I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Fun fact: In 1991, Ernest Saunders, one of the Guinness Four, was let out of prison early as he was believed to be suffering from Alzheimer's. He subsequently "recovered" and is still alive today.
So the UK offered a state visit to a man who is going out of his way to harm UK jobs .
I don’t think the public are in the mood to see the country humiliated in this way . Starmer needs to be very careful as abject surrender will see Labour polling implode completely.
And I do also hope that the media will finally go after Farage as he’s gotten away with his Trump fawning for far too long .
You mistake us for having a backbone. We’ll be simpering and thanking him for lower tariffs than some other countries.
Has he agreed to eliminate the UK tax on US media companies
The DST? Quite possibly, there were certainly rumours to that end.
The president says he will charge the U.K. a 10 percent tariff. Even that is pretty remarkable, since the United States runs a trade surplus with Britain, it’s such a close ally and the country has been trying to negotiate a trade deal with the United States.
NY Times blog
To be honest, it sort of feels like we might be able to get rid of that by accepting some washed chicken!
Given that food in the USA already costs more than in this country it doesn't matter if it can be sold here as nobody is going to pay more for lower standard foreign food.
It's hard to gauge the actual price of food in the USA relative to the UK - simply because our logistics and competition means the only true price comparision would be Walmart / Costco.
So the UK offered a state visit to a man who is going out of his way to harm UK jobs .
I don’t think the public are in the mood to see the country humiliated in this way . Starmer needs to be very careful as abject surrender will see Labour polling implode completely.
And I do also hope that the media will finally go after Farage as he’s gotten away with his Trump fawning for far too long .
You mistake us for having a backbone. We’ll be simpering and thanking him for lower tariffs than some other countries.
Has he agreed to eliminate the UK tax on US media companies
The DST? Quite possibly, there were certainly rumours to that end.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
The president says he will charge the U.K. a 10 percent tariff. Even that is pretty remarkable, since the United States runs a trade surplus with Britain, it’s such a close ally and the country has been trying to negotiate a trade deal with the United States.
NY Times blog
To be honest, it sort of feels like we might be able to get rid of that by accepting some washed chicken!
Alternatively the US could vaccinate their chickens against salmonella and they wouldn’t need to chlorinate them…
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
Not being in the EU hasn't helped Switzerland: 31%. Bad for their medical devices industry, I would have thought.
The margins that american health companies charge should allow them to swallow the cost.
And if they don't their prices are so high relative to the rest of the world most people wouldn't notice. An asthma inhaler is $120 there or about £4 from boots.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
Presumably the negotiations start now to get to a deal to get rid of these.
We should allow US cars to be imported without following european regulations. With an exemption for things which are too heavy/wide. US car regulations are different, but not generally weaker than ours - in fact in some ways they are stronger.
Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 2m Reply to Alan Beattie It's quite surreal how Trump is doing the usual stream-of-consciousness about making America great and factories and so on and then just casually drops in the biggest tariff increases since the 1930s.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
Trump has
Trump would be richer than he is now had he just chucked it all in a tracker fund. He's lost a fortune, not made one.
I mean, I know 10% is probably the best case scenario for the UK. But I really don’t think that the public will feel that’s a win when Canada / EU come out worse
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
Trump has
At the expense of others not by creating anything of value.
That might work very well for an individual but it doesn't work for a country.
The president says he will charge the U.K. a 10 percent tariff. Even that is pretty remarkable, since the United States runs a trade surplus with Britain, it’s such a close ally and the country has been trying to negotiate a trade deal with the United States.
NY Times blog
To be honest, it sort of feels like we might be able to get rid of that by accepting some washed chicken!
Alternatively the US could vaccinate their chickens against salmonella and they wouldn’t need to chlorinate them…
Vaccinate? In Trump's USA? You are having a laugh aren't you?
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
I'm not sure if I buy anything made in the States.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
Trump has
At the expense of others not by creating anything of value.
That might work very well for an individual but it doesn't work for a country.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3m I cant believe that such huge tariffs will be implemented right away, or the US will be cut out from many global supply chains.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Not being in the EU hasn't helped Switzerland: 31%. Bad for their medical devices industry, I would have thought.
The margins that american health companies charge should allow them to swallow the cost.
And if they don't their prices are so high relative to the rest of the world most people wouldn't notice. An asthma inhaler is $120 there or about £4 from boots.
I’m trying to remember who asked why the drug cartels don’t just import tons of insulin etc into America.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
There are some things which are difficult to avoid but I do expect a large boycott of US goods and travel
As @RochdalePioneers says this is a disaster but an opportunity for the rest of the world to join together in a new security and trading arrangement leaving US on the outside looking on in disbelief
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
The Yanks voted for this piece of shit. The fall of America is happening fast. For the rest of the planet, that day can hardly come soon enough.
