Trump’s tariff reversal came after he watched an interview on Fox Business with JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, during which the bank boss said that a recession was a “likely outcome” of the new trade policies, according to the Washington Post.

Trump was asked by a reporter on Wednesday when he decided to put a pause on the tariffs.

“I would say this morning. Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking about it. Fairly early this morning,” he said.

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      Exactly. He’s in his second term. The man has literally nothing to lose. Who’s tried to stop him successfully so far? And don’t tell me a judge, because they haven’t — they’ve put up annoying speed bumps which are getting flatter by the day.

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      It’s warranted. He might be insane or he might be insider trading and enriching himself and friends with his actions.

      My non-existent money is on the latter.

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        Two things can be true at once. These animals don’t realize they’re pushing the rest of us into the arms of China. Going to war with them is suicidal, but America seems intent on swallowing her own lead.

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          Nah, these guys want a war. War is incredibly profitable, can last forever especially against a near-peer, and wartime presidents tend to get power expansions. They’re hoping this is the push they need to go full Palpatine and say “well we’re in a war, no elections until the war is done, also we’re taking a page from Lincoln and suspending habeas.”

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    Every day I the thought that I’ll never retire becomes closer to reality. My IRA is only 2 years old. I can’t bring myself to check on it because I expect it to be gone. I’ll just let the dude who manages it stress over the details while I stress over the big picture.

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    Wait, is this the Onion… Oh, nope. This is a real life one, got it…

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    I quietly fear that fish doesn’t have a tariff plan and that they might be swimming.

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      What they mean is this:

      “We spent a fortune to put this fuckin puppet in power, we had to work with every other sleezebag nation with the will to subvert democracy so we could get our golden-idol worshipped by the country’s stupidest peasants so we could deregulate the whole world via force if necessary, but it turns out the clown is so stupid he’s listening to the morons around him and not just our orders and now the market is crashing and the wrong people are profiting!”

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      seriously.

      Did no one pay attention to his first term?

      Hes an emotional, hyper-reactionary infant throwing levers to provoke reactions and to punish those who dare do anything but praise the glorious kissableness of his orange painted ass.

      Theres no deep thought to it.

      There is no 4d interdimentional chess moves.

      There is no thinking.

      There is just a monkey throwing shit for his own amusement.

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        What about the “marxist” Kamala Harris? We were told if she got in there’d be an immediate downturn. The cope is just to say either Biden goofed up so hard that’s why we are down OR it would have been worse under a democrat. This administration and its supporters have lots and lots of excuses.

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          explains why he gets on so well with Elon.

          another emotionally stunted perpetually edgy wannabe teenager.

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          Ironically, he is the poster child for why we need widespread, free mental health care. He is, loathsome as it is to say, a victim of his childhood trauma. Now we all have to be too.

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          Just look at how he posed with that bullshit “hard” face for both his mug shot and for his stupid photo that we now have to see hanging everywhere in official buildings.

          For that mug shot they should have mussed up his hair and otherwise thrown him off and then snap the photo and capture the true essence of the man-baby.

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    Gosh you think? Has any of these morons been paying attention to the Orange Turd.

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      Repubs get a completely different perspective of Donald Trump. His evil is filtered through propaganda networks until they’re left with the God Emperor himself.

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    Let me guess?

    …but supported him because they wanted the tax cuts and any side effects of having monsters like the qons in charge they thought would pass them by…

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    A callback to his healthcare reform- the man has the concepts of a plan. Somehow that doesn’t deter his voters

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      Ooh, great one. Here are my picks for each panel:

      1. “The Weave”
      2. Sharpiegate
      3. Vaccine/Covid Denialism
      4. Ukraine Blackmail
      5. Election Denialism
      6. January 6th