r/PoliticalHumor • u/DontCh4ngeNAmme • 1d ago
Unsurprisingly, Trump’s hurting America with his tariffs
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u/WinterSparklers 22h ago
I love how concerned the dragon looks.
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u/Nvenom8 18h ago
Same. Like, even China doesn't know why we're doing this to ourselves.
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u/NancyGracesTesticles I ☑oted 2018 and 2020 15h ago
They really can't believe that all they had to do is ask. Getting VOA and USAID out of the way of their propaganda machine and then the US decides to tank its economy is beyond their wildest dreams. And all they had to do is tell a developmentally disabled person to do it.
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u/daveinsf 14h ago
Next time Putin and Xi talk, I'm sure Vlad will make sure China knows who to thank.
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u/antiduh 11h ago
No, they know why. We all know why. It's been obvious for 8-10 years.
Why does it seem like everything Trump does hurts the US?
And why does he always leave Russia out of this stuff? Why is it that everything he does is there to ostensibly help Russia?
Because that's who he works for.
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u/Dave_The_Slushy 13h ago
He's like "Why are you hurting my customers, it's just cruel"
The CCP is communist in name only.
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u/sgnsinner 22h ago
The dragon's concern nails how baffled Chinese netizens are by these moves lol
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u/durrtyurr 21h ago
Kendrick Lamar said "I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves". That's the exact position that china has about the US right now.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_TITS80085 21h ago
But her emails!!!/s
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u/safely_beyond_redemp 20h ago
If Trump was a Russian puppet would he behave any differently? You really have to wonder what kind of cognitive dissonance Republicans are working with. He's done everything except write them a poem admitting to working to harm the US.
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u/Negative_Amphibian_9 20h ago
Look who supported this presidency:
Elon Musk: $290 million
Timothy Mellon: $150 million
Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research: $106 million
Linda McMahon of WWE: $16 million
Hendricks Holding Co: $15 million
Bigelow Aerospace: $14.1 million
Laura & Issac Perlmutter Foundation: 12.4 million
ABC Supply: $11 million
Cantor Fitzgerald: $11 million
Uline: $10 million
Pratt Industries: $10 million
British American Tabacco: $10 million
Southern Waste Systems: $9 million
Elliott Management: $7 million
Andreesseen Horowitz: $7 million
Viotl Inc: $6 million
Timothy Dunn of CrownQuest: $5 million
Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange and Kelly Loeffler: $4.9 million
Phil Ruffin, a business partner of Trump’s: $3.3 million
Jimmy John Liautaud of Jimmy John’s: $3.1 million
Geoffrey Palmer: $3 million
Bernard Marcus, former CEO of Home Depot: $2.7 million
Robert Johnson, owner of New York Jets: $2.7 million
Winklevoss twins: $2.6 million
Kenny Troutt of Excel Communications: $2.2 million
George Bishop of GeoSouthern Energy: $2 million
J. Joe Ricketts of TD Ameritrade: $2 million Chevron: $2 million
Robinhood Markets: $2 million
Andrew Beal of Beal Bank: $1.8 million
Don Ahern of Xtreme Manufacturing: $1.1 million
Roger Penske of Penske Corporation: $1.1 million
Steve Wynn: $1.1 million
Richard Kurtz of The Kamson Corporation: $1.1 million
Antonio Gracias of Valor Equity Partners: $1 million
Douglas Leone of Sequoia Capital: $1 million OpenAI: $1 million
ExxonMobil: $1 million
Amazon: $1 million
Meta: $1 million
Uber: $1 million
Boeing: $1 million
Qualcomm: $1 million
Coinbase: $1 million
Kraken: $1 million
Galaxy Digital Holdings: $1 million
Crypto.com: $1 million
Paradigm Operations: $1 million
Goldman Sachs: $1 million
Altria: $1 million
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: $1 million
Bayer: $1 million
Johnson & Johnson: $1 million
National Association of Manufacturers: $1 million
AT&T: $1 million
Comcast: $1 million
Verizon: $1 million
Carrier: $1 million
Intuit: $1 million
Coupang: $1 million
GE Vernova: $500,000
QCells: $500,000
Ericsson: $500,000
CoreCivic: $500,000
GEO Group: $500,000
Abbott Laboratories: $500,000
PayPal: $250,000
HCA Healthcare: $250,000
Oklo Inc: $250,000
Coca Cola: $250,000
American Beverage Association: $250,000
Syngenta: $250,000
International Flavors & Fragrances: $250,000
Elevance Health: $150,000
American Clean Power Association: $100,000
Instacart: $100,000
Airbnb: $100,000
Socure: $100,000
Barnes & Thornburg LLP: $100,000
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u/Kyanche 19h ago
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration
You forgot tim cook from apple.
