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So, the idiot administration in the US has released their "reciprocal tariffs" that aren't actually reciprocal.

An economist figured out where they got their bogus percentages from; it would be amusing in its stupidity if it weren't so serious. No one involved understands what a trade surplus or trade deficit is, or what it means.

But they also announced rates on "countries" that aren't countries, just territories of another nation.

They announced rates on islands that have 0 human inhabitants, and 0 economic activity, and therefore cannot possibly have a trade surplus with the US.

They announced a tariff rate on an American military base.

It is a clown show.

The question is: where did they get this bogus data from?

Was their big chart of tariff rates generated by an #LLM?

#AI#idiocy#idiot
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The #DOJ in a filing asked #SCOTUS to lift DC-based US District Judge James #Boasberg's March 15 order calling for a temporary halt of the summary removals of the #Venezuelans while a legal challenge to #Trump’s invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct to justify the #deportations plays out. The 18th century #law historically has been used only in wartime [& expressly states the #US must be at #war w/a foreign #nation for its use].

#immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights
documentcloud.org/documents/25

www.documentcloud.org24A931

#Trump will drag #America into #war.

Not only why Trump is stupid
but above all because ALL #dictators want the #Nation to be at war
Not only many social problems become secondary
War ensures dictators better control of the population
and during a war they can do things that cannot be done during peace.

So #Americans
get ready
Trump will create the conditions for draging America into war.

You didn't want to believe when you were warned about trump before
let's see if NOW you will listen.

I admire #Democrats #Rep. who keep meeting with the '#We the #People'
after being ignored for a 'trump'
but
not needed, #trumplandia is crushing
Capable #Presidents are those who manage to keep the #Nation 'in balance'
#trump's #America ... is CHAOS
Even the '#Musk' will suffer (no money to make where people have no money to spend)
(even with a low cost work force to the detriment of Americans workers)
now no one is willing to buy from the #USA anyway
trump/heritage fucked #US pretty good.

#Americans...
Reeeally need to stop
referring to #Trump as
"the most powerfull person in the world"
😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣

pease... it is ridicoulos.

One time
wen #America was the leading #Nation of the #Free #World
the POTUS was the most influent leader...
those time are GONE
Trump is the 'most powerfull' person in #US
and US is not the most 'powerfull' Nation in the World
not anymore
USA 'power' was possible thanks to alliances and pacts
today #US is alone
So
time for US to 'downsize' propaganda a bit.