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Trump's Tariff's Rolling Out, Targeting Friends & Foes Alike

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And that clown took us there and none of it had to come to be. Trump, knocking down America each step of the way.

Isolation only gets you one thing in the end. But hope the radicals get what they deserve. Sad it's going to cost America almost everything for their shallow games gambling the country on some entirely unsound "ideas" if you can even call them ideas. More like psychotic breaks from reality rather then ideas.
 
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And that clown took us there and none of it had to come to be. Trump, knocking down America each step of the way.

Isolation only gets you one thing in the end. But hope the radicals get what they deserve. Sad it's going to cost America almost everything for their shallow games gambling the country on some entirely unsound "ideas" if you can even call them ideas. More like psychotic breaks from reality rather then ideas.
This is a hyperbolic attack with no argument, just hair on fire, the sky is falling mentality.

If you don’t like derailed threads and pointless pissing matches with zero substance or rational.
maybe avoid post like this.

Can you make an argument against doing reviews of foreign aid to evaluate their individual effectiveness.
Or explain why for four years Biden ran tariffs on china and that was unmentionable and if no concern.

Or maybe why it is such a burden on Canada and Mexico to actually work with the US to fight international drug trade and boarder controls.
Is that such a burden to ask of a nation who is supposed to be an ally.
Or is it just a good opportunity to rant about Trump.
 
Meanwhile Panama agreed to. It renew its participation in chinas belt and road.

Oh and American politicians actually encouraging Panama to place 100% tariffs of teslas.
That one thing tells you this is not about what the best American economic and foreign policy.
It’s solely about democrats who lost and now would cheer for American failure.
Very patriotic and invested in the public good
 
Maybe Trudeau should listen to the words of this Canadian

Canada thrives when it works with America together. Win by helping America win. Trump believes that Canada has not held its side of the bargain, and he set terms to prove that we still work together: get the borders under control and crack down on fentanyl dens.These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source.

This is just like everyone wailing about the Abraham accords and then when Biden is president they all quietly move ahead with them.
 
And that clown took us there and none of it had to come to be. Trump, knocking down America each step of the way.

Isolation only gets you one thing in the end. But hope the radicals get what they deserve. Sad it's going to cost America almost everything for their shallow games gambling the country on some entirely unsound "ideas" if you can even call them ideas. More like psychotic breaks from reality rather then ideas.
I mean people in this country seem to want isolationism. People are tired of seeing the U.S. spend billions overseas when we have the problems we do in this country. This is a stupid way to achieve it and interconnected trade will likely continue but you can’t really criticize people for wanting to prioritize their own country above everyone else’s. At the end of the day I’m sure in a couple weeks these tariffs will probably be removed through some negotiation but the rest of the world better get used to the fact that for at least the next 4 years the only country the United States cares about is the United States.
 
I can understand putting tariffs on Mexico because he wants leverage to get them to help stop the illegal immigration but I still haven’t heard a legitimate reason out of the White House for tariffs on Canada. The United States doesn’t have the manufacturing capacity to make up the difference in things like aluminum so they’re not magically going to get people to buy American because the American equivalent doesn’t exist. They need to realize it’s not 1940 anymore and the United States can’t be fully reliant on U.S. made goods without serious investment in manufacturing that’s likely never going to happen because it would cost too much to produce those products here.
Well that is where Australia can up the supply for Canadian replacement. We already supply the US. Problem solved.😉🙂
 
I mean people in this country seem to want isolationism. People are tired of seeing the U.S. spend billions overseas when we have the problems we do in this country. This is a stupid way to achieve it and interconnected trade will likely continue but you can’t really criticize people for wanting to prioritize their own country above everyone else’s. At the end of the day I’m sure in a couple weeks these tariffs will probably be removed through some negotiation but the rest of the world better get used to the fact that for at least the next 4 years the only country the United States cares about is the United States.
Isolationism did us so well last time and got us world wars. But I guess people forget history or don't care about it............ We are the police of the world so we never have to go through great wars again as we stop it before it starts or ontop of it so we never get caught off guard again. We facilitate peace & stability on the world theater for our own protection.

There is nothing wrong with that as keeping the peace has brought US and everyone else on this cursed flying rock in space the most historic prosperous century humanity has ever experienced as a byproduct.

We created the new world order and became the world police to stop, prevent, or be ontop of any global catalisim so we never have to go through such great catastrophe again like the world wars.

When did the American people become so incredibly blind & naive? Talk about a snake eating it's own tale.

