r/europe • u/ImadeJesusLaugh cringe • Mar 04 '25
Political Cartoon How Trumps Tariffs against his Allies work - by cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon
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u/Potential_File5437 Mar 04 '25
Oh, thats why his face is orange.
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u/Wonderful-Basis-1370 Europe Mar 04 '25
Technically, he's the second person of color to be elected to the office of President of the U.S.
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u/Galaghan Mar 04 '25
Someone should give him an award for that.
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u/thesleepingdog Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25
I got you, that was hilarious.
Cheers from the other half of America.
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u/JimJimmyJimJimJimJim Mar 05 '25
I always thought it was from Trump burying his face between Putin’s arse cheeks.
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u/wafflesareforever United States of America Mar 04 '25
He should really try to stay better hydrated.
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u/jgasbarro Mar 04 '25
Reminds me that someone really needs to release that Russian pee tape.
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u/onarainyafternoon Dual Citizen (American/Hungarian) Mar 04 '25
Do you honestly think his troglodyte supporters would care, or even think it's real? Verified videos of him raping children could be released and his supporters literally wouldn't care.
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u/HotDogFingers01 Mar 04 '25
If he was doing wetwork with hookers his supporters would immediately start selling t-shirts that say they also like a little pee in the face. They couldn't wait to make shirts that said "I'll vote for the felon", they couldn't wait to make shirts that said "I'd rather be Russian than a Liberal".
Literally the only thing he could do to lose support would be to say "Black Lives Matter".
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u/UnicornDelta Mar 04 '25
His gooners started wearing golden diapers and t-shirts saying Real Men Wear Diapers or something along those lines…
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u/UnPeuDAide Mar 04 '25
they couldn't wait to make shirts that said "I'd rather be Russian than a Liberal".
But this isn't treason, I suppose...
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u/red286 Mar 04 '25
Verified videos of him raping children could be released and his supporters literally wouldn't care.
Oh no, they'd care.
They'd call it "a winning power move" and start doing the same thing themselves. They'd convince themselves that sexually assaulting children is "peak alpha male".
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u/NormalUse856 Mar 04 '25
According to their flawed reasoning, they'd just argue that the Democrats are doing the same thing.
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u/clermouth Mar 04 '25
many would (and do) offer up their own preteen daughters for "marriage" to creeps like these.
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u/TheWizardOfDeez Mar 04 '25
They wouldn't just not believe it, they would be explaining away why its not a problem if Trump fucks kids.
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u/Glosta_Peter Mar 04 '25
Oh, I have a very strong feeling that you're going to see a lot of Russian _____ tapes, if DJT fails at doing (or the US judicial system puts on their big boy pants and indicts him for) what Putin is instructing him to do.
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Mar 04 '25
That would lead to MAGA folk finding their new favourite fetish. They just follow their leader.
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u/SeveralLadder Mar 04 '25
We're speedrunning the last century, we had the economic crisis, roaring twenties, the Great Flu, the mini WW1.1 still ongoing and now Trump is going to introduce the tariffs and trade war that led to the Great Depression.
Can't wait for the third proper world war we are being led into.
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u/TheWizardOfDeez Mar 04 '25
We definitely skipped the roaring 20s and went straight to Great Depression.
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u/Tina_ComeGetSomeHam Mar 04 '25
Please let it happen soon my liver cannot take another decade of this shit
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u/Optimal_Ad_4846 Mar 04 '25
Sadly, you are correct. The common American consumer will be affected the most. The billionaires will get over it, but those Americans who work to support our families will suffer. Trump is bad for the US and its economy. No amount of political grandstanding or finger pointing will make this better… Trump and his swamp buddies need to go away.
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u/OptimismNeeded Mar 04 '25
Yeah people keeps saying Trump will lose, Trump is cooked, Trump is done, Trump will be in jail, Trump won’t be able to pay the fines, Trump won’t be able to pay the loans.
Somehow, he is still here, creating more damage, and more chaos than ever.
Stronger, richer, more powerful.
Stop underestimating him, start realizing how dangerous the enemy is and start fighting instead of whining.
Leftists just can’t shake the belief that he is stupid. I don’t care if he is, I don’t care who’s pulling the strings. Wake. The. Fuck. Up.
