• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    21 hours ago

    He fucked around and now he is finding out.

    China called his bluff on the tariffs, Americans need cheap plastic crap from target more than china needs anything we have.

    Trump is desperate to quickly make this appear as a win so he can pull back the crazy tariffs but Xi is mocking him.

  • buh [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    2 days ago

    I wonder if this will get to the point where trump claims china signed a deal and america won the trade war, but cargo ships still aren’t coming

  • Alsephina@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    What’s even the point of this? Blatantly lying about stuff like that is just going to destroy any credibility he could have left

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Market manipulation is the point. Every time he makes a statement the market reacts which allows people who are in on it to make money hand over fist.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 day ago

      Trump blatantly lied all the time as part of his career in real estate. Why would we expect anything different now?

    • Ildsaye [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      Going along with Trump’s most recent lies is how you show you are loyal/part of the cult. The lies also flush out people who are impelled to correct the historical record, marking them as enemies.

    • balsoft@lemmy.ml
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      There’s no credibility to lose at this point. He has been lying for his entire life, no way he’s stopping now.