Public sentiment is overwhelmingly negative towards Trump's tariff policies, with a significant emphasis on potential economic repercussions, rising consumer prices, and a perceived failure of U.S. leadership. Many commenters criticize the tariffs as detrimental to both American consumers and international trade relationships, while expressing support for alternative alliances and economic resilience from countries like India. There's a strong feeling of skepticism toward Trump's decision-making capabilities and the long-term viability of his policies.

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Many Americans today are apparently quite excited about paying 10-50% more on the cost of goods they buy from other countries. 

Seems a little masochistic, tbh.

CertainCertainties

It's not a global trade war. It's fascist isolationism. The rest of the world are trading together quite happily. It's not our fault you've voted in a regime that is hell bent on burning everything down to line their pockets.. Thank you for your attention on this matter.

S1nnah2

Trump's definitely a Pedophile!

Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book.  These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

—————————other Epstein Information

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

Some people think this claim is a hoax.  Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

Jeffrey Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Jeffrey Epstein and Israel have both have the same lawyer Alan Dershowitz Dershowitz says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on international stage | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

—————————other Trump information:

Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY?si=vBs75kaxPjJJThka

Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

Do your part and spread them around like a meme sharing them and saving them helps too!

FookUninja

|Country|April 2 rate (%)|New Rate (%)|
|:-|:-|:-|
|EU|20|15|
|Mexico|25|25|
|Canada|25|35|
|Japan|24|15|
|South Korea|25|15|
|Taiwan|32|20|
|Vietnam|46|20|
|United Kingdom|10|10|
|India|26|25|
|Brazil|10|10\*|
|Singapore|10|10|
|Australia|10|10|
|Israel|17|15|
|Indonesia|32|19|
|Thailand|36|19|
|Switzerland|31|39|
|Cambodia|49|19|
|Malaysia|24|19|
|Bangladesh|37|20|
|Laos|48|40|
|Myanmar|44|40|

\* 40 per cent tariff applies on top of baseline 10 per cent

RiKeiJin

Today, New Zealand discovered - the Government included - that a sweeping 15 percent tariff will be applied, not the 10 expected by our venerable representatives.

Leftleaningdadbod

I don't get it. I'm not an economist so maybe I'm a little dumb maybe, but if Trumpet puts on a tariff of let's say 15%, it's the American importer that pays this right? What's to prevent the importer from just making the consumer pay by increasing the price of the end product by 15%? Because we know companies are greedy fucks who only care about profit.

And what's to prevent the ones that manufacture in the US to increase their prices by 14.9% to be just a little cheaper, but still make more profit? Because we know they too are greedy fucks who only care about profit.

And let's say that the importer decides to build factories, which by the way is a process that takes years, and move manufacturing into the US. What's to prevent them from keeping the 15% increase in price because American consumers are used to paying that price now anyway? Because we know they're still greedy fucks who only care about profit.

Or maybe they'll decrease their price by a few % to be cheaper than the other guy but in the end, the American consumer still pays more than what they used to before the tariffs started.

So how exactly is this a win?

OldPyjama

This dude is s buffoon. He removed tarrifs from Electronics and Pharmaceuticals after imposing 25% on India. Remember these are two of the major exports of India

Awkward_Culture_3864

Is it really a global trade "war" if it's just Trump putting up tariffs, with no one retaliating?

He had a short trade war with China, but no one else has responded with tariffs of their own.

x_Lyze

On the lack of retaliations by countries:

1) Countries do not want higher inflation - which would be caused by retaliatory tariffs.

2) There are other ways to re-orient an economy away from the US. Investment in infrastructure is an example.

3) We will still see retaliatory moves as soon as it is clear that Trump no longer has the ability to command major change in the US. 

In other words,  it looks like they are not retaliating but there will be long term consequences for the US.

wander-dream

Causing more chaos to try and distract from the Epstein thing. Even Donnie Taco understands in the decreasingly functional corners of his dementia brain that he's in trouble.  Go back to tariffs and insane conspiracy theories and hope the rubes forget.

Wombatapus736

Just to be devil's advocate, does the revenue from tariffs help with the national debt? We can't ignore that and maintain such a high debt to GDP ratio

whatsyowifi

Trump’s not only damaging the US economy he is actually destroying and decimating the American economy and if he’s too stupid to even realize the damage he’s already done and the consequences that all of America will have to suffer because of his stupidity and ignorance.

Apprehensive_Idea758

Seeing the budget bill pass days ago indicate that both Trump and both chambers of the US congress intend to destroy the US in order for the rich people to make more money.

