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You can’t make fun of me for getting exactly what I voted for because I didn’t know what the word “tariff” meant at the time.
I want to ask how they think a tariff would work if it didn’t effect the cost to consumers, but I’m like 100% certain they didn’t think about the consequences of it at all before blindly cheering for something they thought would hurt their enemies: the people who sell them cheap slop clothing.
someone here recently said they think trump understands tariffs as taxes, like it would explain why he thinks a 100% tariff on mexico is the ultimate punishment you can do to them because a 100% ~~tariff~~ tax is all of their money!
might also explain how the hogs understand tariffs as well
ordering a hundred freedom bucks worth of shitty clothes from shein is the final boss of american consoooooomerism
He doesn't know that New Mexico is part of the United States, hahaha
Also just casually leaving the tracking number visible in the screen shot, doxing himself lmaoooo
Edit: they live in Hazelwood, Missouri.
Most geographically literate Missourite:
Owned.
Wait, Americans don't have to pay tax on incoming packages? I got a replacement jar for like 20 bucks for my Hario grinder from Japan about 2 years ago, and I ended up paying more in import tax than in shipping, and you're supposed to pay it before the package clears customs.
There are import taxes on some things, yes
But in general, no, we don't
I remember discovering (the very hard way...) the opposite case when shipping A GIFT to a friend in Europe (non-EU state). I was sure I was being extorted, and I still kinda that's true on a deep level, but ultimately I checked the laws and yeah it is right there in writing. I just remember being like "anything I ship from now on is "broken. Value: $0""
On one hand, "the confusion is the point."
On the other hand, Trump seems to be pretty good at navigating the basic USA truism "most won't remember what happened last week" so changing his mind doesn't cost him anything.
Trump remembers that a lot of the people who support him are drop shippers.
And this kind of tariff hits people directly so it becomes very visible how it's harming them. It's kind of funny that he didn't realize this to begin with.
why isnt trump doing anything
Ah yes, the Mini-me Exception, a truly bold move