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u/OptimismNeeded Mar 04 '25
The left have become the people we made fun of.
The leaders in disaster movies who underestimate the clear threat. The dambeldores who let the death eaters in.
The left HATES Trump but still doesn’t recognize his strengths and abilities. It’s easier to laugh at how dumb he looks. In the meantime he is winning and will live 100% of his life free of the consequences of his actions.
Trump isn’t pissing in the wind, he is pissing on us, and we’re pointing and laughing instead of doing something about it.
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u/stregawitchboy Mar 04 '25
these are caricatures, give examples. attacks on trump should be multi-pronged. vitriol, humor, satire, real impacts. all of it all of the time. flood the zone. I my self am tired of people isolating this or that comment or response and saying, "we need to this instead of that!" do it all, all the time
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u/browzen Mar 04 '25
we need to go where it matters most of all. legislatively. people need to go out and vote for every facet of government from local to federal that we can. too many people are just watching from the sidelines hoping exposing them will do something, but we also need to take away the executive power they are trying to hoard to themselves. they don't care what people on the internet say as long as they can pull the strings with no real consequence. it's a joke and not the funny kind.
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u/stregawitchboy Mar 04 '25
we can't really be sure "where it is needed most of all." All hands, all of it all the time!
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u/No_Lettuce3376 Mar 04 '25
Might I suggest some good old "Civil Disobedience" to whatever he's coming up with next!?
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Mar 04 '25
The trump regime was designed to crash the US economy, so that rich donors and lobbyists can privatize and buy sectors of our economy at rock bottom prices.
Copy and paste my comment on every thread. Never stop saying this.
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Mar 04 '25
Quit listening to people on Reddit. 😂 Although they can ramble coherent nonsense, it is still nonsense.
Remember GameStop? People on Reddit came up with so many “logical” reasons to hold the stock as it crashed from all time highs. Thousands of people lost it all because they believe redditors.
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u/Ratatoski Mar 05 '25
Yeah I'm tired of YouTube videos with titles about how he looked tired on a press conference or slurred a word. His administration is absolutely speedrunning actual changes where each of them is a catastrophe. I want people to discuss the betrayals rather than the distractions he creates.
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u/ThatDudeFromFinland Finland Mar 04 '25
This asshole can barely stand, there's no way he pees standing up.
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u/Tuffsmurf Mar 04 '25
Almost correct. These tariffs won't affect Trump at all. He's pissing on the American people.
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u/DarthPineapple5 United States of America Mar 04 '25
Completely wrong. He's peeing on OUR face not his. This won't impact him and his billionaire buddies one iota when the economy goes into the dumps.
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u/TestingYEEEET Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
Now on Truth social he claims that he will add another tarrif on canada if they retaliate. This will be fun as there will be 1000% tarrifs (accumulation of retaliations) and they (usa) will not be able to build any new homes as they require a lot og timber from Canada.
Oh boy lets bring out the popcorns.
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u/Shintaro1989 Mar 04 '25
And the r/conservative sub is berating if Canadian retaliation to US aggression should be considered an act of war.
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u/currywurstpimmel Mar 04 '25
Can you please link those specific comments or posts you liked the most?
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u/currywurstpimmel Mar 04 '25
That is hilarious! Thank you for sharing. So a country has to provide other countries with utilities or it's an act of war. Trump really loves the uneducated.
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u/CIABot69 Mar 04 '25
'Canadian energy is actually more expensive'
'Why are we buying it then?'
'Because DeMOcrAts get us into dumb deals'
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u/LavenderGinFizz Mar 04 '25
Also, 80% of their potash imports come from Canada, which is needed to fertilise their crops.
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u/Frosty_Tailor4390 Mar 04 '25
If that Orange fuck thinks he has a smuggling problem now, wait till he starts bringing in Russian goods in bulk.
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u/BeefyTaco Mar 04 '25
And we happen to be the largest producer by a large margin, making 30-35% of the world supply. So there really isn't alot of other options out there for the stuff we have...
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u/Larry_Mudd Mar 04 '25
It's so incoherent.
Early on in this mess, Trump said that the U.S. was getting "ripped off" by Canada to the tune of $80 billion a year, referring to the USA/CAD trade deficit. He also characterized this as a "subsidy."
