11 monthsfunniest thing I’ve read this week. But don’t have any friends with whom I can share
- comrade_twisty@feddit.orgEnglish11 months
Nobody knows what it is, folks. People are asking, “What is it?”—nobody knows. Experts, politicians, the fake news—nobody has a clue. Maybe it’s something, maybe it’s nothing. Could be the biggest thing ever, could be nothing at all. Nobody knows, believe me. Total mystery.
- LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.eeEnglish11 months
I mean wouldn’t it just be “ways to cheat tarrifs”
Like I guess they don’t want to promote that but they could just say “ways to cheat tarrifs we will punish” to try to sound hard.
But this phrase just makes no sense.
- sqgl@beehaw.orgEnglish11 months
As opposed to cheating as an insider trader who manipulates markets with yo-yo tariffs.
- Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish11 months
Don’t know but it’s extremely obvious that some of his posts are ghost-written (just like his book) and this is one of them.
- 11 months
I believe he’s trying to say “here’s other examples of CHEATING other countries do to us that are unrelated to tariffs”. Who knows.
- boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish11 months
I think he’s saying things other than tariffs that affect how many dollars the US could make selling shit to your country.
Thing is, the list doesn’t make sense. Yeah most countries have VAT. 1) So does the US, it’s called sales tax. 2) I pay VAT equally on American, Estonian or German goods. What’s the problem?
- 11 months
The problem is that he is a fascist and fascists always need an external enemy to blame.
- 11 months
My hard drives cost 20% more. IDK what he’s on about “cheating”.
Just off the top of my head:
- Pressuring the Fed to cut interest rates and other actions to reduce the US dollar’s value
- Massive payouts to agribusiness, especially maize and sugar producers.
- Try bringing in some fruit or a salami into the US. I dare you.
- OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, xAI etc ripping off the entire world’s entire content.
Maybe someone else can fill in the rest.
- Elvith Ma'for@feddit.orgEnglish11 months
OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, xAI etc ripping off the entire world’s entire content.
Rules for thee, not for me!
- FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish11 months
(2) The US has sales tax which is VAT in a trenchcoat.
(3) The US dumps its corn below cost and saturates foreign markets due to massive corn subsidies.
(6) Try buying a toilet that uses more than 1.6 gallons per flush in the US. Oh wait, you can’t, it’s banned.
(8) US companies have transshipped Chinese goods ever since Trump’s 2018 trade war
- Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish11 months
(6) Try buying a toilet that uses more than 1.6 gallons per flush in the US. Oh wait, you can’t, it’s banned.
Not the best example since they’re trying to reverse all of these environmental protections.
“You are required to let me fuck you over! You are not allowed to resist it or find alternative means!” 🖕
- scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish11 months
So now he’s angry that we’ve fucked up our agricultural exports badly enough that the rest of the world doesn’t think our trash goods are food grade?
I would love some of the diseased chlorinated freedom chicken from the U.S.
- scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish11 months
It is our strongest export for the global autistic community 💪🇺🇸
Only when you pirate over $1 trillion in a calendar year, so we’re fine. Facebook, maybe not so much…
When Trump says piracy, I understand he’s referring to classic piracy (with little boats and all), and when he says IP Theft, I assume he’s referring to the piracy that concerns us. Good luck adding a tax to my $0 rate.
- infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish11 months
When he says transshipping, he probably thinks of a container ship flying the trans flag.
- seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish11 months
Considering that he thought asylum meant mental asylum, …yeah, probably.
- floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish11 months
How dare other companies cheat by having more stringent food standards than the USA? Everyone should be forced to buy and ingest real American salmonella.
- fibojoly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish11 months
I am still annoyed that we let the damn Argentinian beef get through, but I think it’s comparatively hilarious that we still won’t budge on US “food”.
- pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish11 months
Does he think that pirates would turn around and buy $1 Trillion worth of media if pirating stopped? Lmao.
- seaturtle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish11 months
Precisely.
He just shitposts. It’s not even high-quality shitposting. It’s not like becoming president improved anything about him. He doesn’t rise to the occasion; the occasion collapses as he rolls over it and makes a mess of it. Every single time.
- 11 months
Trump has claimed a few times that, in order for cars to be approved for import in Japan, they must be able to withstand an impact from a bowling ball without denting. It’s not a real thing. When the White House press secretary was asked why Trump made up such a weird lie, she said it was “obviously a joke”.
- Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish11 months
Reminds me of the mind-blowing video from Channel 5 news of them interviewing Trump supporters about him posting a pic of himself as king and they say “Oh it means he’s the King of Presidents, like Elvis Presley is the King of rock and roll” and I just couldn’t possibly facepalm any harder.
- piccolo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish11 months
Its ironic to be complaining (or rather bullshitting) about japan restricting vehicle imports while the US is restricting imports of kei trucks for reasons.
- Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish11 months
Because kei trucks are obviously death traps
sideeyes motorcycles
When they say ‘piracy’ does he think they are referring to Captain Jack Sparrow?
I bet the gerbil on the wheel in his head is exhausted. He should shove a couple more up his ass to help out.
- 11 months
my concern over IP Theft goes from the ground up, can’t help it. I’ll worry about what corps think they’re missing out on right after I’ve acknowledged each and every person who has ever written anything on the internet, or shared an original work in any way. the damage done by tech bros pillaging the collective imagination is way higher than $1T
I’m not interested in giving rich humans access to another trillion dollars.
That works against the best interests of hu-fucking-manity.
