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

It's something I was thinking about last night; our prices (and the same with other countries) may rise due to tariffs on US goods. But in the US, their prices will rise due to tariffs… on everyone.

Unless it's something completely made with raw materials from the US, manufacturers/processed, packaged etc, all in the US, then the price of it will rise. Whereas we only have to deal with that on goods from the US.

Of course there is then the knock-on effect of that for us too, but overall just in terms of day-to-day consumers, the US populace are going to be hit much harder than us. And that could make them start to turn and reject Trump's plan very quickly.

That may not matter because Trump will still belt on regardless and won't stop until he can point to some sort of win, but if enough GOP politicians start to feel the heat maybe some of them will start to remember they have a backbone they haven't used in a while.

We hang on to what little hope we have I guess - I’m with ya, just not totally convinced American public will react and respond they way we want them to - they seem to be more easily swayed today than ever they were- and not in a good way

Also, it’s not just prices -there’s also loss of jobs which we may not see for a while but it will come - article below bloody sobering reading - I know our country has its problems - housing, long medical waiting lists - etc -but it does have jobs- and good ones too- but for how long more?

Im not particularly religious but I don’t believe it’s a sin to pray for high prices and high unemployment rates in America until they see sense

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/half-the-place-would-be-blown-to-bits-the-irish-villages-under-threat-from-trumps-tariffs

Trump claims it's already $2 billion per day being taken in new tariffs - which is bullcrap - But the high fives and back slapping on X here is bizzare - don't they realize it's $2 billion per day coming from them (even if it was true)

Even if there are products that are created end-to-end in the US, prices will likely still go up on those to closely match their tariffed equivalents while being slightly cheaper, driven by a mix of corporate greed and general increased operational costs caused by Trumps disastrous policies.

Nobody wins here, apart from Trump and that’s mostly in his own head.

Yep China just slapped back with extra 50% bringing up to 84%

https://m-mof-gov-cn.translate.goog/czxw/202504/t20250409_3961685.htm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

t bills falling is hardly surprising when Trump has talked previously of such bonds being forcefully elongated, another form of default.

Tariffs actually happening crystalizes the t bill risk, so no surprise if they're being sold off around the world.

I'm not what the fed can do, as this isn't a liquidity crisis like in 08. This is a tsunami of USD coming home where no where to go.

It's not really. It's the US that's at war with the global economy. It's just China has been more prepared for turbulence since the Huawei ban.

The global economy outside the US will continue regardless.

According to Trump, it's for the purpose of getting US citizens back in jobs at home that were originally America's in factories in the US before the owners of those factories shut up shop there and moved production abroad. Jobs at home means more happy employed people in the US, more tax for the US, no scrounging off Uncle Sam and every four years the return on votes.

He won't mention the undeniable US corporate urge behind the closures and movements abroad and the failure of US Federal and State Govts to keep the same US corporate boardrooms happy at home.

On the actual big money being in more expensive drugs, that's probably part of the allure for him.

They will wake up to reality when the price of almost everything doubles on Amazon

Usually prices in US are shown ex local tax and then you get surprise at till

They should leave the prices same but add “Trump Tarrif Tax” as a line before local sales tax with a mugshot of trump pointing at line saying “I did this”

It ends as quickly as it started. This is all smoke and mirrors from the Trump administration. Markets are panicking because they are sensationally overvalued and in a bubble. There is too much interconnectedness in the global economy for these tariffs to last; deals will be made in the coming weeks and life will go on.

It's like watching a sped up brexit, brexit on cocaine.

In part of one of his statements about who will do the jobs in the new US factories, he indicated they would be from parts of the world which his deportees are not from or going to and would be familiar with the English language.