Steel and aluminum tariffs...

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Trump administration considers major soybean welfare to protect farmers from Trump's trade war

The Trump administration is considering ways to help soybean farmers hit hard by China’s retaliation against Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, and

the leading proposal is the kind of thing that would have Trump screaming socialism if anyone suggested such a program to benefit low-income people.

Yes, the Trump administration is considering buying the soybeans China isn't to help prop up the farmers.

Even someone as practiced at Republican hypocrisy as Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley isn’t thrilled with this solution:

“I can also say that’s not what my farmers in Iowa want—help from the federal treasury,” Grassley told Politico.

And he “reiterated his displeasure with the idea to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at the Senate hearing on the tariffs last week, ” the publication adds.

In other words, the large-scale farmers in states like Iowa, which Trump won in 2016, want an end to the trade wars—not more politically fraught government payouts.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...tail=emaildkre

what a ing mess, typical Trash / Repug MISgovernance.

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‘Don’t get cute’: Trump is really sore about Harley-Davidson’s perceived lack of loyalty to him

Harley-Davidson announced its decision Monday, and nearly every day since, Trump has insulted them or threatened them. Most
remarkable of all, on Thursday, he flat-out begged them to bring production back to the United States.

“Harley-Davidson, please build those beautiful motorcycles in the USA, please. Okay,”

Trump said in a speech in Wisconsin designed to champion his economic policies.

“Don't get cute with us. Don't get cute.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.1101c216b885

... or else?

All y'all's adored hero is in less, sicko fool

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'This Is Much Bigger than Harley': General Motors Shows How Trump's Trade War Could Deal a Devastating Blow to His Presidency

Obama saved General Motors — how will it look if Trump crushes it?

General Motors, a major employer in the Midwest, including in the critical state of Michigan, announced that Trump's tariffs will cause

“less investment,

fewer jobs and

lower wages”

for employees and

higher prices for customers.

The price of cars from General Motors could see increases of the thousands of dollars because of the tariffs, the company said.

The policy “could lead to a smaller GM,” the company said.

"Big business seems to be waking up to the possibility that Trump really will get us into a nasty trade war,"

said economist Paul Krugman.

"This is much bigger than Harley."

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-po...r-could-deal-1

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Trash begging H-D, "please" stay, "please" don't go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iY2UpSz9Vs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Z_hskvz1M

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Trump calls Europe “as bad as China” on trade

President Donald Trump called the European Union, a longtime American ally, “possibly just as bad as China” when it comes to trade

Trump slammed European countries for what he said are unfair trade practices and defended his decision to levy them and other allies with hefty steel and aluminium tariffs.

“The European Union is possibly as bad as China, just smaller. It’s terrible what they do to us,” he said.

In 2017, the U.S. ran a $101 billiontrade deficit in goods and services with the EU, compared with an approximate $336 billion gap with China.

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/1/17522984/europe-china-trade-war-trump

25th Amendment

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A second motorcycle company just threatened to join Harley Davidson in Trump retaliation

Polaris, the Minnesota-headquartered maker of off-road vehicles and

the parent company of iconic motorcycle brands Indian and Victory,

revealed yesterday that they are considering moving some motorcycle production from Iowa to Poland

to avoid having their European business being decimated by retaliatory tariffs.

https://washingtonpress.com/2018/06/30/a-second-motorcycle-company-just-threatened-to-join-harley-davidson-in-trump-retaliation/

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Canada Slaps $12.5 Billion In Tariffs On US Goods As Trump Trade War Disaster Grows

tariffs 80 US produced products including steel, coffee beans, toffee, and maple syrup.

The trade war is a disaster, and if Trump continues to push it, the losers will be millions of jobless Americans, who will suffer because

Trump thought that trade wars are easy to win.

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/07...ter-grows.html

[Pavlov]

It's called the FART Act.

Seriously.

The US FART Act.

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It's called the FART Act.

Seriously.

The US FART Act.

It's Trash withdrawing from international agreements, organizations to weaken USA's influence, executing Pootin's foreign policy to degrade the USA

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Largest U.S. business group attacks Trump on tariffs

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business group and customarily a close ally of President Donald Trump’s Republican Party, is launching a campaign on Monday to oppose Trump’s trade tariff policies.

With some of America’s tightest trading partners imposing retaliatory measures, Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled financial markets and strained relations between the White House and the Chamber.

The new campaign, detailed first to Reuters, is an aggressive effort by the business lobbying giant. Using a state-by-state analysis, it argues that Trump is risking a global trade war that will hit the wallets of U.S. consumers.
“The administration is threatening to undermine the economic progress

it worked so hard to achieve,” worked hard?

said Chamber President Tom Donohue in a statement to Reuters. “We should seek free and fair trade, but this is just not the way to do it.”


Canada struck back at U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, vowing to impose punitive measures on $12.6 billion worth of American goods until Washington relents.

