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President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States, saying American kids might “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.

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[–] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 151 points 1 week ago (3 children)

People are going to die in the streets due to the impact of these policies.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Not sure man, my vehicle threw a rod and I am struggling to find financing to get a used vehicle until I make the money to figure out a long term solution. Partner checked FB marketplace because I don't have an account, I checked Craigslist, and the dealers near me can't seem to make a loan work with $1000 down on vehicles listed at $15k. Found one car selling for under 10k, but it has 95k miles and everything online seems to say it has a 135k mile average lifespan. So when you don't know how the people before you drove it, and it's got a 3rd party exhaust on it, I have to assume my extremely (55-60 mile) drive to work will leave me stranded on the side of the road by the end of the year still owing money on it unless I scrape the barrel everywhere in my budget and somehow sell it for nickles in 6 months trying to trade it in for something half way better. Maybe I can get arrested when I become homeless and die in jail instead of on the street.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Go to credit unions around you and apply for a loan yourself. You shouldn't ever rely on dealerships to find financing for you. Interest rates are awful right now but with your commute you need something reliable and fuel efficient (like a Camry or Corolla).

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I was hoping to finance a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek with 70k miles on it. Out the door was ~18. They shot that down pretty quick. I'll figure out something, didn't see any decent shape Toyotas around, small town

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 10 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Nissans get a bad rap, but I haven’t been able to kill the three I’ve owned despite neglecting their maintenance.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 100 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Even if this were true, a policy that hurts everyone isn't sucessful just because someone else suffers more than you.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

It is for Republicans

[–] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

It wouldn't even be a pyrrhic victory. It would just be mutual suffering.

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 week ago (4 children)

China's economy is still projected to grow while US heads to recession , this guy tries to create his own reality everywhere he goes.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

China has the whole world they still can sell to. The US has shut the door on all existing and potential partners

[–] WanderingThoughts 13 points 1 week ago

That's kinda how he rolls. Just ignore reality and bully everyone that says otherwise until people are too tired of it and change reality to what he says it is.

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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except the kids aren't getting 2 dolls. They're getting dragged out into the middle of the street half naked in the middle of the night because the brownshirts can't even read an address correctly when they're casually disappearing whole families.

Why the fuck is this even reported on. Fuck this whole system, down to the author that thought 'ya that's worth making an article'

Don't buy your kids dolls. Buy them fpv drones.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago

Sadly, this probably concerns the average voter more than all the Nazi shit...

[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't think most kids get 30, but is he already talking about how Christmas is going to be? Tomorrow is May 1st. That is 7 months away.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Buy presents right now. I'm serious.

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago

It's just another example of him being delusional as fuck.

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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

2 dolls instead of 30 works out to a reduction of 93.3%! That's HUGE. If that's supposed to be his positive spin on things, Americans are truly fucked.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It really shows that he doesn't care about Americans, he cares about punishing and attacking people that he doesn't like. That is all that matters to him, and he doesn't hide that. He doesn't want to make things better, he wants to make people suffer.

The fact that he has supporters is absolutely unfathomable to me. Then again, those same supporters want to punish the same people he does, so it starts to make sense.

[–] Catma@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

He wants to punish Americans more than probably anyone else. Americans had the nerve to laugh at him when people joked about his hair, or makeup, or physique. Americans did not elect him in 2020. Americans allowed him to be forced out and didnt fight back hard enough when Biden "stole" the election. Americans allowed him to have some minor inconveniences when they put him on trial, raided his house for classified docs or made him take reaponsibility for his actions. Americans are going to pay because he knows nothing other than vengence for percieved slights and Americans allowed them all to happen

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because that's what it's all about - someone else suffering more. The objective is to increase the amount of suffering in the world, since we clearly don't have enough of it just yet, but making sure others suffer more than us. Because trying to make it so that everyone suffers less is communist, unamerican and bad, I guess...

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A real "let them eat cake" moment.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's the real statement. Instead of 30 dolls it will be 2, but that translates to food supplies, too. Instead of 30 dinners in a month, we'll only have 2.

In the year after Maduro took over Venezuela, the average citizen lost 40 pounds.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Cause American girls were getting 30 dolls every Christmas.

This guy is such a psychopath that he doesn't even understand how Christmas gifts work.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Big "How much could a banana cost? $10?" moment

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothing like a rich guy who has never known struggle to tell everyone else they need to struggle because he's a moron

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago

"It's One Banana, Michael. What Could It Cost, $10?"

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why parrot his bullshit in the headline? China will not suffer as much as the US. This is such bullshit.

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[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“People are worried, even some people who voted for you, saying ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’ So how do you address those concerns?” ABC host Terry Moran asked Trump.

“They did sign up for it, actually, and this is what I campaigned on,” Trump replied. He added, when questioned about price increases on electronics, clothing and homebuilding, that “China probably will eat those tariffs.”

Man I hope democrats use that ammunition he left sitting there for the next 80 years.

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you eat a 140% tarrif? Set the actual items value to a negative number?

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[–] Liberteez@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

More like two meals instead of three

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What about the kids who were lucky to get 2 dolls prior to the trade war? Shit outta luck I guess.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They get to BECOME the doll of some rich kid. You woke people really hate freedom.

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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump has a plan for them too. The coal mines.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

The rich will still get 30 and a new sports car

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everyone knows the goal of running a country is to make people suffer. Not to accomplish anything positive. That would be GlObAlIsM

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[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago

Trump singlehandedly destroying American overconsumption.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, the country with an established industrial base and centrally planned infrastructure is gonna suffer more from tariffs than the checks notes usury and consumption economy run by competing interests and bolstered almost entirely by the ownership of foreign assets and reliance on its currency for international trade.

Honestly my only conclusion is that they know and are willing to create an economic crisis for the purpose of consolidating political power in the form of "emergency measures" as fascists usually do. I refuse to believe they are just stupid

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Trump, and many of his supporters, think that America is China's biggest client. They're totally blind to the idea that China is China's biggest client, and that it's not even close.

Their total lack of understanding of the world outside their little exceptionalist bubble is hilarious and depressing

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 week ago

Even the Grinch didn't go on TV to tell peoole he was stealing Christmas.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.

Even if this were true (which is dubious) this doesn't make me feel any better. That would simply make this a Pyrrhic victory.

What is the point of any of this? Oh yeah, cruelty is the point.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

China is happily selling to the rest of the world, and yes their sales will go down without the US market, but they won't in sense of the word "suffer".

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

Americans are basically winning because they aren't suffering the most

[–] tal@lemmy.today 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

American kids might “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,”

Operating on the assumption that most households aren't buying their kids 30 dolls (and those that do are probably going to be under the least economic pressure to cut spending), if American households actually cut spending on their kids by a proportional 93% of whatever they were going to spend, I expect that midterms are going to be interesting.

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[–] Bojack411@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

"The american people will suffer but china will suffer more." So hes hurting us to hurt them? Great job dumbass.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Trump has no idea how the world works at all

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Almost everything we buy is from china including MAGA goods. This moron does not have a clue

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

“Kids might get two calories per day instead of 2,000. But hey, Chinese kids will suffer too!”

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why isn’t it “rich people will have 1 yacht rather than 4”?

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