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Trump ascribes to a bizarre crackpot theory of Trade Deficits Bad

This isn't about "unequal tariffs" and never was. ...
Louis Poasteur
  04/02/25
To be fair, Wow gee you seem really really smart, thanks ...
To be fair
  04/03/25
you won't have to wait two weeks, the market opens tomorrow ...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
To be fair, And just last week, at least according to our...
To be fair
  04/03/25
There’s over a hundred years of evidence showing the n...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
To be fair, Wow, "over a hundred years of evidence&q...
To be fair
  04/03/25
Let’s be clear, do you think that tariffs are inherent...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
He's just a spamming bad faith troll heading into his nyuug ...
Louis Poasteur
  04/03/25
To be fair, Lmao you're literally the most one note "...
To be fair
  04/03/25
Shut the fuck up you worthless moron
Louis Poasteur
  04/03/25
To be fair, LOL KIKE
To be fair
  04/03/25
You didn’t answer. Is this a negotiating tactic or are...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
To be fair, 1. You're a bad faith retard who doesn't dese...
To be fair
  04/03/25
Europe are a bunch of freeloading fags though m. That’...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
To be fair, Wait until you find out that not only are the...
To be fair
  04/03/25
If you think this is a negotiating tactic then you should t...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
To be fair, I think this is a distinction without a diffe...
To be fair
  04/03/25
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internet g0y
  04/03/25
love Trump, but this is completely true. Gary Cohn serve...
peeface
  04/03/25
people keep trying to explain how this is some kind of 4d ch...
Cyberpunk Age Pervert
  04/03/25
yep and clearly he's not listening to anyone except that ret...
AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence
  04/03/25
also trumpshits are arguing since US is supposedly 30% of wo...
AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence
  04/03/25
Huh? This is seriously dumb thinking. We would have equa...
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,
  04/03/25
those numbers incl service imports/exports benchod my poi...
AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence
  04/03/25
Trade deficits actually are bad, though. When the U.S. runs...
saibaman
  04/03/25
this is what the US actually wants and NEEDS to maintain the...
AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence
  04/03/25
...
Louis Poasteur
  04/03/25
sounds like these trade deficits would be great for America ...
peeface
  04/03/25
That can't be right. If that were so, America would be rich...
saibaman
  04/03/25
wouldn't we see evidence of it in ways like Deutsche Bank ha...
peeface
  04/03/25


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Date: April 2nd, 2025 11:58 PM
Author: Louis Poasteur

This isn't about "unequal tariffs" and never was. The US has tariffs on some goods and not on others, just like every other country, and no country has anything close to the 25% tariffs on American cars nor 10% blanket tariffs on all American goods that Trump applied today. This was never about reciprocity or fairness, it was all yet more bullshit lies to achieve a fringe crackpot goal of reducing the trade deficit at all costs, including permanent damage to the economy, the citizenry, international relationships and American hegemony.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809583)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

Wow gee you seem really really smart, thanks for explaining why Drumpfth is ackkkshually a moron and and idiot and America is gonna end up being totally screwed by him (just wait two weeks).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809587)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:01 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

you won't have to wait two weeks, the market opens tomorrow morning

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809590)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:03 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

And just last week, at least according to our resident brilliant XO Jewish Liberals (the same ones who assured us that Drumpfth was politically cooked six months ago and also the same ones spent most of the last decade smugly calling me a "retard" for "falling for the BTC scam," etc etc etc I could literally drop another dozen examples here without breaking a sweat but why even bother), TSLA was "barreling towards sub $100... it's all over for that stupid overinflated worthless memestonk now, I hope you Musk-rats got out while you still could!" Odd case that you guys don't seem super eager to talk about TSLA anymore this week though I guess that must be because it finally went to zero like you've been confidently predicting and now there's simply nothing more to say.

There's probably some lesson in all of this about how short term market performance =! long term market performance, but I'm obviously too retarded to draw it out or know anything about making prescient financial calls haha yeah haha.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809593)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

There’s over a hundred years of evidence showing the negative effects of tariffs but you can cope about how this will all work out in 15 years (wait two weeks!) if you want m. Tariffs can make sense for national security reasons but this will make Americans poorer and they’ll feel it immediately.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809600)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:07 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

Wow, "over a hundred years of evidence" proves that ackkkkshually you're totally right and I'm a dumb financially illiterate retard who is always wrong, the economic science is settled and the experts agree. Just wait until the market goes down tomorrow and then your glorious victory ITT will truly be complete!

LJL you smarmy little midwit kike faggots truly never learn, and that's why you're getting your shit COMPLETELY pushed in these days.

