

[CXRAndy]

Leftist politicians are pretty much all the same.

$93bn distributed to entities with no business plan in the period from Nov to January, before Trump took office


View: https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1926007476878471642?t=lhUpTFforRY5Th0D6L6lDg&s=19

 

[cookiemonster]

https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

Words/phrases that that makes the mango mussolini fill his diaper in fury.

 

[cookiemonster]

Barron didn't get into Harvard but Obama's daughter did. This'll explain everything.

 

[Psamathe]

BBC Newsnight last night had Mary Trump in the studio being interviewed by Faisal Islam. She was asked/talking about how countries should stand up to Trump and she was saying (with reasoning) that the only way is to stand-up to him. Be obsequious and might work in the short term but he'll be back for more. Basically "Yes sir" to him and he knows you are easy and bullying you to gain something in the future is easy and gives him the "look what I've won ..." attention. And when interviewer raised Starmer approach she said it might have worked short term but he'll be back for more, expect ever higher tribute.

Ian

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/1926073819858452554?t=yE13JyO5ThjoCh2E5CrqXQ&s=19

 

[briantrumpet]

Farmers relying on cheap immigrant labour vote for someone who hates immigrants and says he's going to deport them. And then they are surprised when he does it.

Oh dear, how sad.

 

[Ian H]

Farmers relying on cheap immigrant labour vote for someone who hates immigrants and says he's going to deport them. And then they are surprised when he does it.

Oh dear, how sad.

View attachment 8423

Vaguely reminiscent of the Exmoor Stag Hunt. When EU subsidies ceased they complained bitterly that they'd have to go back to farming.

 

[Pross]

If he chucks 50% tariffs on the EU could the UK basically become a middle man? Skim a few percent from EU exporters and then export it to the US at our superdooper mates rate (until we get renegotiated)?

 

[Psamathe]

If he chucks 50% tariffs on the EU could the UK basically become a middle man?

Maybe a complex issue but eg with so many products (eg cars) having parts made in other countries can tariffing the EU work. eg UK made cars in some respects are UK assembled using parts manufactured around the EU and UK.

I'm sure "rules of origin" can be agreed but that takes time and detail and paperwork none of which Trump seems capable of.

So might UK product suddenly be classed as of EU origin and tariffed at 50%?

Or vice versa?

That is if this 50% actually happens as EU will probably (or have to) stand up to Trump so we might see same as when China stood up to Trump )ie Trump backed down).

Ian

 

[icowden]

Leftist politicians are pretty much all the same.
$93bn distributed to entities with no business plan in the period from Nov to January, before Trump took office

Any actual evidence for this?

You realise that that conversation is the equivalent of two wife beaters having a conversation about how unbelievable it is that women run into cupboard doors on a regular basis?