China is expected to impose a new 25-percent tax on soybeans in July.

Mexico is adding duties to pork imports.

The EU has targeted $3.2 billion in American goods exported to the 28-member bloc, including bourbon and Harley Davidson (HOG.N) motorcycles.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...2F+Top+News%29

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EU warns U.S. of major hit if car tariffs imposed

The European Union has warned the United States that imposing import tariffs on cars and car parts would harm its own automotive industry and

likely lead to counter-measures by its trading partners on $294 billion of U.S. exports.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-eu/eu-warns-u-s-of-major-hit-if-car-tariffs-imposed-idUSKBN1JS0R9?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_so urce=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed% 3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%2 9

Trash getting his tiny orange stepped on by countries launching their own trade war counter attacks

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"It’s going to all work out,” Trump said Sunday, echoing his remarks earlier in the year that

trade wars are “easy to win.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.8ad34cb06c52

[Blake]

Largest U.S. business group attacks Trump on tariffs

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business group and customarily a close ally of President Donald Trump’s Republican Party, is launching a campaign on Monday to oppose Trump’s trade tariff policies.

With some of America’s tightest trading partners imposing retaliatory measures, Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled financial markets and strained relations between the White House and the Chamber.

The new campaign, detailed first to Reuters, is an aggressive effort by the business lobbying giant. Using a state-by-state analysis, it argues that Trump is risking a global trade war that will hit the wallets of U.S. consumers.
“The administration is threatening to undermine the economic progress

it worked so hard to achieve,” worked hard?

said Chamber President Tom Donohue in a statement to Reuters. “We should seek free and fair trade, but this is just not the way to do it.”


Canada struck back at U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, vowing to impose punitive measures on $12.6 billion worth of American goods until Washington relents.

China is expected to impose a new 25-percent tax on soybeans in July.

Mexico is adding duties to pork imports.

The EU has targeted $3.2 billion in American goods exported to the 28-member bloc, including bourbon and Harley Davidson (HOG.N) motorcycles.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...2F+Top+News%29

"OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada began imposing tariffs Sunday on $12.6 billion in U.S. goods as retaliation for the Trump administration's new taxes on steel and aluminum imported to the United States.

Some U.S. products, mostly steel and iron, face 25 percent tariffs, the same penalty the United States slapped on imported steel at the end of May. Other U.S. imports, from ketchup to pizza to dishwasher detergent, will face a 10 percent tariff at the Canadian border, the same as America's tax on imported aluminum.

Trump had enraged Canada and other U.S. allies by declaring imported steel and aluminum a threat to America's national security and therefore a legitimate target for U.S. tariffs. Canada is the United States' second-biggest trading partner in goods, just behind China......"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/canada-ta...175132537.html


I'm sure Trump bootlicks will still sing praise to their lord even when they see the increase on their grocery bills. They've proven to be that re ed.

[RandomGuy]

[op-ed saying how easy trade wars are for the US to win]Big Dog

Keep drinking the Koolaid. Please.

I'm sure it is good for you with vitamins and stuff.

I guess we will get to see how right you are, cost to farmers be damned. At least the wealthy will come out of any dust-ups with more money, amaright?

[RandomGuy]

It's called the FART Act.

Seriously.

The US FART Act.

Amateur hour continues, unabated.

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The Dutch Prime Minister just publicly humiliated Trump by schooling him during press conference

Endlessly out-of-touch Trump said “a lot of good things” were happening in discussions with leaders of the European Union (EU)

amid the trade war of his own creation based on his concocted assessment that the U.S. was being treated “unfairly” by other countries.

“If we do work it out, that will be positive,” Trump started, before trying to pat himself on the back.

“And if we don’t, it will be positive also, because —”

That’s when a shocked but smiling Rutte interjected, “No.”

“Just think about those cars that pour in here,” Trump barreled on. But Rutte didn’t let that slide.

“It’s not positive. We have to work something out,”

Rutte insisted as he glanced around the room with a look of, “can you believe this guy?”

https://washingtonpress.com/2018/07/02/the-dutch-prime-minister-just-publicly-humiliated-trump-by-schooling-him-during-press-conference-watch/

If you've every interacted with the Dutch, they are mostly straightforward, no BS, no sugar coating.

I'm sure Rutte gets lots of cheers in NL for saying "NO" to Trash's "positive" BULL

[RandomGuy]

The Dutch Prime Minister just publicly humiliated Trump by schooling him during press conference

Endlessly out-of-touch Trump said “a lot of good things” were happening in discussions with leaders of the European Union (EU)

amid the trade war of his own creation based on his concocted assessment that the U.S. was being treated “unfairly” by other countries.

“If we do work it out, that will be positive,” Trump started, before trying to pat himself on the back.

“And if we don’t, it will be positive also, because —”

That’s when a shocked but smiling Rutte interjected, “No.”

