Ben Shapiro, Dave Portnoy, Joe Rogan, Bill Ackman & Elon Musk views on tariffs

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    14 days ago

    They are questioning it now… not before he got elected even though he clearly said he would be this stupid in his campaign.

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      14 days ago

      100% it’s because they are being financially hurt and no other reason. I know for sure that Portnoy has been complaining about losing millions.

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        14 days ago

        Speculative millions. You don’t lose anything if you don’t sell.

        But, you can’t use that stock as collateral on loans to fund your lifestyle when that stock is worthless.

        So sad.

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        14 days ago

        This exact reasoning to why they are backing out in support because they are financially hurt and it’s a massive blow. Even Ben Shapiro was talking against the tariffs, was definitely not on my bingo card for 2025.

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      13 days ago

      Roegan is responsible for turning young minds into voting magats that were originally voting Ds

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    14 days ago

    When someone as fucking stupid as Rogan is questioning the idiocy of a policy you know it’s gotta be bad.

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          14 days ago

          Don’t worry, I don’t.

          In the early days, when he and his buds just got high, and talked about conspiracy theory bullshit, it was mildly amusing, in a “Let’s get high, bro” kind of way.

          I was never a regular listener/watcher, and dropped it completely when he obviously started taking Right Wing money.

      • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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        13 days ago

        This exactly, all that sweet sweet revenue from conservatives flocking to your podcasts, channel,etc suddenly disappears due as a result of supporters more concerned about the tariffs than to the brainrot podcasts

    • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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      13 days ago

      Nah like the other grifters he’s more worried about his supporters turning on him once they have no jobs or can’t afford anything because of the tariffs, hence no money they can grift from them.

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    14 days ago

    Wait, not Joe Rogan the global trade expert? Oh. Then why do we care what he has to say on it one way or the other?

    • Geetnerd@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      You don’t have to a genius to understand when your stock lost 1/2 to 3/4 of it’s value, that’s bad.

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
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      14 days ago

      He let Trump say to his face that he never said “Lock her up”. Never questioned it. Fuck Rogan.

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      14 days ago

      He’s built like a steroided bonobo at 5’6" and speaks really confidently. The insecure males can’t get enough of it.

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        14 days ago

        Hey, don’t bad talk bonobos. They’re sensitive, intelligent creatures, unlike this human shaped slime mold.

      • Geetnerd@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Well, to be fair, he’s built like a brick shithouse, and he is an actual Tae Kwon Do, and Jujitsu expert. He’s the real deal, in that respect. I’m pretty confident that he could kick the shit out of all of us. But, to his credit, he seems laid back, and chill, and not the violent aggressive type.

        He’s just a meathead dudebro of average intelligence, and the gift of gab, that got lucky. Good for him on that.

        But, giving truly evil people a platform to spread their poison… not cool. You have money than you can ever spend, Joe. Stop enabling the poisoning of young minds.

        His Stoner Zen Badass persona is why teenage boys, and adults with the minds of teenage boys love him.

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          14 days ago

          watch a video of him sparring, the dude is not an expert by any metric

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          Agree, he feasts on insecure men. He also doesn’t really care about truth, which bothers me. So he’s a charlatan who profits on the gullible. Not a big leap.

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          13 days ago

          Incel crowds subscribe to him large numbers, plus insecure men in relationships too

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    I know this is a hot take, but I used to respect how he did his podcast back in the day. Never liked him and always thought he was a garbage human but he at least tried to bring all kinds of people with different view points on. And than as soon as he got “fuck you” money he turned out just to be like any other “bro” with fuck you money. And I am so sick and fucking tired of rich people bitching about losing their money now after so many regular people have been suffering under this administration. It’s only a problem now because it affects you. Like, you all knew he was going to dismantle the government and y’all are just pissed he is fucking you over when you thought you’d be part of the in crowd when he took over. Y’all thought this was only going to affect minority groups and poor people and were perfectly fine letting everyone else but you suffer. And I don’t wanna hear any of that “I DiDn’T kNoW He WaS gOnNa Do tHiS” bullshit because they all knew this was going to happen while they played games with millions of people’s lives for money and power.

    Sorry for the rant. I’m just getting really really really impatient with all this bullshit.

    Edit: I was gonna specify this was about Joe Rogan but then realised 90% applies to all of them anyway.

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      14 days ago

      I feel like anything outside of people punching other people his takes weren’t very good. Sure he had diverse guests but it created a platform for the bad as much as, if not more than, the good. The bad got more attention and he followed that bc $.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
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    14 days ago

    All these fucking idiots spent at least 4 years scouring the globe to find the world’s best shit sandwich chefs, to source premium, wagyu quality bullshit from the finest international suppliers…

    And now they don’t enjoy eating the sandwich.

    Gulp it down fuckos, yum yum yum, you wanted this.

    I’ll also throw Aiden Ross into this group. Actual sub room temp IQ idiot zoomer streamer, MAGA cultist/propigandist, who rose to fame by quite literally sniffing Andrew Tate’s farts …

    (I am not joking, he did a video with Tate where at one point Tate gets up from his chair and leaves the shot, Aiden sneakily gets up and huffs the seat of the chair)

    … yeah this dumb fuck had a stream in the last 24 hrs where he said he has taken an 8 figure loss on presumably his stocks and crypto from this Trump crash.

    That is at least 10 million dollars, bare minimum.

    • Soulg@ani.social
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      14 days ago

      I’m just pissed that people like that end up with so much money in the first place

      • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        That’s capitalism baby. It’s a system for turning anything and everything into a thing with a monetary value - and those who are the best at exploitation rise to the top. Narcissists, psychopaths, those who lack any kind of empathy or desire for a sustainable future.

    • Geetnerd@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      There you are.

      He was all in until it fucked with his money. Which he has more than enough to live at least 5 lives, in opulence.

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      “All these fucking idiots spent at least 4 years scouring the globe to find the world’s best shit sandwich chefs, to source premium, wagyu quality bullshit from the finest international suppliers… And now they don’t enjoy eating the sandwich. Gulp it down fuckos, yum yum yum, _**you wanted this.**_”

      This… Is the best thing I have read about all of these MAGA goons. Quote of 2025 for me.

    • al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com
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      14 days ago

      They say they are against his tariff policy but for some reason they also want to allow current and future presidents a third term…

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    He’s still got like 40% approval rating. So many Americans are just stupid.

  • Doom@ttrpg.network
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    14 days ago

    The amount of people who consistently knew how dumb this all was and still we went towards it is infuriating

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      13 days ago

      It’s called “in too deep” means they cant backtrack or they look like hypocrite to their supporters, so they must double or triple downm