Well... it's Trump... again. #47, here we go.

[Jimmy Higgins]

Trump tells The Fed to lower rates or he'll stop trading with nations the US has a trade deficit with.

Trump posted on Truth Social, in what appeared to be a directive to the Federal Reserve, to "LOWER THE RATE OR I'LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT."

Trump, who has long voiced a desire for lower interest rates, asserted that an embargo could be "BETTER THAN TARIFFS" and said "the Fed Board, with its great new leader, must get smart."

I'm assuming the Fed thinks this is an empty threat as it is preposterous. But Jebus! He'd have to embargo our largest trading partners, China, Canada, EU. Global Recession, domestic Depression anyone? It'd be like telling Iran to make a peace deal with the US or else Trump will raze Florida.

Trump can stop trading with anyone he likes. But he simply doesn't have the power, let alone the authority, to stop the US from trading with everyone with whom we have a deficit.

But is that relevant?

He has ignored the law and gotten away with it, repeatedly with tariffs. The President is only restricted from actions that makes other enforce the restriction.

That would require police at every airport, sea port and land access to check all shipments, and require the US postal service to interdict mail from those countries.

The rules of the world don't apply to Trump. He says to label Lake Ontario to Lake America, and now that is what it says on Google Maps and Apple Maps. Sure a global embargo should be harder... but should is a "four letter word" to me.

 

[crazyfingers]

He says such insane things. Ya. Destroy trade / destroy the economy if you don't get what you want shit for brains.

 

[laughing dog]

Trump tells The Fed to lower rates or he'll stop trading with nations the US has a trade deficit with.

Trump posted on Truth Social, in what appeared to be a directive to the Federal Reserve, to "LOWER THE RATE OR I'LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT."

Trump, who has long voiced a desire for lower interest rates, asserted that an embargo could be "BETTER THAN TARIFFS" and said "the Fed Board, with its great new leader, must get smart."

I'm assuming the Fed thinks this is an empty threat as it is preposterous. But Jebus! He'd have to embargo our largest trading partners, China, Canada, EU. Global Recession, domestic Depression anyone? It'd be like telling Iran to make a peace deal with the US or else Trump will raze Florida.

Trump can stop trading with anyone he likes. But he simply doesn't have the power, let alone the authority, to stop the US from trading with everyone with whom we have a deficit.

But is that relevant?

He has ignored the law and gotten away with it, repeatedly with tariffs. The President is only restricted from actions that makes other enforce the restriction.

That would require police at every airport, sea port and land access to check all shipments, and require the US postal service to interdict mail from those countries.

The rules of the world don't apply to Trump. He says to label Lake Ontario to Lake America, and now that is what it says on Google Maps and Apple Maps. Sure a global embargo should be harder... but should is a "four letter word" to me.

Stopping trade with countries we run deficits with means the Targets, WalMarts, Dollie General stores are devoid of most products. Much of the OTC medicine is made in those countries. So if Trump is serious and successful, the GOP will be slaughtered in the midterms.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Not following. Iran was obviously a bad idea too. And now gasoline costs 50+% more.

 

[crazyfingers]

Not following. Iran was obviously a bad idea too. And now gasoline costs 50+% more.

Well, if you believe Scott Bessett, who has a very punchable face, it's Ukraine that's responsible for high oil and gas prices. Just forget about the US war against Iran that started Iran's war against the world.

Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices

After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, the Treasury secretary said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to a global energy shock driven mainly by the U.S. war with Iran.

www.nytimes.com

 

[ideologyhunter]

from Article I, Section 8:
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts <i.e. tariffs>, and excises...To regulate commerce with foreign nations...to declare war...and make rules concerning captures on land and water."

Does it seem to anyone that we are citizens in a constitutional republic?

 

[laughing dog]

Not following. Iran was obviously a bad idea too. And now gasoline costs 50+% more.

If Trump makes good his threat on stopping trade (which I doubt he will), expect prices on everything from OTC drugs to almost everything WalMart or Target sells, along with clothes and automobiles to rise even more because the goods won’t be here to buy within a couple of months.

 

[crazyfingers]

Not following. Iran was obviously a bad idea too. And now gasoline costs 50+% more.

If Trump makes good his threat on stopping trade (which I doubt he will), expect prices on everything from OTC drugs to almost everything WalMart or Target sells, along with clothes and automobiles to rise even more because the goods won’t be here to buy within a couple of months.

Well, if he does go though with it though the election maybe there will be enough votes in congress to impeach the motherfucker.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Let's hope there's a mental competency hearing, with a forum of psychiatrists. Melania could call for one, if someone would only explain to her how easy it would be to grab the cash from a crazy husband kept in a seclusion room in Massachusetts General.
I would be happy to help draw up the interview questions to be asked of Trump.

1. Mr. President, you have described yourself as a very stable genius. Please spell 'hamburger'.
2. Mr. President, you have said that climate change is a hoax. Please explain why the world is burning, flooding, and sizzling, and where the hell the glaciers have gone.
3. Mr. President, please tell us of one case of wind turbine cancer.
4. Mr. President, please cite one specific instance of a boy attending public school in America and having a penectomy performed on him, at school.
5. Mr. President, please show us on graph paper how drug prices can fall 400%, 500% and even 600%.
6. Mr. President, what the fuck is covfefe?
7. Mr. President, your landslide victory in 2020 -- please show us the almanac, news clip, official tabulation or Fox News message crawl that demonstrates this.
8. Mr. President, out of the many people who are saying 'Maybe we'd like a dictator', please provide us with names and phone numbers...just a few.
9. Mr. President, explain how you are one fit, attractive, vital man, with specific reference to your blood sausage ankles, pumpkin pie-sized man breasts, hand rot, vagina neck, paprika face, and Liberace's ghost pompadour. (Opposing testimony from Ms. Trump.)
10. Mr. President, please tell us how you feel you have been treated in this hearing. You may begin; we have allotted an hour.
(One hour later.) 11. Oh, yes. The Robert E. Lee Memorial Association would like to know when the fuck the general ever said, "Never fight uphill, me boys!" Or for that matter, when he ever used the expression "Me boys!" in a goddamned sentence.

 

[ZiprHead]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed.
The workers don't want it either! Soon we'll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year.
It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
President DJT

Shut up, piggie.

 

[Ford]

A good portion of my team members at work are located in what we call CDMX...Mexico City. We have some really great people there. They all came from customer service, but most of them caught on pretty well, and more than a few are exceptional people. For example, I was angling for more time on the Dev team, but Gina flew right by me like I was standing still.

There are some cultural barriers we're working through, but on balance, they're a great addition to our team. It's too bad we have a fucking idiot for a President.