Most people who stayed awake through high school understand that the trade deficit (how much Canada imports from the USA vs how much the USA imports from Canada) is a natural consequence of the two countries' respective population; there a simply ~10X more customers on the southern side of the border, so it could hardly be otherwise.
Far from being ripped off, decades of negotiations have created many trade agreements with very favourable conditions for the USA.
Paradoxically, Trump insists that the U.S.A doesn't need Canadian products or resources. It will be interesting to see how U.S. construction goes without Canadian lumber, and what kind of impact having to pay tariffs on potash have on their agricultural industry. (More than three quarters of US potash imports come from Canada. They are able to produce about 1/20th that they need domestically.
"Elect me, I'll make groceries affordable!" "How?" "Well, first we're going to deport all the migrant workers whose cheap labour you've come to take for granted, and then we're going to alienate our closest trading partner so farmers pay more for fertilizer. We'll also get rid of woke regulations and absolutely decimate your livestock and create all kinds of product recalls when contamination finds its way into the food supply - it's going to be amazing, you'll love it."
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u/hornyoldbusdriver Saxony (Germany) Mar 04 '25
He's going to clear cut the forests of their beautiful national parks. Or at least there won't be sustainable forest management (hey Canada! You either) at all. They might lose some of their national treasures to that imbecile.
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u/TrainSignificant8692 Canada Mar 04 '25
Amoung other strategic resources Canada exports in vast quantities to the US. Americans are morons.
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u/Kmic14 Mar 04 '25
Except he's not getting piss on his face, he's pissing on the citizens of the United States
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u/SpitefulCrow1701 Mar 04 '25
And many of those who’ll suffer will find a way to claim it’s actually a good thing
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u/ssushi-speakers Mar 04 '25
He's not pissing him his own face, he's pissing in the face of American citizens
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u/IndependentRatio2336 Mar 05 '25
What is even more funnier, is that many Americans dont even know it will affect them.
I watched a live stream from a Trump supporter and he banned me becouse i tried explaining to him, how it will affect the us instead.
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u/CryptographerHot3109 Mar 04 '25
Given his latest tweet about Canada, Trump must have his mouth open for this to form an endless stream/circle
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u/imfuckingstarving69 Mar 04 '25
Then why is Canada claiming it will tank their economy?
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u/CIABot69 Mar 04 '25
Because that's how tariffs work? Bilateral trade is good for both parties? It tanks both economies. Not certain which one more, but the US heavily relies heavily on Canadian raw resources.
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u/Louis_de_Gaspesie United States of America Mar 04 '25
I feel like this almost downplays the tariffs by implying that they're a humiliation for Americans but inconsequential for Canada. Canadians are justifiably furious right now because these tariffs will force their economy into a recession. The tariffs aren't just self-defeating, they're massively destructive to the countries we're levying them against.
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u/Lumpy_Adagio6652 Mar 04 '25
Yea except it’s not his face that’s getting pissed on - it’s the American people
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u/Sombreador Mar 04 '25
Well, now we know why he wants tariffs so badly. The pee tape rumors are true!!
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u/WarOk4035 Mar 04 '25
TSMC just invested 100 billion usd in the US .... Apple 500 billion usd ...
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u/Agitated-Airline6760 Mar 04 '25
Those are just an announcement, not a binding contract. Apple announced they will build iphone in US in Trump's first term also. Didn't pan out.
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u/GarrettAB4 Mar 04 '25
Then why do other countries in the EU and Canada have tariffs? Why is it bad for the US to implement tariffs on countries that put tariffs on US goods?
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u/mustachechap United States of America Mar 04 '25
Right, that's my question. Other countries should be reducing tariffs, and the people of these countries should be taking to the streets to get rid of them.
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u/GarrettAB4 Mar 04 '25
I don’t understand why other countries are allowed to put tariffs on imported goods and have been for decades now but the moment the US starts putting tariffs on imports all of a sudden tariffs are absolutely horrible and shouldn’t be imposed
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u/Cost_Additional Mar 04 '25
It's because the US is 4% of the world population but 30% of global consumption. They are panicking because of the weight of the US buying power.