That is a description, as should be obvious from the farcical spectacle we are currently witnessing. Trump was freely elected, so "you broke it, you own it".
Presumably the negotiations start now to get to a deal to get rid of these.
We should allow US cars to be imported without following european regulations. With an exemption for things which are too heavy/wide. US car regulations are different, but not generally weaker than ours - in fact in some ways they are stronger.
It wouldn't make any difference - the simple fact is that America cars are crap relative to the other options...
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 11m The biggest tariff hike in about 80-90 years. Presented in the style of a low budget game show. Just absolutely insane.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
Trump has
At the expense of others not by creating anything of value.
That might work very well for an individual but it doesn't work for a country.
It worked for China over the last few decades
China has sold the consumer tat it produces to richer countries.
Now which countries are going to buy consumer tat which has been made at American prices ?
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
There are some things which are difficult to avoid but I do expect a large boycott of US goods and travel
As @RochdalePioneers says this is a disaster but an opportunity for the rest of the world to join together in a new security and trading arrangement leaving US on the outside looking on in disbelief
Burger King (who did Grand Metropolitan sell it to?) instead of McDonalds it is then.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
There are some things which are difficult to avoid but I do expect a large boycott of US goods and travel
As @RochdalePioneers says this is a disaster but an opportunity for the rest of the world to join together in a new security and trading arrangement leaving US on the outside looking on in disbelief
Burger King (who did Grand Metropolitan sell it to?) instead of McDonalds it is then.
The good thing is my wife and I do not like McDonald's
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8m Listening to Trump, Europeans should get ready to cut the US out of all military procurement networks.
Trump says he talked to Lee Iacocca about his tariff plan. Lee Iacocca has been deceased since 2019. #LiberationDay
Well, maybe it was a seance.
By the way, Lee Iacocca's autobiography is amazing. Mostly about brokering a huge governement bailout, so not avowedly capatalist, but an excellent read.
The president says he will charge the U.K. a 10 percent tariff. Even that is pretty remarkable, since the United States runs a trade surplus with Britain, it’s such a close ally and the country has been trying to negotiate a trade deal with the United States.
NY Times blog
To be honest, it sort of feels like we might be able to get rid of that by accepting some washed chicken!
Alternatively the US could vaccinate their chickens against salmonella and they wouldn’t need to chlorinate them…
Vaccinate? In Trump's USA? You are having a laugh aren't you?
Products are made in Maine and owned by a US company…
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
It uses Mastercard !!!!
AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Is that so? Is everything in the banking system working on US architecture?
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
It uses Mastercard !!!!
AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Is that so? Is everything in the banking system working on US architecture?
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8m Listening to Trump, Europeans should get ready to cut the US out of all military procurement networks.
+1 - the idea that we can trust the USA has disappeared over the past 2 months..
The only thing that is remarkable is how quickly the world has completely changed.
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 11m The biggest tariff hike in about 80-90 years. Presented in the style of a low budget game show. Just absolutely insane.
He's still doing The Apprentice. - but live, without the massive editing which imbued it with some sort of very basic logic.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
It uses Mastercard !!!!
AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Is that so? Is everything in the banking system working on US architecture?
We used to have indigeonous ones - Switch and Maestro. But not for a while.
So does Trump really think that tariffs will simultaneously bring in so much revenue that he can get rid of income tax plus also lead to imports being replaced by US manufacturing ?
If the imports are replaced where does the tariff revenue come from ?
The great new rustbelt manufacturing boom and the extra tax revenue
That extra tax revenue will be paid by US consumers alongside the higher prices.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
Trump has
At the expense of others not by creating anything of value.
That might work very well for an individual but it doesn't work for a country.
It worked for China over the last few decades
China has sold the consumer tat it produces to richer countries.
Now which countries are going to buy consumer tat which has been made at American prices ?
Tory MP for neighbouring seat to Runcorn & Helsby calls for Tories to stand back and allow Reform to win the seat.
"Tories should let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says Esther McVey Former Cabinet minister proposes that Conservatives should ‘stay out the way’ of a victory for Nigel Farage’s party" (£)
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8m Listening to Trump, Europeans should get ready to cut the US out of all military procurement networks.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8m Listening to Trump, Europeans should get ready to cut the US out of all military procurement networks.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
It uses Mastercard !!!!
AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Is that so? Is everything in the banking system working on US architecture?
There is one remaining choice.
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If you don’t use cash you are supporting fascism or something. Swasticard. SWASTICARD!!!
