dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? - eviltoast

it’s like you believe you can tariff them expecting they won’t do the same. Why do you believe the rest of the world is not going to retaliate and why do you believe America can prosper without the rest of the world?

What’s the point of having a military alliance with countries you puts tariffs on? That’s unfriendly to say the least.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Nobody was asking for tariffs on the whole world or thought it’d be a good idea.

    But he floated his tariff garbage before the election and it was all over the media.

    Conservatives absolutely voted for tariffs. Which every economist said was a bad idea.

    They chose stupid and ran with it. As always.

    • frezik@midwest.social
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      3 hours ago

      Worst example of tail wagging the dog. Trump says stuff, and followers think it’s a good idea because Trump said it. Nobody actually wanted this.