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“To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold INSIDE of the United States. Tariffs will go on external product on April 2nd,” Trump wrote.
“Have fun!” he added.
Doesn't sound like an admission to me. Sounds like he's just shifting the burden of responsibility to farmers and acted like this was doing them a favor.
start making a lot of agricultural product
that kinda needs a stable climate, and not a fireball with record breaking extremes every fucking ~~year~~season.
so, is he gunna go all-in on ev, clean up industrial pollution and greenhouse gasses, shut down all the coal-burners, quit drilling for even more fucking oil?
is he gunna stay in the paris agreement, stay in the un, stay in nato (allies cooperate with each other on more than just defense)?
is he gunna let schools teach to all students, let all students learn, let libraries shelf and circulate all books, restore all the now deleted 'climate change' and other data and research, restore noaa, usda, fda and other gutted agencies?
maybe he'll let farmers repair their own equipment, harvest seeds from their own crops, or anything helpful.. at all?
ya, didn't think so.
His administration won't let NOAA provide accurate forecasts so that the farmers can plan ahead.
He'll also deplete irrigation water in the off season so there's less of it available when farms need it.
Not to mention, a significant chunk of the farm workers are/will be rounded up.
Buddhism talks of three poisons of the mind which inevitably create suffering: greed, hatred and ignorance. Turns out, a government based entirely on these doesn't make things better.
Kakistocracy. You're gonna hear this word more and more over the next 4 years.
It just sounds that he does not understand the issues at all. Which is pretty normal with him.
Because capacity to manufacture and produce whatever “product” he handwaves in the general direction of will magically appear?
I am continuously frustrated and amazed at the absolute fucking stupidity of this man. He attacks the labor force that is exploited in agriculture thereby leaving food unharvested and unprocessed, jacks up prices on imports, and now tells farms to magically “make more now”?
TF…we might actually see real food scarcity become a thing here in the US again. Starvation is what’s for dinner for an increasing number.
We need another FDR to fix this problem that Musk and Trump caused. And have sanctions.
As an alternative can I offer you an aggressively trust busting Teddy?
Assuming America avoids committing to the kleptocracy path I'm hoping we can eat the rich at the end of this road.
It's really feeling like this won't end softly - it's unlikely some random centrist dem wins in 2028 and everyone says "Fair match, sport". Either America as we knew it dies or there's going to be a radical revolution. I guess my point is... there will be a radical revolution, I just hope it's a good one.
Either America as we knew it dies or there’s going to be a radical revolution.
There is no or. The America as we knew it is dead. The level of such is the question and what it looks like after.
But the America we knew had far reaching power through trade and alliances. The America we knew had backing of friends. The America we knew may not have always been in the right and not always successful, but there was expectations of it roughly keeping its deals internationally and rule of law at home. All that is gone.
Now the America today is one that will immediately drop deals on a whim, will turn its backs on its allies to shake hands with enemies, has no friends, has no allies, and no expectation for rule of law.
France... US's oldest ally even before it was a country has committed that if we invade Greenland that they'd commit troops and are looking at offering their nuclear weapons as an umbrella to Europe because the US cannot be trusted. There is no going back to "whoopsies, we made a mistake" like we were able to do last time we got Trump out of office.
Buckle up. We're about to see how far down we can fall.
It’s really feeling like this won’t end softly - it’s unlikely some random centrist dem wins in 2028 and everyone says “Fair match, sport”. Either America as we knew it dies or there’s going to be a radical revolution.
This is more and more what I'm thinking is coming too. I literally hope I'm making fun of myself years from now because we somehow avert that outcome and I start to forget how close it felt. But yeah, I think so too.
What we need is another Luigi. Several of them. Put the fear of God into these assholes, that they may never deign to allow the sun to touch their faces again. Let none that look gaze upon them.
20,000 Luigi's showing up in DC aught to do it.
General strike. March on Washington. Demand reform.
I'm still hoping something will happen on Mar 10.
Centrists will never let another FDR through the primaries.
You have to be a special kind of idiot to vote for Republicans thinking they are going to manage the economy well.
I know people like to say "but that's not real" - but until Bronzo the Clown started up, we had an economy with a lot of great indicators. Biden had a lot to deal with during covid and the aftermath, but compared to many other countries, our metrics were quite good.
If you look back at US history, it's mostly Republican presidents fucking the economy, then a democratic president putting things back in order, leaving a good economy only to be followed by a Republican president who then goes to tank it.