People are nicknaming [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act) the "Reverse Robin Hood Bill" and the "We're All Going to Die Act". It's said to be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in US history. They cut health care, make it harder to go to college to become a doctor, and there are huge increases in defense and ICE spending. The University of Pennsylvania says in a letter to Senate leaders warning that cuts to health programs in the bill would lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths annually.  I believe the housing policy and health care policy is fascist plans to kill over 100,000 Americans every year, probably millions if war breaks out. Alligator Auschwitz is very [real](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp) in how dangerous things are getting when the people keep forgetting history.

AmericanSahara

as soon as the election 2024 was called for donald, it should have been known we were all in deep shit. donald was going to take the policies of his first term (which were failures) and go into overdrive. Tarriffs are terrible so he puts them on every country. 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a failure as they were deficit financed tax cuts (mostly for the rich), exploded the debt, and failed to deliver any meaningful growth (republicans claimed ridiculous numbers: anywhere from 3 to 5% GDP growth).

donald also failed on the trade deficit as it was increased as he said his tariffs would reduce it. His second term will only exacerbate it.

when viewed on unemployment, jobs numbers, and gdp growth, donald's first term was anemic up until 2020 and following the covid response... an UTTER DISASTER

and the idiots said put this multibankruptcy convicted felon back into the office...

how ridiculous is that

geomaster

Donald Trump set a deadline of July 9 2025 for trade deals to be made before he hits some of the world’s biggest economies with his controversial tariffs. It’s impossible to predict what will happen on the day, but it is already clear that his economic policies are damaging American interests.

BTC_is_waterproof

How could a man who bankrupted his companies four times, allegedly using bankruptcy to protect personal interests, be entrusted with shaping economic policies for the world’s largest economy? The critical issue is his mindset: while failure is a universal teacher, Trump’s repeated bankruptcies, four in total, suggest a unique approach to success that diverges from conventional measures of responsibility. It is his distorted mindset that makes him a dangerous force, capable of wreaking havoc on the $21 trillion U.S. economy.

DuplicatedMind

Dumbo campaigned on retribution. He's a worthless nepo-failson who just wants to hurt as many people as possible, and his cult wants to burn the country down for their dream of a fascist, white nationalist utopia. Unfortunately lots of ignorant people didn't see it and voted for this shitshow or stayed home. Self-immolation it is.

bdf369

If everything gets made in the US , the price of everything will be a lot higher because we’re not taking advantage of other countries lower wages . If trump targeted just high tech manufactured products it makes sense , computer chips , cars planes etc….   Putting base tariffs on everything is nuts because we don’t want to build low end products unless you have thousands of children you want to put in our labor force .  Tariffs can be a useful tool or a destructive bomb , trumps wants to nuke them all 🤯🤯🤯

Extreme_Character830

10-  US Bond rates UP, predict worsening economy domestically and int't. 

See= [https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/u.s.-10-year-bond-yield-historical-data](https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/u.s.-10-year-bond-yield-historical-data)

GDstpete

 one man should not have that kind of power.

nomad-socialist

It’s vey saddening that there will truly be more economic and human suffering due to his policies.

Amehoelazeg

Lofi-Fanboy123

That's the human race greed and destruction

StretchWeekly4449

While politicians throw tariffs, businesses pack their bags and people pay the bill. Brilliant strategy, really...

Joxie_

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Oh it's going to be completely screwed. The markets today are going to act like it was the best news ever that trump backed down and decided Biden actually WASN'T the worst president ever since we're going back to his trade policy. But the damage is going to be permanent.

This is like inviting trump to a party where everyone is having a good time. Next thing you know the drunk idiot in a speedo is swinging nunchucks around and smashing the potted plants. Then he sexually assaults Kevins girlfriend in the bathroom and lights the couch on fire.

We don't care that you sobered up today Donald, you aren't invited anymore

Ever

PayTheTeller

People like Trump and putin and a few others are  trying so hard to stop globalization and stopping uniting the human race under a more civilized front. Destroying education and keeping the populous uninformed is just a good way to spin their own agenda. And here I thought the 21st century would be the age of enlightenment, people are still repeating history for small insignificant pieces of territory and land from other people. 
If there is a galactic community the human race doesn't deserve to go beyond the reaches of earth and just perish here and be forgotten

aplayer_v1

With recent developments, I think it is time to push the term “flip-flop” as hard as the Conservatives and Fox News did a few years back.

Flip-flop Trump. Has a ring to it.

OldDanishDude

&gt; The bright spot was semiconductor exports, which rose 10.2% compared to last April. Semiconductors remain exempt from US tariffs, but Trump has said he aims to implement tariffs as high as 25% on the product.

Hmm I wonder why companies are buying more semiconductors. Big mystery 🤔

misterguyyy

Buy the VIX dip? Short SPY? What’s the most likely stock to drop like a rock once the gap in the supply chain gets around to the average consumer? Even if it’s only for a week or two, the pause on shipping will cause bare supermarket shelves. What will be the most significant consequence of Walmart being out of everything from China for 5 days?

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