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Stable Genius Liberal<p>It's pretty clear now that both the EU and China did a lot of planning on how to respond to a Trump Tariff war and the Trump Administration did very little planning before implementing it.</p><p>There is no plan. He isn't "transactional"</p><p>This is a narcissist looking for attention.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a></p>
RememberUsAlways<p>This is the part in the criminal administration TV show that they try to convince everyone everything is fine. Pay no attention to the $10 trillion lost in Q1. <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/redwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redwave</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/premarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>premarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investing</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNBC</span></a></p>
Adeline<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/InsiderTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsiderTrading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Thieves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thieves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StockMarketCrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarketCrash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpBelongsInPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpBelongsInPrison</span></a></p>
Adeline<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/InsiderTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsiderTrading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FraudScheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudScheme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Theives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a></p>
Peter, clear on OPSEC<p>If your neighbour displayed the financial accumen and emotional stability of the USA, would you lend them $1,000?</p><p>Let's see how long before Trump decides owing other countries money is "unfair".</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debt</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Deficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deficit</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a></p>
Kenneth M Sweeney<p>Now he's also a coward.<br>Don't stop there <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>. Nows your chance to prove to everyone else who's really in charge of your country.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a></p>
ThinkingSapien<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a></p>
[nate@social0 ~]$ :idle:<p>i'm having so much trouble keeping up... </p><p>Trump boosts China tariffs to 125%, pauses tariff hikes on other countries - Ars Technica <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/trump-boosts-china-tariffs-to-125-pauses-tariff-hikes-on-other-countries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/trump-boosts-china-tariffs-to-125-pauses-tariff-hikes-on-other-countries/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.undrground.org/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://social.undrground.org/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://social.undrground.org/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p>For me it was always quite clear <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> would not follow through with the majority of the <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a>, which is why it was a bit hard to understand the journalists doing wall to wall coverage of how tariffs would impact economies for years to come. </p><p>I mean this whole episode will, as truly bizarre and chaotic as it is (and we haven’t seen the end), but the impact will not be the way the media wanted to portray it.</p>
Sean Murthy<p>If this isn't market manipulation, I don't know what is. 😟</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p>Insider Trading President? Think about it. A set of wealthy men know when the US president will be pausing or applying tariffs that will upset the markets. Those in the know (e.g. insiders) can short the market or time buy. Where's the SEC when you need it? Oh, wait, that's controlled by executive branch, too?</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/boostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boostingIsSharing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/stockmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stockmarket</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“If other countries can be forced into reducing their tariffs against <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> made good, then these pedal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/manufactures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufactures</span></a> you mentioned will have an easier time being able to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/compete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compete</span></a> and sell into <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreign</span></a> markets and should be able to grow their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>businesses</span></a>......” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EaglePointEmporium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EaglePointEmporium</span></a></p><p>“The Trump Tariffs Will Kill The Guitar Industry” / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/guitars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guitars</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RhettShull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhettShull</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=piPJIU47k50" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=piPJIU47k5</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a>&gt;</p>
chribonn<p>The <a href="https://twit.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> has backed down on <a href="https://twit.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a>. How low can a country go in world respect? Hopefully <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> and <a href="https://twit.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> will not back down until even the 10% is withdrawn. Countries use these 90 days to find alternative trading partners to <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Land</p>
xs4me2<p>Guess he and his friends are making good money …</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/business/trump-tariffs-stock-market?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/04/08/bu</span><span class="invisible">siness/trump-tariffs-stock-market?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>The biggest grift the world has ever seen 8f this is true. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> </p><p>US Stocks Surge As Trump Suspends Tariffs On Countries Except China - Barron's</p><p><a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/us-stocks-surge-as-trump-suspends-tariffs-on-countries-except-china-ee1647f2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barrons.com/news/us-stocks-sur</span><span class="invisible">ge-as-trump-suspends-tariffs-on-countries-except-china-ee1647f2</span></a></p>
mattlqx<p>Can someone explain to me how the market reaction is so positive today to <a href="https://mastodon.lqx.net/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> being paused when China is not and are going even higher? Seems like most of the things average people import are still going to cost more than 2x what they used to. <a href="https://mastodon.lqx.net/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a></p>
Kenneth M Sweeney<p>In an effort to encourage people across the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> President <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichaelDHiggins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelDHiggins</span></a> promotes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> butter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KerryGold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KerryGold</span></a> 😂.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stockmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stockmarket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p>
Ross of Ottawa<p>Jeez this tariff mess changes literally by the hour. Business and trade needs predictability – how can anyone plan anything like this? </p><p>Not even the smallest biz knows from one day to the next what charges to expect on incoming or outgoing goods. The simplest shipment rendered unpredictable.</p><p>And all motivated by ego – who they can get to beg. Like twelve year olds (and not even bright ones) running their country. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a></p>
TheZeldaZone👑🏳️‍⚧️🎮🎀<p>I'm already seeing "we're raising our prices in US X% and eating the rest of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarrif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrif</span></a> "</p><p>As an American: Fuck that.</p><p>Put an explicit bullet point on the last step of checkout that says "Trump Administration Tariff", put a little (?) with the explanation, and charge every single American the full value of the Tariff until it's gone. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a></p>
Yvan ー イボん 🗺️ :ferris: :go:<p>All the people pro <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrifs</span></a><br>ARE THE SAME PEOPLE OR FROM THE SAME FAMILY OF PEOPLE<br>that pushed all the working class of all countries to retire away from manufacturing jobs, that pushed industries overseas to get better prices. </p><p>For their own benefits and not for the benefits of the citizens of the country or even for the workers to get supposedly better jobs.</p><p>The situation is ALWAYS a loose-loose with them, don't believe their lies.</p>