BTW the foreign aid everyone so worked up over is for leverage for the things mentioned above and nothing more, not about helping people. Sadly it never is, but is necessary to keep our advantage in any threat posed to us. But again I ask, when did the American people become so blind & naive?... :( Sticking our head in the sand does not get rid of threats. 😒

We facilitate peace & stability on the world theater. There is nothing wrong with that as keeping the peace has brought US and everyone else on this cursed flying rock in space the most historic prosperous century humanity has ever experienced as a byproduct of it.
In fact given historical statistics people are dying less in wars then ever before in human history:
 
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I thought Trump supporters supported the Uyghurs? Genuinely asking for anyone that wants to share their view of it. And I'm not saying we should invade China to free them from oppression lol I just think parroting CCP propaganda probably isn't the best track record for a government official working in diplomacy...
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I mean people in this country seem to want isolationism. People are tired of seeing the U.S. spend billions overseas when we have the problems we do in this country. This is a stupid way to achieve it and interconnected trade will likely continue but you can’t really criticize people for wanting to prioritize their own country above everyone else’s. At the end of the day I’m sure in a couple weeks these tariffs will probably be removed through some negotiation but the rest of the world better get used to the fact that for at least the next 4 years the only country the United States cares about is the United States.
isolationism is not instituting a hemispheric foreign policy position, or demanding European nations do their part on nato defense.
Making foreign aid to SA dependent on them stoping seizures of farms.
And again suspending potentially corrupt or incompetent foreign aid policy is not isolationism.
 
I thought Trump supporters supported the Uyghurs? Genuinely asking for anyone that wants to share their view of it. And I'm not saying we should invade China to free them from oppression lol I just think parroting CCP propaganda probably isn't the best track record for a government official working in diplomacy...
Keep calling it out I’ll stand with you his foreign policy on china should be subservient to Trumps.

I would point to Kennedy who is an ardent pro choice individual is also part of trumps canner. And he has testified to implement trumps position on abortion.

It’s not the tail waging the dog like the last admin.
 
Personally, I have never liked to "talk about politics, religion or sports" because it usually ends up in polarization of opinions and can even lead to enmity between the interlocutors.

That said, here is my opinion:

1.- Migration. If a person enters another country illegally or fraudulently, he or she must be prepared for the consequences. Large-scale operations always generate collateral damage and abuse of power. I hope that these are isolated cases and that they correct them.

2. Tariffs. I do not have complete information on the subject. In my country, this subject is always being discussed. The idea of tariffs is to protect national production. Tariffs are applied to products that compete with the national industry as a form of protection. These tariffs are often negotiated with other countries, due to the reciprocity of actions (action and reaction).

3. I understand the feelings of American citizens (first of all, the USA), but they must also understand that for better or worse, they are a world power whose actions have repercussions throughout the world. Therefore, actions like this, if taken in such a radical way, could have unintended consequences.

4. Personally, I have the feeling that if things continue this way, it will not end well for anyone, and it seems to me that in Latin America we will have to learn Mandarin.
 
Isolationism did us so well last time and got us world wars. But I guess people forget history or don't care about it............ We are the police of the world so we never have to go through great wars again as we stop it before it starts or ontop of it so we never get caught off guard again. We facilitate peace & stability on the world theater for our own protection.

There is nothing wrong with that as keeping the peace has brought US and everyone else on this cursed flying rock in space the most historic prosperous century humanity has ever experienced as a byproduct.

We created the new world order and became the world police to stop, prevent, or be ontop of any global catalisim so we never have to go through such great catastrophe again like the world wars.

When did the American people become so incredibly blind & naive? Talk about a snake eating it's own tale.

BTW the foreign aid everyone so worked up over is for leverage for the things mentioned above and nothing more, not about helping people. Sadly it never is, but is necessary to keep our advantage in any threat posed to us. But again I ask, when did the American people become so blind & naive?... :( Sticking our head in the sand does not get rid of threats. 😒


In fact given historical statistics people are dying less in wars then ever before in human history:
Except the United States has never even been isolationist. We claimed to be isolationist in world war 2 while selling the allies weapons before we were actively fighting. I should’ve chose a better phrase then people saying they wish to become isolationist because that’s not really the whole story. As for becoming the world police that statement alone is what people are tired of. How many people watched their son or daughter or someone they’ve know’s son or daughter go die in a war in a country they couldn’t point out on a map till the conflict happened? Yeah some conflicts our necessary and we should support our allies in them, I.e Ukraine, but since 1945 the United States has spent trillions of dollars fighting conflicts because we’ve taken on the world police role and you have to ask is the world really any safer as a result of that or as a result of the inherent nature of mutually assured destruction? At the same time look at the decline in the standard of living over the past several decades. 40 years ago someone working 40 hours a week in their 20s could afford to go buy a house on an introductory salary now they can barely afford an apartment. So is it really blind and naive to want to focus on our own problems and spend our money at home for a while? I’m not an isolationist all I’m saying is maybe we should hear people out instead of labeling them blind and naive. At the end of the day look at it this way, if you lived in an apartment building and it caught fire who are you getting out first your family or your neighbors family?
 
isolationism is not instituting a hemispheric foreign policy position, or demanding European nations do their part on nato defense.
Making foreign aid to SA dependent on them stoping seizures of farms.
And again suspending potentially corrupt or incompetent foreign aid policy is not
I should’ve phrased my response better as I don’t think isolationism is necessarily the policy many Americans are arguing but rather a focus on domestic spending prior to foreign. Demanding NATO increase defense spending is part of that as if they increase spending and increase troop numbers the United States would not require as many troops in the area. The South Africa situation I don’t know enough about so I’m not going to comment on. Suspending corrupt foreign aid I agree is also not isolationist but it goes to the point these programs have gone on for how many years and people are switching to the opinion that these need to be more actively rooted out.
 
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