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u/sentrymode_activated 19h ago
Don’t forget the companies that rolled over and settled out of court, like Meta for $25M and ABC for $15M. Should count those as donations
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u/daveinsf 14h ago
In all fairness, some only contributed to the inauguration slush fund once he was on his way to the coronation, so a bit of bet-hedging.
It's still deeply problematic, to massively understate the situation.
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u/der_horst23 23h ago
Maybe someone should turn the page in book Drumpf currently tries to read. I think its a dictionary and he is stuck on the page with the word tariffs....
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u/customer_service_af 20h ago
Trump being able to read is a bold take
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u/angstt 20h ago
Where's John Wilkes Booth when you really need him?
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u/neutrino71 18h ago
In a bar with Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald waiting for the dogs to finish with the poker table
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u/CAT_WILL_MEOW 20h ago
Ngl, i do hate the Chinese gov and believe there notfor the people, but seeing my country, and russia causing so much shit for no utter reason, ive grown some respect for the Chinese gov to not be ego toddlers
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u/Flocculencio 11h ago
I mean the CCP are authoritarians but they do govern in what they genuinely define as China's best interests. You and I might not broadly agree with them on what those best interests are but their logic is internally consistent.
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u/starbucks77 10h ago
ive grown some respect for the Chinese gov to not be ego toddlers
I've lived in China. They are absolutely ego toddlers. Everything is about 'Face', or rather how they appear to others. They flip out exactly like Trump if they get embarrassed. They literally used to have a "Wolf Warrior " political policy which is extremely aggressive. Does anyone remember how bad they flipped out when Pelosi dropped by Taiwan? Threatening war & other nonsense? Or when they held their rare earth exports back because their feelings were hurt? That's only going back a couple of years. Only an ego toddler would ban movies because they don't like something in them. Hollywood has to appease the PRC so their feelings aren't hurt or Hollywood's movies aren't allowed in the country.
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u/Flocculencio 4h ago
There's a reason for this, though- it all goes back to the Century of Humiliation where China was subject to unequal treaties, erosion of sovereignty and straight up invasion.
The 'not losing face' thing is part of how the CCP constructs its legitimacy, and the CCP is very interested in maintaining its legitimacy. The posturing may seem absurd and even counterproductive from a foreign relations perspective but its notable that it generally isn't allowed to get to the point where it really affects cash flow. It's red meat for the masses, a way in which the CCP can visibly show the people that the Party is Standing Up for China's Rights (by their own definition).
This is also why they're quite chill with local protests about local government issues- it allows Beijing to be seen as a strong central force cracking down on corruption at lower levels.
It's not unlike what the whole MAGA frenzy is about- the weird thing is that the MAGAts genuinely shot themselves in the foot which the CCP generally tries to avoid.
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u/alucarddrol 19h ago
i like this, perfect symbolism of the destruction of the middle of america who overwhelmingly supported trump
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u/Ok-Elk-6087 19h ago
He put a gun to the USA's head and said to the rest of the world, "Move and I'll shoot. "
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u/ConstantStatistician 11h ago
For real, though. China benefits from being able to buy and sell from the US without disruptions like this, so that's why the dragon looks so worried. Trade in general is good for countries.
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u/timpatry 23h ago
Stop with a trump derangement syndrome and spread the hate out a bit more.
Title should be:
Unsurprisingly, Republicans hurt America with their tariff.
Let's catch all Republicans and Trump voters in the net and heap the blame on the whole group.
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u/Simplyspent 23h ago
Perfect depiction of Trump’s ‘O’ face.