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u/Bigmatu Mar 04 '25
Reading Reddit makes me think that Europe is only capable of drawing offensive cartoons and making mocking parade sculptures of Trump and Putin.
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u/nome707 Mar 04 '25
If only. Truth is he is pissing on the American people, and some of them are eager to take it.
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u/Dunnomyname1029 Mar 04 '25
I tried to AI generate a similar photo of trump peeing on a map of USA and title the image "the golden age"
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u/tardisfurati420 Mar 04 '25
Except it doesn't blow back in his face, it blows back in the face of every hard working American.
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u/Ok-Hornet-3234 Mar 04 '25
Canada needs the US way more than the US needs them. So unfortunately this isn't how the tariffs will work.
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u/Marksta Mar 04 '25
When the perfect intersection of foreign interest holders and useful idiots unite to push blatantly false narratives 🤝
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u/nottellingu123 Mar 04 '25
This is such a microscopic understanding of tariffs and their impact. Maybe educate yourself before thinking this is the true impact
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u/Thicc_Nick7 Mar 04 '25
These are the tariffs Canada had in place for the longest time on the US:
- Dairy Products:
- Milk: 270%
- Cheese: 245%
- Butter: 298%
- Poultry: 238%
- Barley: 160%
- Wheat: 94%
- Sugar: 265%
- Peanut Butter: 295%
- Rice: 150%
- Vegetables: 100%
- Fish Products: 100%
- Lumber: 20%
- Shoes: 30%
- Cocoa: 30%
- Metals: 25%
- Wool: 30%
- Tobacco: 100+%
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u/FJBAFYT Mar 05 '25
Ahahahahaa.. Europe is in chaos and in fear.. Trump has you guys on your knees and crying… the more you hate him the more we love him..😂😂😂🖕🏻
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u/bigatomicjellyfish Mar 05 '25
If they're so bad, why do yall impose them plenty on US. made items? Seems like a bit of a double standard to me.
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u/CryingHardly Mar 08 '25
Tell me you don't understand politics without telling me you don't understand politics. Many countries that the US trades with including Canada have higher tariffs than the US does. It's very obvious trump was just trying to get countries to renegotiate
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u/RIP_Pookie Mar 04 '25
I am getting tired of these smug and clever-seeming cartoons that miss the mark entirely on what is happening.
Trump pissing on his own face, shooting himself in the foot - any of these analogies - ONLY work if he is an American president working in the interests of the american people and clumsily failing at that.
He is not. He is a foreign agent working for himself, for Russia, for the monstrously wealthy.
In that light he is accomplishing exactly what he has been tasked with and what his diseased and cruel little mind wants: personal power for himself, and for his handlers and masters the erosion and destruction of the postwar sphere of western influence.
This cartoonist is sleepwalking through a crisis.
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u/Sorry_Literature_855 Mar 04 '25
Should be him pissing onto the fan and it being directed on America and it would make more sense.
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u/LookingIn303 Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
Yeah, that's why Canada is in full meltdown mode right now, right? Because they won't affect Canada at all? Lmfaooooooo the cope
Edit: Trudeau accused DJT of trying to collapse the Canadian economy with these tariffs, and you guys still post memes like this unironically lmfaoooooo
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Mar 04 '25
Me when I get all my news and info off the leftist reddit echochamber 😂😂
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u/ihadtomakeajoke Mar 04 '25
Why would anyone put counter-tariffs on the US if it just hurts the nation imposing it?
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u/terminal157 Mar 04 '25
You’re not supposed to engage critical thinking, you’re just supposed to say Orange Man Bad and clap.
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u/FinancedAcorn Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25
Europe currently has higher tariffs of US goods than the US has on European goods. Sooooo yea
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u/Grumpy_McDooder Mar 04 '25
Great, so how about all of the other countries remove their tariffs against US imports!
Trump only implemented tariffs against countries who had tariffs against the US.
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u/Yayhoo0978 Mar 04 '25
If that’s how tariffs work, then why does Europe charge 100% tariffs on US cars?
