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Donald Trump and White House officials walked back a Friday announcement that there would be tariff exemptions on imported electronics.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump directly denied the tariff exemption announcement.
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“This is really mind-boggling. If this was serious industrial policy, the main thing you want is certainty: ‘Here’s the tariff, it will be in place for the indefinite future, and you should plan accordingly,’” Dean Baker, an economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank, said, according to The Washington Post. “Here, it’s basically: ‘Come back next week and see what we’ve got.’ That’s no way to run an economy.”
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MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!!
I think you’re confused. They make up their mind all the time, then check if everyone sold/bought stocks and than they make up their mind again. Then they check if everyone sold/bought stocks and on and on.
This isn’t even a subtle attempt to destabilize the world market, and yet so many people are just like
You imply that this is done with intent?
The first part, sure: show them the stick, then dangle the carrot. But the walkback of the excemption was intentional?
I don’t think so. It’s all just blatant extortion attempts followed by bumbling cluelessness.
I think it’s time we stop assuming this is just simply stupidity. He’s an entertainer who’s made his public career by being a meme while at the same time being a conman. He’s been effectively toeing the line between joke and conman for decades and knows that if he plays dumb and schmoozes enough, he can do whatever he wants. We’re talking about a guy who successfully turned “You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy.” into “it’s just locker talk between guys.” a close relationship with a known human trafficker and pedofile into “he’s a terrific guy,” and proceeded to walk away from a rape case and 34 felony convictions with no penalty.
Time and time again he’s shown exactly the kind of guy he really is, and it isn’t just a bumbling idiot. It’s a career criminal who knows exactly what he’s doing and how to be smooth enough to get away scot-free. Why would this be any different? Just because it’s on a grand scale?
I see it more differentiated. He is not a complete idiot. He (and his team) know what they’re doing when he makes outrageous claims about Greenland, China, Panama etc. to have a better position when he offers the country “a good deal”. But when that rather predictable stratagem doesn’t go as planned, they flounder.
We’ve seen it a few times now; at least to me there’s a clear difference between their regular “throwing shit at the wall” tactic, and something like this or Signalgate or JD’s recent visit to Greenland, when it’s just totally clear that things did not go as planned.There’s no 4D chess here.
I don’t think it’s their intent to destabilize the world market (to what end?), just a simple “grab as much as possible forourselvesthe USA”.Putin doesn’t plan so meticulously either, he just backs the guy who’s most likely to destabilize “The West” through his sheer cleptocracy and partial idiocy, if you will.
Also I don’t think anyone’s reaction here is “surprised pikachu” - though I must admit he and his entourage still manage to out-outrage themselves every now and then. And I reserve the right to not normalize Trumplon, i.e. continue to be outraged by it.
The AP source title is: Trump’s commerce secretary says new electronics tariff exemptions are temporary, chip tariffs coming
The part that’s been denied is that the exclusion is permanent. Since Friday, electronics from China would be subject to 20% of the fentanyl tariff and nothing more. It will be this way until Trump invents another tariff just for electronics. I believe this is what most commentators expected back in Friday, but there must be talks of capitulation and Trump couldn’t stand to lose face.
Crazy that someone checked the facts and shares about it and 3 hours later only has 5 upvotes including the one I just gave. Thank you. Maybe next time you should begin your comment with
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They walked back again today and said the exemption is for the additional 120% tariff but the 20% imposed earlier still applies
So where the fuck are whe now with tarrifs?
Sorry, they walked back the walkback of the walkback? Does anyone know what’s going on?
No, that’s the point. They’re literally trying to devalue the dollar so their billionaire buddies can consolidate wealth at fire sale prices.
You know, this may really piss off some folks who got an early notification that there would be an exemption for electronics. You know, his insider trading buddies. It will be interesting to see who gets the angriest about this last minute change.
On April 11, 2025, traders placed large, targeted call option bets on Apple. That evening, the Trump administration quietly exempted smartphones from tariffs, news not publicized until April 12. These trades weren’t speculation - they were placed before the memo was released.
That’s an issue that can come up, when your inside guy for market manipulation with all the power necessary for the scheme is also an impulsive narcissist, who never was that bright to begin with, but is also clearly losing some mental faculties due to age, too.
Grift. It’s all scam, all the time.
Lmao. Bet there are some angry Tech-bros calling.
May they lose their shirts.
Who else has been riding the VIX train with me from 2 weeks ago?
Stock market doesn’t believe his truth social report it seems. Apple shares are still up mid morning.
Is it just me or is anyone else reminded of Pahpshmir out of the Naked Gun movies by this disgusting man?
Lol holy shit. And a few hours later he’s going to deny that he denied the exemption and be like “what are you talking about? I said certain electronics are exempt!”
I’m starting to think that maybe the reason Elon Musk did two blatant nazi salutes in a row was to test what they could do in front of everyone’s eyes while denying it, and to see how many people would just go “ok sure, I didn’t see what I just saw. Whatever you say, dear leader.”
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
I doubt Musk’s salute was that deep. He’s not some slick political operative. He’s a 4chan dipshit who thought he’d be edgy and cool and tiptoe up to the line. He thought it would be much more ambiguous what he did and he’d “own the libs” by making them look like fools to the normies who genuinely wouldn’t see it for what it actually was. He clearly was not expecting basically no one but the cultists on his side to not see what he did.
The evil behind trump is thiel and putin
And the sell off of our debt will pick up speed. These idiots are going to crash our economy and anyone left holding the bag.
They have to be doing it deliberately. The aim is to destroy the USA.
Walking-back the walk-back? They’re doing a whole 1-2 shuffle!
They turned 360
There was a time when Republicans hated flip-flopping
What the fuck is actually going on here!? Whether they want Americans to pay more because of tariffs or not, how can they not make up their minds?? Decide yes/no, but this constant flip-flipping is also harming the country…
Crash the market, buy low.
These last weeks have been inside trading shitshow.I work for a company that imports all sorts of components for pretty much all of our products and the flip flopping has basically completely grinded everything to a halt because no one can figure out what the hell is going on at any given time. It has been a complete shit show lol
It’s almost like your laws had a very good reason for a very long time to disallow the president the power to unilaterally impose tariffs.
Hell, to unilaterally do MOST things.
The USA is definitely a joke now. It’s just that everyone is laughing nervously. We are afraid that falling so fast from top to bottom will bring the system down.
Its a concept of a plan.
Which system? The US political system? That one is damaged beyond repair and needs to be reworked completely. The global economic system? That one is also damaged beyond repair, but the rework will create a lot of instability and most likely war.
Yes I was thinking about the global economic system. And like you pointed out, I’m worried that the rework (on top of being ugly) might end up in a worse situation (in terms of inequality, freedom etc…)
I’m worried that total economic collapse would only consolidate power and not distribute it. I’m not versed in history so I could be wrong
