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Trump is going to raise the costs of car for many "American" manufacturers but he's warning them to not raise the costs to customers?

By the way, there are rumors that the same is/will be occurring with American O&G producers in that Trump wants more drilling even if they are operating at a loss.

Strange how capitalism is not ok in the MAGA world.

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3 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Trump is going to raise the costs of car for many "American" manufacturers but he's warning them to not raise the costs to customers?

By the way, there are rumors that the same is/will be occurring with American O&G producers in that Trump wants more drilling even if they are operating at a loss.

Strange how capitalism is not ok in the MAGA world.

Authoritarians don't understand how economies work.  This has been proven over and over as they try to manipulate them.  Tfg understands how shakedowns work, and he thinks he can manipulate the world economy with them, and he can to some extent.  But not without significant negative consequences.  

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19 hours ago, jdhorn92 said:

He's looking for a win, any win.  If these countries capitulate the slightest bit, he will acquiesce and remove/lower tariffs.  All he wants is a headline. 

You are correct.

If I were on the other side of the negotiating table I would do absolutely nothing.  Accept the tariff and plan to sell a few fewer cars in the US.  Watch Trump sweat as prices rise and people complain.  Don't be the first to blink.

Eventually Trump would cave to the domestic pressure to get rid of the tariffs.  Americans like cheap stuff, new stuff, and stuff you can drive around.  We're not taking the bus.

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4 minutes ago, Texas Jeff said:

You are correct.

If I were on the other side of the negotiating table I would do absolutely nothing.  Accept the tariff and plan to sell a few fewer cars in the US.  Watch Trump sweat as prices rise and people complain.  Don't be the first to blink.

Eventually Trump would cave to the domestic pressure to get rid of the tariffs.  Americans like cheap stuff, new stuff, and stuff you can drive around.  We're not taking the bus.

At some point, they'll start doing this.  I understand the impulse to try to avoid the economic harm if it's a modest give, but he's just going to keep doing this bullshit if they capitulate at all. They have to stand firm and make him back down, especially if they can all stand together, which seems to be the likely current play by Canada and the EU.

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1 hour ago, Chad Fuck said:

Authoritarians don't understand how economies work.  This has been proven over and over as they try to manipulate them.  Tfg understands how shakedowns work, and he thinks he can manipulate the world economy with them, and he can to some extent.  But not without significant negative consequences.  

Any lawdog will tell you that it's quite difficult negotiating with a lunatic.  One tactic is to just give them what they want on a small matter -- and never deal with them again.

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39 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

At some point, they'll start doing this.  I understand the impulse to try to avoid the economic harm if it's a modest give, but he's just going to keep doing this bullshit if they capitulate at all. They have to stand firm and make him back down, especially if they can all stand together, which seems to be the likely current play by Canada and the EU.

Everyone is so afraid of him, it bottles my mind.  In most cases, about all he can do is call them names on Truth.  But, because "tweets" have replaced policy and politics here in the good ol USA, I guess I need to get with the times.

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Just now, jimmyjazz said:

If the foreign manufacturers stand pat, Trump wouldn't kill the tariffs, he'd double them.  his cult is He's that stupid.

fixed.

it's not about him, it's about the redhat morons. most of them would prefer to suffer economically as long as it means owning the libs. that's their one policy platform.

nothing is about what 'actually happens', it's about how dems react to it. every fox news chyron is about the dem response, not the action.

text chain circus? "democrats lose minds over supposed "security breach". that's how news is covered now. takeaway - "i don't know what hegseth is doing, but it's making the democrats upset so i like it."

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Any lawdog will tell you that it's quite difficult negotiating with a lunatic.  One tactic is to just give them what they want on a small matter -- and never deal with them again.

There's no endpoint to any deals in international relations, which makes attempting to negotiate with Trump pointless. If you're dealing with a lunatic in a real estate deal who is being a belligerent asshole, you can still make some concessions if it's worth it to you to get the deal to the finish line, because then you don't have to deal with that asshole again. This is a whole different scenario, which is why ultimately the only response any other countries can give Trump is to tell him to shove his tariffs up his ass.

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Any lawdog will tell you that it's quite difficult negotiating with a lunatic.  One tactic is to just give them what they want on a small matter -- and never deal with them again.

The "never deal with them again" part is tricky when said lunitic is POTUS 

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4 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Just announce you're moving production to the U.S. in 2035 and don't follow up. Trump will dead long before then.

We had the same discussion during lunch. Promise you'll do shit, then slow play it until Trump dies, and hope JD Vance or Steve Bannon doesn't take over and call you on it.

 

Of the 5 of us who were at lunch, 2 are hard MAGA, 1 is feeling the leopard's breath on his face, and the last shared my opinion that we're headed into a recession because of DOGE and tariffs.

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3 hours ago, 6th Street said:

It's easy, just stroke his ego re-hash an old manufacturing announcement with a new ribbon cutting ceremony and he folds like a cheap tent.

Every country that Trump is imposing tariffs upon should promote their Miss ____ to become their top diplomat / special envoy to the US because he will say yes as long as he thinks he gets to fuck them. Unfair to the woman who is subjugated to the idiot, but sacrifices for the common good and what not.

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