Posted on 03/27/2025 3:37:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Thought? Or did you die during ‘Turnip Winter?’
Our criminal establishment learned to hate America s over the years and now we are going to take back their stolen cheese!
Trump should stop using Tariff so much and just use the phrase “Fair Trade” and redirect details questions to his Trade representatives & those preparing the External Revenue Service. And everytime he is asked about this he could say something like this:
“I want Fair Trade. You are getting into details that [names] who handle trade and External Revenue Service plans can explain more details for those who are trying to understand the process for implementing Fair Trade.”
Then if they ask him again he should emphasize “don’t you believe in Fair Trade for America? what have you done to try to bring about Fair Trade? why has my predecessor failed on this? We want Fair Trade with every country. We’re going to achieve Fair Trade. Talk to the experts. Talk with the other countries’ governments on what they are doing to try to achieve fair trade with the USA. Now some of them aren’t interested in Fair Trade. And many of those not wanting fairness for America will lie about this or be otherwise deceitful. It would be better if they are honest about this.”
No one told these dopey Germans to spend a billion dollars to build a BMW plant in Mexico in 2020 specifically to export cars into the US...now those chickens are coming home to roost.
No one told these dopey Germans to spend a billion dollars to build a BMW plant in Mexico in 2020 specifically to export cars into the US...now those chickens are coming home to roost.
the party is over!
Trump negotiating again.
We’ll see where this all settles.
Good comment upthread about the Germans having to outsource because
they don’t have enough power to manufacture their own parts.
Seems like between the muzzies, chinese, russians and Trump - the euros
could be looking at a bit of a sticky wicket.
Maybe some of them might start thinking about how things could run better without the EU.
I would say Donald’s got them by the balls - but they don’t have any.
When you’re running a huge trade surplus, your threats of retaliation ring rather hollow. They’re always going to be able to hurt you more than you can hurt them.
Better open a bunch of factories in the US.
He’s got ‘em by their short hairs.
We could afford it. At the end of WWII, the US comprised 50% of the entire world's economy.
The policy worked and they got back on their feet by about 1960 or certainly by the mid 60s. We didn't then withdraw all that financial support when we should have. The currency peg was gotten rid of by Nixon when he took us off the gold standard but the unequal trade deals and massively subsidizing their defense did not end...until now....they've gotten used to Uncle Sam paying their bills for them. They're going to have to get used to paying their own way.
The EU is nuts. I have no plans on purchasing a car from a European manufacturer anyway - although I was tempted to pick up an Audi three years ago. I also heard Ferrari is raising US prices by 10% which equates to an increase of $50K on a new car. Don’t they realize the schlubs buying those cars are multi-millionaires and $50K is nothing to them. Bottom line...move the factories here or pound sand.
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