They didnt pivot to India quickly, they’ve been building capacity in India for over a decade now…
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Trump Demands US iPhone Production, Threatens 25% Tariff
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Look, it’s really very simple, once you understand the genius of Trump. Trump didn’t say Walmart has to pay the tariffs, he said they have to eat the tariffs. So China will pay the tariffs and then Walmart will eat them. Probably with ketchup. As long as it’s American made ketchup.
You know what that means. Increase the tariff to the point that it is more economical to make it in the USA. I kid you not.
I think Trump is worse off mentally.
Well yeah, but to be fair, he started off much worse when young
“Announce tariffs at twelve and walk them back at one - take an hour break and then just claim you’ve won…
50 percent there, 25 there, dumber than Forrest Gump… you always lose when you cast your vote for the orange nimrod ______.”
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50 percent there, 25 there, dumber than Forrest Gump… you always lose when you cast your vote for the orange nimrod ______.”
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Tapper and CNN are only fake news when they don’t fit the narrative of the state media. 🙄
Lol yeah he achieved so much....
I'm not saying anything about Biden. His staff is only telling the truth about what everyone knew.
Infrastructure, Chips Act, Pact Act, Lowered Seniors Health Expenses, Rebuilt NATO, etc etc etc.
What’s Trump done? Ever? Took a bribe from Qatar. Instigated an insurrection. What? What’s he done for the average American?
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This is a good illustration of why Trump has had so many failed businesses and bankruptcy filings, and has to grift, steal, and wheedle for every dollar: he's very bad at doing normal business.
I was thinking of Zaphod Beeblebrox (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
In Trump's current term, this time he's made sure to hire and appoint enough people who will always remind him of what they want him to do, so that he never gets a chance to forget.
That fits even better. From https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox:
"Zaphod Beeblebrox is a rude and narcissistic Betelgeusian criminal and former President of the Galaxy. Having stolen the starship Heart of Gold, he traveled the galaxy for some time, going on many bizarre adventures and searching for a purpose to his life.
Zaphod Beeblebrox was born on Betelgeuse V and was a half-semi-cousin of Ford Prefect, with whom he shared three of the same mothers. Due to an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine, his direct ancestors from his father were also his direct descendants.
Zaphod is said to be "clever, imaginative, irresponsible, untrustworthy, extrovert, nothing you couldn't have guessed." As President of the Galaxy, his responsibility in that position was to draw attention away from the true rulers of the universe. To that end, Zaphod and his outrageous behaviour were highly successful."
Call me paranoid, but I suspect this is one of the intended results planned by Trump and his enablers.
In cults, as things get worse for the followers, most simply adjust their expectations downward and/or sideways, and feel their new trajectory is all "part of the journey" their so-called leader has sent them on. But largely that does boil down to what you said.
"Both sidesism" is not an accurate reflection of what's going on with the US's two major political parties. As is the odd notion that the Democratic Party doesn't care about issues that the vast majority of people care about.
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The thing is, it was as clear for anyone to see, as if looking through thin air, that Trump and his enablers were the last people on Earth who were going to really fix any of those issues, and instead that they were deliberately intending to make all those and other issues worse.
Exactly how have Trump and his enablers done anything but "serve their own self interests, personal financial gains and wealth preservation"? It was no secret during the 2024 campaign, and especially by looking at what they'd all been doing in the years before, that this is what they really intended to do.