Also US history: every election Republicans are boasting about the economy they received from a democratic president, but act as if it's all their work, and complain about how horrible economies democratic presidents received, acting as that was somehow the fault of a Republican president
Yes, very true. It's why I keep wondering just what the hell people are talking about when they castigate Biden/Kamala so much for the economy. All economic indicators were going in the right direction after the massive disruption caused by Covid and by donvict's terrible handling of it. It is unclear just what people expected him and Kamala to do and say about the economy? Were they supposed to lie and say the economy was NOT good? People on the left act like it was the worstest thing ever to say the economy was actually good, while they insist it was awful for everyone but the very rich. Compared to what point in time?
Do I wish he could have gone further leftist/populist on things? Of course. Do I think that he would have been able to actually do any of that, given the obstruction from qons? Of course not.
I mean the metrics were good, for rich people
Now it's just worse for everyone, although the rich will get even more after they buy up everything once we're in full recession
The metrics were actually good across the board and the direction was good on all metrics. Not only for rich people.
Having Bronzo back will highlight just how good it actually was.
I mean you can say that, but were houses/rent getting cheaper? Were median wages rising? The cost of groceries was actually falling slightly, but still way higher than a year ago
Yes, the numbers are worse and so is everything else. There's some amount of correlation, but when everything crashes in the coming months that won't prove the metrics are accurate...
The metrics will crash when our economy does, but that doesn't prove they're good metrics
"Have fun!" he added.
Well? Are you having fun yet?
If the working class gets hurt and loses the literal farm, I'm sure Trump's buddies will be ready to swoop in and buy up all the farmland.
If he can bankrupt a casino (and everything else he touches - call it the Trump touch, its like Midas but instead of gold it's shit) i dont have any hopes of him being profitable in an industry that the product literally grows on trees
Problem solved!
Eggs.
Eggs.
Eggs.
If I keep posting this every time there are egg related political news stories, maybe it'll come true?
I put together a little short story about how I would like to see Donald Trump meet his demise. Drowning in eggs:
The Eggsecution.
The once-proud leader, now stripped of title and dignity, stands in the center of the barren, concrete abyss. The abandoned Olympic swimming pool—thirty feet deep, dry as bone—has become their final stage. Above, the gathered masses stretch in every direction, a writhing sea of anticipation.
They do not jeer. They do not boo.
They simply chant.
"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."
It starts as a murmur, a low thrum of human voices vibrating in unison. Then it grows, swelling into a deafening roar that rattles windows, that shudders in the bones of every person present. A chant as ancient as it is absurd, a single-minded invocation of punishment.
The first egg arcs high overhead, tracing a lazy curve before splattering against the fallen leader’s shoulder. The yolk bursts, oozing down his baggy, ugly, now-useless suit. A streak of yellow, the first of many.
Another egg. Then another.
Then dozens.
The first impacts make them flinch, stagger—hands raised in a futile shield. But soon there are too many to dodge, too many to deflect. They curl inward as the sky rains viscous judgment. The chant never stops.
"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."
Shells crack. Yolk drips. The scent of sulfur and shame thickens in the stagnant air. It coats their skin, their hair, their pride, turning them into something less than human. Something… egg-like.
At the top of the pit, a child—no older than seven—steps forward. They hold their egg with both hands, cradling it like something precious. Reverent. With a deliberate motion, they lob it downward. It strikes the leader square on the forehead, exploding with an almost musical plap. The crowd erupts into a fresh crescendo of cheers, but the chant never falters.
"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."
No escape. No reprieve. The pit is smooth concrete, slick now with raw egg and humiliation. They can do nothing but stand there, endure, become part of the ritual.
Somewhere in the throng, a vendor hawks boiled eggs. Another sells cartons to the unprepared. A man in a chicken suit waves encouragingly at the crowd.
The night wears on, but the spectacle does not end.
It cannot end.
Not until the last egg is thrown. Not until the last voice is hoarse.
Not until the world is rid of this one, failed leader, broken not by swords or exile, but by the inescapable weight of public yolk and scorn.
"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."
Can we have this bizarre ass timeline? The one I keep waking up in is honestly equally bizarre, but nowhere near as just.
Our only hope is to start the chant, Holmes.
Eggs.
Eggs.
Eggs.
I've just been hoping that every meeting Trump has with other heads of state, they bring him a gift of a dozen eggs from their country, while saying something like: "I heard these are hard to come by here, so I thought I'd bring you a treat!"
But like, each one of them does it, at every new meeting, just to irritate and humiliate him.
Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably-priced love! And a hard-boiled egg!
How do they rise up, rise up high?
It is headline news when this man "admits" to the truth we are all seeing with our eyes. How can people look at this guy and see anything but a con artist.
Inflation hikes disguised as economic strategy—brilliantly misleading.
🐱🐱
Better dig up all those seeds and replace them ASAP farmers
......but, but, gas will be cheap. Mostly because average folks won't have enough money to buy a car, buy food or go anywhere - if they even have a job..
He makes inflation worse and blames Biden but takes all the credit for Obama bringing the economy back on its feet.