Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

The main thing that should be taken from all this - as if it wasn't already clear to everyone is the complete lack of intelligence in that entire Administration, its actually breath taking at this point. There were at least people during his first time to curtail his nonsense there are none now.

Also something needs to be done about the tech bros, they wield far too much power.

I have a feeling that for many countries, the solution to reducing these tariffs will be massive military orders that will go towards reducing the deficit.

UK auto exports to the US accounts for apploximately 13.6% of their total auto exports - Something like £8 Billion in 2024.

But mostly high end cars like Jag, Rolls-Royce and Bentley where a 25% increase in import duty wouldn't put off very many people in that spending bracket too much. but there is a smaller quantity of Nissan, Vauxhall and Toyota too.

You would trust buying military equipment from the US under this administration??

So what happens now? EU respond with Tariffs then Trump cones back and hits Pharma?

No, obviously not. But since the US can't force businesses and consumers around the world to buy more from the US, I think they will try to force the governments to do so. And that really just leaves military spending.

They will phase tariffs of increasing amounts for pharma and give companies time to relocate some manufacturing to the us. Big pharma is powerful lobby in the us. I would imagine no near term job losses here and as pointed out the big pharma companies will need presence here for EU market.

Forget that. Donnie has blown his wad and tariffed everyone. Its clear his Administration hates Europe, that's fine but that should have to live with the consequences of both these actions. Move as much trade away from the US as possible and let them to their own devices. And the EU should not buy any of their weapons unless absolutely necessary.

Seems Americans realise just how stupid this is, quoting

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The golden prize for America's enemies is to remove the US dollar as a global reserve currency.

Since trade is conducted largely in USD, that means other governments must purchase USD to trade. This is the core of trade deficits. Foreign countries buy US dollars so they can trade with other people. That guarantees the deficit since they give us something in exchange for USD, which they do not then spend on goods we make.

If you no longer want the trade deficit that means payments of fealty by those who trade in dollars, which countries aren't likely to tolerate, or abandoning the USD as a global reserve currency, which would be disastrous, truly disastrous. Our debts would suddenly become existential because inflating our currency to pay for them could result in functionally not being able to import goods required to run our economy. I don't think many truly understand just how disastrous it will be.

This isn't America's liberation day. This is Russia's and China's liberation day. While America was once able to check their power, America is no longer in a position to do so, we will barely be in a position to satisfy our own military's logistics requirements.

This is a decapitation strike (Timothy Snyder: Decapitation Strike -- https://archive.is/1xkxK) on America by our enemies. It is not only a de facto soft blockade of American trade, but it is an attack on the mechanics of American hegemony. Politicians already ask for money instead of votes or actions. That means if foreign governments spend money, they can elect their preferred candidates. America's own government was a result of french support. We institute regime change in other counties, and I see no reason to believe we are immune.

If trade stops occurring in US Dollar, which is a consequence of the stated goal of our current ruling regime, that would be the coup de grace on this country's hegemony. It is the definitive end to it, and the birth of Chinese hegemony.

Ray Dalio's Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order feels prescient

Yeah, I'm hoping Europe holds strong and bands together with the rest of the world. I'm more talking about the likes of Vietnam where I live, which doesn't have as many options as a European country.

There is no trap - he will be hiting Pharma.

Id be surprised if anyone in the US knew who MDH even was. But sure, get the rant in.

Allegedly and according to Trump and the Speaker of the House Johnson, the bar in the constitution means that a president who has served two [2] consecutive terms in office cannot serve a third term, not that a president cannot serve a third term after serving two separate terms already. Its a con-job try-on to give the US public the idea that the words in the constitution do not mean what they read as but what Trump says they read as, as coincidentally he has not served two [2] consecutive terms.

The laughable and contrary thing is that he still occasionally claims that he was elected to the 46th presidency but it was robbed from him by lying Joe. That would, presumably, have made him the first president since Franklin D Roosevelt to have been elected to three consecutive terms as he is the 47th.

• China/Japan/South Korea enter advanced economic partnerships in order to respond to Trump belligerence.
• EU countries make sufficient noise about moving away from US defence dependence.
• China Canada and Europe attracting high IQ international individuals because of US aggression towards immigrants.
• Stock Markets reacting poorly to Trump Administration actions
• US Consumers facing massive price increases as a consequence of dramatic tariff introductions

There's never before been a US President which was responsible for so many detrimental acts which were entirely unforced.

Trump could be putting America in to a hole it might not come out of for decades.

Trump is officially now the worst president ever