r/politics • u/throwaway16830261 • 1d ago

Terminate the Trump tariffs before it's too late

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-rand-paul-terminate-trump-tariffs-before-its-too-late
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u/LordFiddlefart Washington 1d ago

It's already too late, and this is exactly what the American people wanted. 77 million idiots demanded it, and 90-100 million cowards chose not to stop it. This is what we deserve.

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u/hamsterballzz 1d ago

And the 73 million who showed up, fought against him for nine years, and continue to speak out? What about them?

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u/LordFiddlefart Washington 1d ago

We suffer with the rest.

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u/hamsterballzz 1d ago

Super! It’s always nice to be trapped in the asylum. I gotta get find a way out of this place.

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u/RabbitHoleSpaceMan 1d ago

I’ll help you rip the drinking fountain out and chuck it through the window.

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u/TechnologyRemote7331 1d ago

Unfortunately, that seems to be the case unless something drastic happens. Canada’s reciprocal tariffs are largely aimed at Red States, since they’re the main offenders in giving us this craziness, but that can only go so far. So while Canada and Europe undoubtedly know which parts of America are more complicit than others, in a trade war, or ANY war for that matter, you sometimes can’t pick-and-choose how to attack the “enemy.”

Until the US as a whole permanently gives Trump and MAGA the boot, or Balkanizes in such a way that Blue States contingents can start fresh with the rest of the world, we’re all stuck having to bear the consequences of stupidest 1/3 of our population.

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u/discostupid 1d ago

they didn't do enough. if anybody has a voting-age MAGA relative or friend or co-worker, they failed. it's a lot to ask, but then again, is it really? when the outcome is our current situation?

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u/Dr_CleanBones 1d ago

It’s not what I deserve. I voted for Harris.

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u/NegotiationExtra8240 1d ago

America was sold out to corporations long before any election, and both parties play their part in keeping people distracted while the real power brokers profit. If you think the average person ‘deserves’ this, then you’ve already bought into the same narrative they want you to believe…one that keeps you angry at your neighbors instead of the ones actually running the sho