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View submission: Canada's Trudeau announces counter tariffs
Why are they bothered by this?
Trump said he was going to do it. All Trump does is EOs and tariffs. It's not a surprise.
They voted for this. They wanted this. Now let the economy take a battering, and they can watch their lives get more expensive. Let them live with consequences of their actions.
Comment by MrNature73 at 02/02/2025 at 17:12 UTC
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There was a LOT of "he's just posturing" and all sorts of shit. I think it's because during his last term he talked a lot of shit but then didn't do much, so people still expected that. I think it's dumb, personally. Even if I didn't expect him to put these tariffs on (I didn't, frankly), I still treated his campaign like he would and voted Democrat in response. Out of principle you should take shit seriously by default. And lo and behold he's doing what he said he would do.
Comment by bicyclebird at 02/02/2025 at 16:00 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I just wish the rest of us didn’t have to suffer along with them.
Comment by hugeyakmen at 02/02/2025 at 17:55 UTC
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I heard someone recently describe that for most candidates the voters hope that the candidate will follow through on their promises. But Trump was different this time, especially after all the failed promises from his first campaign. Many seemed to be voting for Trump now with a hope or even expectation that he wouldn't do much of what he promised during the campaign. Weird times!
Comment by WinterSun22O9 at 03/02/2025 at 06:46 UTC
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Because they don't support him for his economic strategy. They support him because he empowers the right in all the worst ways, and more importantly, it was better to have a scumbag like him in the White House instead of a woman.