Up next: the ovens. L'chaim!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809604)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:11 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

Let’s be clear, do you think that tariffs are inherently a good thing or that they are useful as a negotiating tactic? If it’s the latter, sure, okay. This seems like shambolic execution but there’s a theory there. Tariffs are not good for economic growth in general, that is just not the case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809612)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:12 AM
Author: Louis Poasteur

He's just a spamming bad faith troll heading into his nyuug phase, don't waste your time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809617)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:17 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

Lmao you're literally the most one note "hurr durr Drumpfth bad fascism grrr" faggot midwit kike currently poasting on XO and you have the gall to call me a badfaith NYUUG style troll?

Lmao Ari

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809623)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:18 AM
Author: Louis Poasteur

Shut the fuck up you worthless moron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809625)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

LOL KIKE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809659)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:19 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

You didn’t answer. Is this a negotiating tactic or are tariffs just good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809626)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:30 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

1. You're a bad faith retard who doesn't deserve "an answer".

2. You know how Drumpfth was a terrible ally who was ruining America's international credibility and destablizing the world order and risking world peace by flagrantly abandoning our oldest and most important allies when he said that NATO was bullshit and that Europe was a bunch of freeloading faggots and demanded that they pay up and it was going to result in ruin... and then when all was said and done, actually the only thing that really happened of any real importance was that after the Europeans got done grumbling they started paying up for the first time in forever? Hmmmm I wonder if there are any lessons to be drawn from that, hmmmm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809651)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:33 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

Europe are a bunch of freeloading fags though m. That’s the thing, it actually matters if something is true or not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809658)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:34 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

Wait until you find out that not only are they a bunch of freeloading fags, but they have also been fucking over America economically in a bunch of other ways that will probably start to get rolled back once America throws its weight around a little!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809662)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:39 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

If you think this is a negotiating tactic then you should talk to the people that believe tariffs are amazing and will raise tons of revenue and make America richer. Unfortunately it’s likely that Trump agreee with their insane ideas and there is no real plan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809671)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:44 AM
Author: To be fair (Semi-Retarded)

To be fair,

I think this is a distinction without a difference because in the real world, at the end of the day, all of these fags who are currently grandstanding and saying things like "we'll never bow we will win this trade war America is fukt they will learn a hard lesson" will actually be crawling over broken glass to come back and suck Trump's cock dry in a matter of weeks AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS HTMFH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809687)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: internet g0y



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48811093)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:26 AM
Author: peeface

love Trump, but this is completely true.

Gary Cohn served a useful role by preventing Navarro's retard ideas from reaching Trump's desk.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809643)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:01 AM
Author: Cyberpunk Age Pervert

people keep trying to explain how this is some kind of 4d chess but Trump is just actually a moron who deeply, truly believes in tariffs because he thinks trade deficits are always inherently bad

it's over

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809589)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:05 AM
Author: AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence

yep and clearly he's not listening to anyone except that retard navarro so this prob will just get worse, he'll never admit he was a stupid retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809599)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:04 AM
Author: AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence

also trumpshits are arguing since US is supposedly 30% of world consumer market they can get away with these tariffs

but if they are such a large share of the world market then how the furk do they expect to have EQUAL trade with countries like canada or UK or india that have total GDP's only a fraction of the US? the idea of a universal trade balance when u have such a huge economy is laughably retarded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809597)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:21 AM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,


Huh? This is seriously dumb thinking.

We would have equal trade with them because they should theoretically produce the same small fraction that they consume?

Globally for the US last year imports were $4,110.0 billion while exports were $3,191.6 billion.

We're not that far off from equal now....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809630)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:41 AM
Author: AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence

those numbers incl service imports/exports benchod

my point is how can you expect canada to IMPORT an amount equal to what the US imports from canada? canada's entire economy is $2.1t less than 10% of US, US imports from canada are 412b, canada imports 277b from US

if u did this as ratio of GDP, canada is importing more from US than US is importing from canada. wtf is trump expecting this to be equal, thats retarded

BENCHOD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809673)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:42 AM
Author: saibaman

Trade deficits actually are bad, though. When the U.S. runs a trade deficit, there is a net outflow of U.S. dollars (which the United States can literally create at will out of thin air in unlimited amounts) and a net inflow of useful goods and services.

Framed that way, it's easy to see the problem with trade deficits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809674)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: AZNgirl charging 245% Tariff on AZNman's Existence

this is what the US actually wants and NEEDS to maintain the USD as a global reserve currency u faggot benchod, this is one major reason china doesnt care abt being the reserve currency cause it wld then have to run trade deficits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809685)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 12:43 AM
Author: Louis Poasteur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48809686)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 9:48 AM
Author: peeface

sounds like these trade deficits would be great for America and terrible for the people trading with it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48810507)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: saibaman

That can't be right. If that were so, America would be richer and more powerful than other countries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48811078)



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Date: April 3rd, 2025 11:58 AM
Author: peeface

wouldn't we see evidence of it in ways like Deutsche Bank having a large surplus of American dollars that it can lend back to US developers at low interest rates?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5704284&forum_id=2...id.#48811176)