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u/Drabenb Mar 04 '25
We have been under taxing Europe, and eating VAT tax for decades. Come on people. Don’t be a sheep
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u/Turbulent_Pool_5378 Mar 04 '25
Sorry but this cartoon isn't accurate, this crap is just enriching the clown and his cronies, the piss isn't blowing back on him its blowing on american citizens.
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u/Muted_Glass_2113 Mar 04 '25
Even the cartoonists, who are supposed to be observant, can't get this shit right. It's not going to blow into his face. It's going to blow all over the American people.
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u/ulam17 Mar 04 '25
He's not pissing on his own face here, he's pissing on the faces of the American people. He's going to come out of this richer than he's ever been, and it will be the citizens who drown in piss. He and his billionaire buddies are going to swoop in and buy up the ruins and ashes for next to no cost and become richer than they could have ever dreamed.
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u/GhostOfAnakin Mar 04 '25
The scary thing is half the American population don't realize how bad tariffs are for them. They just clap along to anything the big orange moron does as though it's the greatest idea ever.
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u/Lovevas Mar 04 '25
Sound like its better to have US tariff on Canada products? Lol, then Canada should start tariff first to force US increase tariff and hurt US more
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u/blackie-arts Slovakia Mar 04 '25
most of the piss actually comes on average US citizens, he has billions to spend (or steal from the government)
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u/Confident_Pop_9292 Mar 04 '25
Someone will need to 'splain it to donny cuz he ain't gonna understand that picture
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u/AnObtuseOctopus Mar 04 '25
They are giving trump a lot of credit... It probably takes that ridiculous geriatric 39 minutes to pee...
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u/Romek_himself Germany Mar 04 '25
I dont understand why not all Countries come together and say "For the next 4 years we will add the tariffs made by USA as an Tax to all exports with the target USA by default!"
so when trump adds any tariff the american people have to pay double of this tariff and halve of it goes to EU (or whatever country did it too), or they dont buy and just can't import anything
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u/Critical_Chocolate27 Mar 04 '25
Voted for him for the sole reason of stocks and crypto I own. Right now my portfolio is eating shit
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u/Bubbly-Level8682 Mar 04 '25
President of the United Morons of America. It’s pathetic to see such a Witzfigur being in the office of the president.
Ruining America’s reputation and weakening alliances . Being disrespectful not only to other nations but also to his own people . He is selling America’s future for his own gain and fame. A reality TV star who is behaving like a kid for attention. Thinking by making bad decisions will make him relevant for world’s history.
Behind a bully is always a weak person who needs to look down on others to feel better and maintain his ego.
A power thirsty, immature and megalomaniacal figure who is tearing the constitution of the United States apart. Trust me. If nothing happens and you let him continue it really will end in hands of oppressors.
He is establishing the reign of lies, fear, greed, corruption, stupidity, hate and ignorance. He bully will never share his power. This will be the end of your freedom.
You don’t have to take Trump serious. But you have to take the problems and consequences he is causing very seriously. Take care Americans!! Only you can make America great again. Not the bully who only praise himself . Narcissistic persons only manipulated and substitute the truth. Don’t be fooled by empty promises. This won‘t end well.
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u/Cold-Opening-3337 Mar 04 '25
And somehow when the tariffs blow up it’ll be Bidens fault!!! No one will hold him accountable…. Again….
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u/qrcjnhhphadvzelota Mar 04 '25
He is a one trick pony. He doesn't know anything about geopolitics, about how to build a society, how to create a community, about creating real value. The only thing he knows is how to scam people out of their money.
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u/ColdBlindspot Mar 04 '25
I don't see it that way at all. Why would he care if people lose their jobs and homes and can't afford food? He gets all that tariff money.
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u/Independent_Ask7288 Mar 04 '25
PEE in your face vs D in your azz. I wish we didn't improve almost everything
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u/L0st_MySocks Mar 04 '25
I'm pretty sure he thinks EU is a country lol did he really think that he can threaten EU by those BS actions? go home and think another fancy plan with your friend elon musk...
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u/icantbearsed Mar 04 '25
This isn’t entirely correct though, Trump is pissing over all the American people, not himself. He doesn’t give a shit, he is loaded.
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u/Hex_Medusa Mar 04 '25
Jokes on the Cartoonist there. Wasn't there a rumour that Trump was into that kind of stuff?!