I don’t think these are reciprocal. I think these are unilateral, and when countries respond, their tariffs will be reciprocal. The distinction is very important. This is a problem created by Trump, not by other countries. You don’t get to choose false language to describe it that shifts the blame.

Quite frankly, I don’t give a f*** if they look in the mirror and say that they will do better. We’ve been calling on them to do better for many years, or decades even, depending who you are. Don’t bother f****** telling us how you’re going to f****** do better. Just start doing better already.

No, it’s not even close to one of the greatest threats. Of course it’s up to shady s***, of that there can be no doubt, but it’s not ranked in the top five.

Classic baitclick.

I don’t think he’s dense. Clearly he knows exactly what he’s done. He knows that firing people could leave them homeless or dead, and he knows that cutting off life-saving medicine has killed people and will kill many more. His basic knowledge of well known facts is there… It’s just that he’s so narcissistic that none of that matters. When other people get f***** over it’s not important. It is only his ego that matters.

Of course that’s my best guess based on his tweets and video clips. It could be that he actually is that dense.

And yet not once did he apologize for that Nazi salute and explain how horrified he was that he accidentally did it.

Reasons depend on the person. Of course it’s a giant mix of what everyone has written already.

Remember that the billionaires want more money and power. They love to use discrimination to get regular folk to fight against each other, while they get even richer. For example, the immigration prisons, those are privately run, right? Free money. Musk’s Starlink contracts with the feds? Free money.

The rich will always find shady ways to get richer. Usually it’s really obvious, if you stop and look for it. Many of them are also racist and sexist, and some are nazis.

In Minot? Good god, not likely.

No. Not really. That depends on the tax rates, my friend.

Now now. Don’t blame women.

You’re making a legal claim, and that claim that should be examined closely in court to establish its veracity. For example, I disagree with your analysis. I think that everyone understands what’s actually being offered: money for a vote. I think that a jury could convict, and that there is probable cause to arrest and charge right now.

And the reasoning is quite simple, right? You want to give money for the vote but you know that would be illegal so instead you say something that’s almost the same as the vote and then wink a few times. Everyone has communicated clearly. Everyone knows exactly what they’re supposed to do, and why. Just because you wrote down some words cleverly on paper doesn’t change the causes or effects.

But that’s my opinion, and I’m not a judge in that state. Neither are you. Neither are any of us here in the comment section. That’s why it ought to go before a judge in that state.

And risk your own personal safety? That’s a terrible idea.

It was that plus a lot of other things.

I think you’ve argued against yourself. If the point is that perception matters, then death penalty makes him a martyr if convicted. The point is that the actual punishment matters, then either one has a chilling effect on going around and doing that kind of thing.

What’s certainly true is that calling for his death now only highlights the horror of our country’s inability or unwillingness to lock up corporate executives who kill countless Americans every day. It doesn’t take a genius to see the blatant inconsistency there, to see that rich and powerful killers are protecting their own.

The judges need to get their act together. We all see the playbook, they all see the playbook. If the judicial branch wants to have any value in six months, it needs to issue Temporary Restraining Orders and lock up people who ignore them, and it needs to do this on the scale of days or weeks, not months.

Otherwise it’s the same bullshit outcome. The judges rule in favor of the fired employees but it’s too late to undo everything. As we always expected. Jesus fuck, sigh. What a legacy to leave behind.

Go back and look at what people actually said. Because you decided to change the topic and then blame them for being ignorant, and I think that’s disrespectful to them and embarrassing for you.

Depends what you mean by “dox” of course. Definitions matter a lot here.

Luigi will always be in our hearts.

Yes. They need to move quickly. Public opinion is already shifting against Trump and Musk, and right now they are vulnerable.

No no, we should be praising him. Clearly he needs a designated driver.

Let’s do some overly simplistic bad economics just for fun. Let’s suppose that the American car companies are not hurt by the tariffs because those only target foreign car companies. Now all the foreign cars are 25% more expensive. This raises the demand for domestic cars. If the domestic car companies are trying to make money, they will jack up their prices 24%. And what are we told? Something about how they have duty to their shareholders? … Donald is having fun living in his dream world.