Heck, they are that stupid. Also Australia, and I presume New Zealand, have trade deficits with the US, not that that seems to have any effect on their logic.
The folk over at #ItCouldHappenHere (recommended podcast) really capture a plausible model of the addled brain of #Trump
Timestamp: 23:32
> I think I finally understand what's going on in his brain, which is that he has convinced himself that like, if you have a trade deficit with a country, that means the country's robbing you.
> Trump's firm, lifelong belief is that if you are selling something, you've won, and if you're buying something, you have lost.
The gang discuss the rendition of Venezuelan migrants, attacks on trans people in the military, more arrests of graduate students, and the bird flu. Sources: https://www.laprensagrafica.
Dumb people supported by dumb people doing magical thinking supported by no facts.
Evil people doing evil things laugh as their plans for a great wealth transfer from the middle classes to the rich move along without lifting a finger.
It is utter nonsense. Rephrasing the Indonesia example a bit: We buy $28B worth of stuff from Indonesia. They buy $10B worth from us. Deficit is $18B. No tariff, None. If you want to force it to balance, make $18B more of stuff they need. Or Stop buying 2/3 of their stuff.
He says make taxpayers pay 60% more for their stuff.Does not do shit except pick our people's pockets. Maybe it causes us to buy less of their stuff. That just makes us keep some $ home & give it to billionaires
PIDOOMA (the acronym for Pulled It Directly Out Of My Ass, or argumentum ex culo;[note 1] literally "argument from the asshole") is the act of arguing by way of flinging everything at the wall and seeing what sticks ad hoc bullshit in a desperate att…
hey, is it possible for you to use content warnings for the orange person's shenanigans ("USpol", for example)? Or at least filterable hashtags? It doesn't take that much time and it's easier to follow you for your other content when one has either no interest in or even *fear of* US politics/policies.
I think he also followed up that the trade deficit was only computed based on *goods* sold, and excluded *services*, which makes up for a lot of US exports.
Hilariously, the Deputy White House Secretary tried to dispute James’ claim but actually confirmed it by producing the formula they used, which ends up being exactly what James said it was.
could we all stop saying “he” when we know that Trump couldn’t produce even this stupid scheme. So I want names. WHO produced this idiotic nonsense? WHO?!
@Gdac Peter Navarro is a major one. One of the authors of 2025 and a big fan of tariffs. Miller is the immigration nasty. And of course the PayPal mafia and their guru Curtis Yarvin are the "kill all the regulations and make people depend on corporations" folk.
But yes, you could remove Trump at this point and all that would happen is this would all be moving even faster.
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Jack Yan (甄爵恩)
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •George Liquor, American
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Wooow, this is a boldly humiliating display of MAGA's fundamental misunderstanding of incredibly basic economic principles.
These guys are *really* not smart.
KanaMauna
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •tuban_muzuru
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •lord pthenq1
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •"Fórmula" de cálculo de las tarifas ^^^^^
@nazgul
CheapPontoon
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Hey #ChatGPT put our trade deficits in a spreadsheet and calculate by percentage.
#AI living up to the #DOGE promises. Super-efficient.
mau 🏳️🌈#EndFossilFuels
Als Antwort auf CheapPontoon • • •Dusk To Don
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •The folk over at #ItCouldHappenHere (recommended podcast) really capture a plausible model of the addled brain of #Trump
Timestamp: 23:32
> I think I finally understand what's going on in his brain, which is that he has convinced himself that like, if you have a trade deficit with a country, that means the country's robbing you.
> Trump's firm, lifelong belief is that if you are selling something, you've won, and if you're buying something, you have lost.
iheart.com/podcast/105-it-coul…
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8 - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
iHeartMᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Toni Aittoniemi
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Dumb people supported by dumb people doing magical thinking supported by no facts.
Evil people doing evil things laugh as their plans for a great wealth transfer from the middle classes to the rich move along without lifting a finger.
naturaldynamics
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •skittles
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Grandpa Don RIP World
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •It is utter nonsense. Rephrasing the Indonesia example a bit:
We buy $28B worth of stuff from Indonesia. They buy $10B worth from us. Deficit is $18B. No tariff, None.
If you want to force it to balance, make $18B more of stuff they need. Or Stop buying 2/3 of their stuff.
He says make taxpayers pay
60% more for their stuff.Does not do shit except pick our people's pockets. Maybe it causes us to buy less of their stuff. That just makes us keep some $ home & give it to billionaires
Toni Aittoniemi
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Bongolian
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •In philosophy, this is known as "argumentum ex culo" (or PIDOOMA).
rationalwiki.org/wiki/PIDOOMA
PIDOOMA
RationalWikiHelix
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Or at least filterable hashtags?
It doesn't take that much time and it's easier to follow you for your other content when one has either no interest in or even *fear of* US politics/policies.
Kee Hinckley
Als Antwort auf Helix • • •Sensitiver Inhalt
@helix I should, and I keep forgetting. Sorry.
Content warnings seem to greatly reduce sharing. But I absolutely should be tagging things #uspol. Thanks for the reminder.
Helix
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Dave Rahardja
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •I think he also followed up that the trade deficit was only computed based on *goods* sold, and excluded *services*, which makes up for a lot of US exports.
EDIT: Found it.
xcancel.com/JamesSurowiecki/st…
Kee Hinckley hat dies geteilt.
Dave Rahardja
Als Antwort auf Dave Rahardja • • •Hilariously, the Deputy White House Secretary tried to dispute James’ claim but actually confirmed it by producing the formula they used, which ends up being exactly what James said it was.
xcancel.com/JamesSurowiecki/st…
Ondřej Michálek
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •@jenskutilek
You couldn't make this up!
SrGesus
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Gdac
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Kee Hinckley
Als Antwort auf Gdac • • •@Gdac Peter Navarro is a major one. One of the authors of 2025 and a big fan of tariffs.
Miller is the immigration nasty.
And of course the PayPal mafia and their guru Curtis Yarvin are the "kill all the regulations and make people depend on corporations" folk.
But yes, you could remove Trump at this point and all that would happen is this would all be moving even faster.
independent.co.uk/news/world/a…
Peter Navarro faces bipartisan wrath over ‘exceptionally stupid’ claim that ‘tariffs are tax cuts’
Justin Baragona (The Independent)Hanno Rein
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Kee Hinckley
Als Antwort auf Hanno Rein • • •William B Peckham
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •Ondřej Michálek
Als Antwort auf Kee Hinckley • • •"No way! Oh, yes way, of course.“
#tradewar
youtube.com/watch?v=PWhv-06DNj…
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