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
It uses Mastercard !!!!
AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Is that so? Is everything in the banking system working on US architecture?
There is one remaining choice.
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A
S
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If you don’t use cash you are supporting fascism or something. Swasticard. SWASTICARD!!!
(You're trying to start a fight with other people here, aren't you?)
Trump's two columns in his tariff diagram are doubly bullshit: aside from the general methodology, every country which has 10% in the right column has 10% in the left column.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
There are some things which are difficult to avoid but I do expect a large boycott of US goods and travel
As @RochdalePioneers says this is a disaster but an opportunity for the rest of the world to join together in a new security and trading arrangement leaving US on the outside looking on in disbelief
Look, I know it doesn't look like it tonight - but these tariffs announcements are good news in the long-run. Good for the US and for the world.
Why? Because Trump is setting fire to the US economy. This will significantly weaken him politically and hamper his ability to irrevocably undermine democracy and the rule of law in America.
His economic policy is so batshit insane - positively Truss-ian - that it will weaken him in the medium-term. The institutions of the US are more important to us than the impact of (relatively) short-term tariffs.
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
I don't think it really matters whether other countries apply any retaliatory tariffs as there are going to be consumer boycotts over much of the world against anything 'Made in the USA'.
Boycott US products and travel there
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
I would be delighted to boycott US goods, and I will try, but in due course how do I replace my Apple ecosystem, Microsoft software and the Cloud? Happy to be schooled on this. In the meanwhile, I will avoid the US banking and credit card system, their subscription entertainment offerings and anything else that comes to mind.
Visa and Mastercard are American - love to know who you avoid them..
Good point, thanks. I will just have to use my Nat West Debit Card instead. It will be irritating, but no undue hardship.
It uses Mastercard !!!!
AAARRRGGGHHHH ! Is that so? Is everything in the banking system working on US architecture?
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https://x.com/SharePickers/status/1907531002173424123
He means billionaires presumably by "our people".
But I doubt Wall Street billionaires are going to be sleeping tonight.
And they laughed at me then.
You cannot get rich by producing low value added consumer tat.
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He's just pulling these tariff numbers from the air, isn't he
Like a stone this evening.
Lots of nicer places to visit in the world including Canada where our son and daughter in law live
https://x.com/TheNewsBreaks/status/1907533458710343978
And if they don't their prices are so high relative to the rest of the world most people wouldn't notice. An asthma inhaler is $120 there or about £4 from boots.
So no more talking about a certain Netflix drama ?
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It's quite surreal how Trump is doing the usual stream-of-consciousness about making America great and factories and so on and then just casually drops in the biggest tariff increases since the 1930s.
https://bsky.app/profile/alanbeattie.bsky.social/post/3lluarprsc22j
How about no?
Boycott globally
That might work very well for an individual but it doesn't work for a country.
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I cant believe that such huge tariffs will be implemented right away, or the US will be cut out from many global supply chains.
https://bsky.app/profile/djlavoie.bsky.social/post/3llu5rdjmx22h
As @RochdalePioneers says this is a disaster but an opportunity for the rest of the world to join together in a new security and trading arrangement leaving US on the outside looking on in disbelief
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social
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Good news: no need to worry about Trump stagflation
Bad news: worry instead about Trump-caused global depression
Trump says he talked to Lee Iacocca about his tariff plan. Lee Iacocca has been deceased since 2019. #LiberationDay
Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social
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The biggest tariff hike in about 80-90 years. Presented in the style of a low budget game show.
Just absolutely insane.
Now which countries are going to buy consumer tat which has been made at American prices ?
Trump replied, "how hard?"
sell it to?) instead of McDonalds it is then.
Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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Listening to Trump, Europeans should get ready to cut the US out of all military procurement networks.
The only thing that is remarkable is how quickly the world has completely changed.
"Tories should let Reform win Runcorn by-election, says Esther McVey
Former Cabinet minister proposes that Conservatives should ‘stay out the way’ of a victory for Nigel Farage’s party" (£)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/02/tories-let-reform-win-runcorn-byelection-esther-mcvey/
With luck a trade deal may be to reduce these further. I'm no fan of the government here but on this I think they've done quite well
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Why? Because Trump is setting fire to the US economy. This will significantly weaken him politically and hamper his ability to irrevocably undermine democracy and the rule of law in America.
His economic policy is so batshit insane - positively Truss-ian - that it will weaken him in the medium-term. The institutions of the US are more important to us than the impact of (relatively) short-term tariffs.
Enjoying pub🍺😄!!!
https://x.com/AmbJapanUK/status/1906105644169544102