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Trump threatens new tariffs on smartphones days after exempting them (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago by RockBottom@feddit.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/28912

President Trump says Chinese-made electronics are simply moving to a different levy "bucket".

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 59 points 3 months ago

Very stable genius

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

He excluded Smartphones because Apple (who donated to his campaign) asked for it, I think they've realized they could just straight up ask him to tariff their competition away.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

What competition does Apple have that still has a tariff? I'm a little surprised he didn't just come out and EO a program where any company that contributes X amount of dollars is exempt. Make Samsung pay also.

[–] arakhis_@feddit.org 37 points 3 months ago

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dementia. Allegedly.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

Yeah, though he calls it “the weave”

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump is dumber than a bucket of hair.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I could imagine a few smart uses for a bucket of hair. How about "dumber than a potassium umbrella"?

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd go with, dumber than a thermite firesafe.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Babe wake up it’s robo-Trump’s 10th term and stocks are still sinusoidal

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 10 points 3 months ago

in my headcanon, Xi didn't call so his plans to announce a china-self-made-"deal" didn't follow through.

this is another tantrum.

[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I’m so tired of this.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Dementia here we come

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yet again he proves this true:

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

brrr line goes down the hole tomorrow

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

trump .0002 seconds after crashing the economy

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The only good thing that came out of the Trump tariff is the volatility index going up!

[–] amadeus84@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Its obvious here. He threatens corporations who dont submit to the regime. If you play ball then he undoes it. This is all consolidation of his illusion of power. I say illusionn because these people live in a state of Mind that most of us will fortunately never experience. .