Comment by LAURA_DGAF on 27/01/2025 at 01:05 UTC

111 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)

View submission: 'Trump taxes Americans to retaliate': Outrage as President makes Americans 'pay even more'

I’m guessing he’s counting on Colombia suffering the loss of business. If the cost of an item, we’ll say Colombian coffee, increases enough it won’t sell because fewer people can afford it. This will cost Colombia money in lost sales. The US is one of Colombia’s biggest “customers” so the 50% tariff will probably get Trump what he wants, sadly.

On the other hand, Colombia could also say “f@ck that guy, we’re gonna develop stronger ties with other countries instead”. Given how much other countries hate him too, that might be easier to accomplish than one might think.

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Comment by Illustrious_Toe_4755 at 27/01/2025 at 02:37 UTC

94 upvotes, 1 direct replies

That's what happened last time..ask American soy bean farmers why they no longer have farms..

Comment by Brief_Amicus_Curiae at 27/01/2025 at 10:24 UTC

17 upvotes, 2 direct replies

It’s amazing to me to think that an entire party believes isolationism is a good idea. This country was developed on trade. The Silk Road tied East and West. Trade is one of our developments as humans. It makes no sense yet there Steve Bannon is yelling about elite globalists as if working together on our planet is horrific.

Comment by aint_exactly_plan_a at 27/01/2025 at 12:16 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Do you really think he puts that much thought into his decisions? He learned a new word... "Tariffs!"... and thinks it will solve all his problems. He knows other countries don't like them and that makes them awesome!

Colombia did something he didn't like... therefore, tariffs! That's the extent of his thinking. Until they stop making him look bad, he's going to make them mad.

If he was smart enough to think about economic stuff, we wouldn't think he was such an idiot.

Comment by Weltall8000 at 27/01/2025 at 11:35 UTC

13 upvotes, 1 direct replies

That is exactly what is going to happen with Trump’s US vs the world trade war. Everyone else will trade with each other cutting the US out.

In less than a week in office he has done so much economic (and otherwise) harm. He is tearing the US apart.