• opi@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    I wonder what would happen if the world just kind of ignored him? Imagine that… Just do what China’s doing. No interaction. No deals, no negotiations. Just silent chuckling and finger pointing with whiskey’s in hand.

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      3 days ago

      the US barely produces anything worth a shit anyway. so no need for imports. sure exporting to the US can bring in good money but they need the rest of the world much more than the rest of the world needs them. just let them take themselves out of the world economy and deal as if they never existed. the world would be better for it.

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      4 days ago

      Then things will soon get very tough, especially for ordinary US citizens and the socially disadvantaged in particular. Trump’s idiotic power games are largely at the expense of US citizens.

      This is already evident from the fact that his import tariffs are in principle nothing more than a massive VAT increase.

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        4 days ago

        It will be very tough. Hell, it already is. Maybe the american people will at some point finally do something about it? I personally don’t want anyone to go through any of this crap, but here we are. All self inflicted, too.