• kibiz0r@midwest.social
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    7 days ago

    Trade deficit means you’re getting more stuff than the other side is.

    He’d rather have the dollars than the stuff?

    What are you gonna spend the dollars on if there’s no stuff?

    Isn’t “too many dollars chasing too few goods” the textbook definition of inflation?

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      He’d rather have the dollars than the stuff?

      No, he wants both. That’s why he doesn’t pay his bills.

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      Yeah, this guy is either stupid or maliciously pretending to be misinformed.

      Either way there’s no point bothering with Dumbass Donald

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          Don’t underestimate him. This is the guy who has gotten away with everything in his life with zero consequences.

          He’s not some sort of bizarro Candide.

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            I’m not underestimating his dangerousness. But the fact is, he’s gotten where he is based on force of personality and people just letting him get away with things because giving in was easier than dealing with a whining man baby. No one expected him to gain a cult that quite literally worshipped him.

            But none of that changes the fact that he is dumb and just does whatever whoever praises him or enriches him the most. He’s not a puppeteer, he’s a puppet. An extremely dangerous fool.

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    6 days ago

    a $200B subsidy

    That’s not how trade works. One side has something the other side wants. They agree to make an exchange.

    Both sides win.

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      That’s how Trump thinks, though. Every transaction is zero sum to him.

      I’m also convinced saw the “deficit” part of “trade deficit” and either automatically assumed it was bad thing or knew he could convince low-information voters that it was.

      Or maybe he is a dumbass and someone on his campaign staff was the crafty one.

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      Maybe he was a time traveller sent back to fix things, but the travel sickness got to him

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    I want you all to know that I blame the American voters for this. I mean those that abstained or voted Republicans. I curse you all.

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    Yep, Americans are that stupid that they pay Canada and them get nothing back in return and they’re all fine with that!

    Of course this isn’t the case, but the average American is dumb enough to do this

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    It’s really easy to put out numbers when they are made up on how you currently feel. Of course they are wrong, he doesn’t care and neither do his followers.