“Just think about those cars that pour in here,” Trump barreled on. But Rutte didn’t let that slide.

“It’s not positive. We have to work something out,”

Rutte insisted as he glanced around the room with a look of, “can you believe this guy?”

https://washingtonpress.com/2018/07/02/the-dutch-prime-minister-just-publicly-humiliated-trump-by-schooling-him-during-press-conference-watch/

If you've every interacted with the Dutch, they are mostly straightforward, no BS, no sugar coating.

I'm sure Rutte gets lots of cheers in NL for saying "NO" to Trash's "positive" BULL

The Dutch have had it up to their eyeballs with Trump. Our embassador ing embarrassed the out of us, and got called to the carpet by the free press over there.

[RandomGuy]

The Dutch Prime Minister just publicly humiliated Trump by schooling him during press conference

Endlessly out-of-touch Trump said “a lot of good things” were happening in discussions with leaders of the European Union (EU)

amid the trade war of his own creation based on his concocted assessment that the U.S. was being treated “unfairly” by other countries.

“If we do work it out, that will be positive,” Trump started, before trying to pat himself on the back.

“And if we don’t, it will be positive also, because —”

That’s when a shocked but smiling Rutte interjected, “No.”

“Just think about those cars that pour in here,” Trump barreled on. But Rutte didn’t let that slide.

“It’s not positive. We have to work something out,”

Rutte insisted as he glanced around the room with a look of, “can you believe this guy?”

https://washingtonpress.com/2018/07/02/the-dutch-prime-minister-just-publicly-humiliated-trump-by-schooling-him-during-press-conference-watch/

If you've every interacted with the Dutch, they are mostly straightforward, no BS, no sugar coating.

I'm sure Rutte gets lots of cheers in NL for saying "NO" to Trash's "positive" BULL

Just saw the video...

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I worked with the Dutch lot, directness, even abruptness, is a national trait.

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White House says Trump willing to let economy crash and burn over his trade war

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in the midst of this, took to television Monday morning to say that it doesn’t matter what the economic repercussions were,

the White House was prepared to light every last one of you on fire in order

to make whatever point Donald thinks he’s making.

Sucks to be you, everyone.

"There's no bright line level of the stock market that's going to change policy," Ross said on "Squawk Box."

"The president is trying to fix long-term problems that should have been fixed a long time ago."

"There is obviously going to be some pulling and tugging as we try to deal with very serious problems," he said.

"There will be some hiccups long the way."

This is obviously very bad news,

because it means no matter how bad the signals from the stock market get,

Larry, Curly and Moe here say they’re convinced that

all the economic pain Trump’s trade war inflicts

will be offset later by the magical pixies these incompetent bumbling morons expect will someday appear,

after a whole heaping number of businesses and farms go under, Because Magic.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/3/1777456/-White-House-says-Trump-willing-to-let-economy-crash-and-burn-over-his-trade-war?detail=emaildkre

So Russian-banker, corrupt Ross and Treasurer predatory-capitalist Munchkin agree to up 100s of US companies, kill 1000s of jobs, for some unforeseeably long term benefit to whom?

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Donald Trump, an idiot, says Harley-Davidson lost sales last year for fighting with him this year

In our latest episode of The Worldwide Adventures of Idiot Manchild,

we learn that Donald Trump's former best friend now turned

hated enemy Harley-Davidson suffered reduced sales in 2017

because of something they did a year later.

That's right, attempting to keep your company afloat

after Donald Trump screws you is such a grave injury to Idiot Manchild that

it rips a hole in spacetime, causing you to lose business a year before any of it ever happened.

Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump

Now that Harley-Davidson is moving part of its operation out of the U.S.,

my Administration is working with other Motor Cycle companies who want to move into the U.S.

Harley customers are not happy with their move - sales are down 7% in 2017.

The U.S. is where the Action is!

9:00 AM - Jul 3, 2018

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/3/1777697/-Donald-Trump-an-idiot-says-Harley-Davidson-lost-sales-last-year-for-fighting-with-him-this-year?detail=emaildkre

[Chris]

[SnakeBoy]

Germany will bend the knee. I've been saying it.

[Winehole23]

another F5 tweetstorm as powerful as butterfly wings.

Chris is simply pitiful, even with Snakeboi pushing him.

[RandomGuy]

Germany will bend the knee. I've been saying it.

eight whole words, with a prediction even. So much delusion, so few words. Sokay, let's see what the Germans are actually saying.

Mit maßlosen Strafzöllen erklärt der US-Präsident ganz China zum Feind. Präsident Xi muss klüger handeln - und seinen Blick nach Europa wenden.

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaf...ntar-1.4043705

That isn't how it is playing out.

Germans have an alternative to the US, as does the rest of the world, as the above Kommentar points out.

"Das Problem ist freilich, dass Trump mit niemandem zurechtkommt und die Washingtoner Welt zerfällt."