• Lovable Sidekick
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    11 days ago

    In other words, Brandon has no fucking idea what “tariff” means, except it must be good cuz Daddy says so.

      • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥OP
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        6811 days ago

        Someone on reddit (from where I stole this pic) said ‘Trump thinks tariffs are like tributes’ and I think that’s a perfect analysis of Trump’s mentality.

        • @[email protected]
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          1411 days ago

          Isn’t that correct though?

          Whenever someone does something, they need to pay tribute to Trump. So, it’s like tribute to him.

        • @[email protected]
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          210 days ago

          Tributes are still a thing. See Australia “buying” $300bn submarines from the US.

          So I can somewhat understand why Trump thought this is what tariffs are haha

          (My grumble, you’re not wrong)

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      11 days ago

      I wish the US media would call tariffs “import taxes”, as that terminology seems to be generally better understood by the public.

      • Edgarallenpwn
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        1311 days ago

        Yesterday I type “what” into my search engine and within the top 5 was “what is a tariff”. Import tax would make too much sense and people wouldn’t stand behind it if it was referred to as such.

        I get that tariff is the correct word and I understand what they are, but I am sure people like my dipshit cousins had no clue until a few days ago.