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[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 58 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I'm an idiot, what is he even trying to say/convey here?

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Trump is trying to brush off China/Xi's extremely rational trade policy response to Trump's extremely irrational trade policy decisions...

... by speaking as if this is all just a minor, temporary blunder on China's end.

Basically, peak delusion/dementia insanity from the world's most "never ever wrong about anything" man.

Trump really does need to be taken out to pasture, 25th Ammendment'd... otherwise literally millions, tens of millions of Americans will starve in basically a self-imposed Republican Holodomor.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is like the closest his ego will allow him to admitting he fucked up.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Something like that, yeah.

[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Make the greater good great again!

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, very bigly so!

waves hands around attempting to convey yugeness of the bigly

[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 3 points 3 days ago

🤣🤦‍♂️

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 75 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don’t think it’s because you are the idiot…

[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well THAT can't be it
j/k thanks for the reassurance😆

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Trump said that there would be a 100% tariff increase starting in November, on top of the 30% one already in place.

China hasn't issued an official response other than "we dont want a trade war, but we aren't afraid of one"

People are legitimately worried because prices skyrocketed the last time he did this and they still haven't recovered.

[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 11 points 4 days ago

Oof, that really bites. I was praying it was something less serious. Thanks for the info

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well Trump thinks the economy is the stock market, he doesn't seem to realise that his population actually care about the price of bread and milk.

So the economy is bad for regular people, but good for stock market investors, Trump only cares about the latter.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think you missed that the post is about the stock market "losing" $2t in a day.

[–] strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

No, it was damage control

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Ging@anarchist.nexus 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been looking for years honestly. I think they fear me like a vampire fears garlic

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not convinced antifa actually exists

[–] Bitcrazy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

China should make a deal because somehow us not buying their cheap shit will cause their country to go into a depression instead of ours for some reason. I don’t think it makes sense. Don’t we owe -them- tons of money?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

THE "WEAVE', saying 9 non-sensical things at once that forms into one though that is only understable to his followers.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

It's actually saying 9 contradictory things and only taking credit for the good outcomes. The bad outcomes are someone else's fault.