US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

Helpful links for those who need them:

Current members of the House of Representatives
https://www.house.gov/representatives

Current members of the Senate
https://www.senate.gov/senators/

Current members of the US Supreme Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

I'm in the US and our company's biggest manufacturers are implementing a surcharge to make up for tariffs. We have to pass that surcharge down to our clients to make up for the change in price, because we're not going to eat the cost for nothing. Our clients, in turn, are going to upcharge their customers because they also don't want to eat the cost for nothing. The US consumer is paying for these tariffs.

I'm more involved the international market than you will ever be in your life. We'll see how long that lasts because I have feeling your bosses are going to watch sales and growth plummet because companies that adapt and eat the cost will maintain sales. The ones that don't will suffer. On the final leg of the S&P, they're going to see sales suffer. They won't survive suffering sales. The companies that try to shove higher prices are all getting told "Fuck you, we'll go somewhere else". I'm seeing that far more from much larger companies.

 

[Mister Fister]

I’m afraid that a world where only Africa experiences population growth is just untenable.

Give me more beaner ladies, I’ll fix it

The White people that are reproducing in the US aren't exactly fans of gibs.
Is your pet name with your wife, Pinche Panjedo?

 

[ghastlyretard]

I’m afraid that a world where only Africa experiences population growth is just untenable.

Give me more beaner ladies, I’ll fix it

Mine stole my seed last night. Didn't even give me the choice, not that I needed the option.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

https://www.debatmagazine.nl/collapsing-birth-rates-in-latin-america-challenges-and-possibilities/5151/

Funniest explanation I’ve seen for

The decline has not plateaued but continues to fall rapidly. In Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, the number of births has almost halved in the last ten years, making Uruguay the first Latin American country to experience a natural population decline since 2021.

declining fertility in Latin American countries is that a substantial chunk of the fertile population is in/trying to enter the US.

Several countries of the region, such as Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Jamaica, now have birth rates below 1.3 children per woman – the threshold for ultra-low fertility rates.

Doesn’t really explain Uruguay though.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

The White people that are reproducing in the US aren't exactly fans of gibs.
Is your pet name with your wife, Pinche Panjedo?

No, I call her the Comanche cock mangler

 

[Mister Fister]

Funniest explanation I’ve seen for this is that


The funniest explanation I’ve seen for declining fertility in Latin American countries is that a substantial chunk of the fertile population is in/trying to enter the US.

Clownworld sucking up fertile people and making them not breed feels like a comedy if it wasn't so tragic.

 

[Sweeter and Savoury]

Commiefornia has decided to release an illegal alien who killed 2 teens while driving drunk, high and at over 100mph after just 2 years even thought he was sentenced to 10 years.

He has a long record of DUI's and has been deported twice already. Commiefornia Department of Corrections "has no comment on the subject of parolee's".

Superman Tom Homan has pledges that "ICE agents will be there waiting for him to be released no matter what Governor Newsome pledges" as Newsome promised to "not hand over anyone to ICE, California is a sanctuary state."

Again the Democrats are trying to defend this shit. A twice deported criminal who has now killed 2 teens by driving drunk and Newsome will just release him on parole after a mere 2 years.

PS Homan is pissed and ranting a bit about democrat judges.

 

[The Ugly One]

Well, those small plastic pieces must not be that costly, seeing how they're small and plastic. So, if a ten cent plastic widget in a 30 dollar product costs fourteen cents more, that's not going to cut too deep.

China is currently the source of

• Nearly all electric motors
• Most lower-grade steel
• Most PCBs
• Assembly of many intermediate and finished components
• A pretty broad range of auto parts

That doesn't mean it has to be the source of things things forever. But it is now, and until there are economical alternatives, thinking companies will just bleed red ink is silly. The obliteration of the American PCB and electric motor industries won't be reversed overnight. Fixing our economic imbalance isn't going to be painless.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

https://www.wsj.com/business/world-economic-forum-opens-new-probe-into-founder-klaus-schwab-e2f061d6?msockid=2135affe5ed56e982b6bbba55f0e6f68

https://archive.is/pOPdp

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"in room massages" translates to "child rape delivery"
This reeks of petty infighting.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

"in room massages" translates to "child rape delivery"
This reeks of petty infighting.

The natural progression of all communist groups is infighting.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

If they are anything like Filipinas, then I am going to have to hard pass on Latinas dude. I can't handle their bullshit.

Mine had a soft spoken religious white dad, so no.. not towards me, anyways

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

The natural progression of all communist groups is infighting.

Hopefully they end up killing each other. A man can dream

 

[Mister Fister]

Of course the petty and full nobility of clownworld are going to defend the servants.

 

[SpergioLeonne]

Of course the petty and full nobility of clownworld are going to defend the servants.

Which servants? The disgusting chinks?

 

[Mister Fister]

China is currently the source of

• Nearly all electric motors
• Most lower-grade steel
• Most PCBs
• Assembly of many intermediate and finished components
• A pretty broad range of auto parts

That doesn't mean it has to be the source of things things forever. But it is now, and until there are economical alternatives, thinking companies will just bleed red ink is silly. The obliteration of the American PCB and electric motor industries won't be reversed overnight. Fixing our economic imbalance isn't going to be painless.

https://www.calumetelectronics.com/

American PCBs.

 

[Al Qaedurr]

Because the tarrifs are temporary. They can eat the costs for a bit to retain their customers, or they can raise the price immediately and lose current and potential customers to other competitors. If it was a permanent change, then yes, the last one to raise prices will probably lose the most, but that's not the case here.

I mean as far as him saying the consumer is not eating the tariffs, he's 100% objectively wrong, which was the entire point of my post. Also, virtually all companies are eating some of the cost while also raising prices. They're balancing it out.

My question is what the point of the tariffs are if Trump is now backtracking on taxes when China's made no concessions? Or were they a failure?

 

[SpergioLeonne]

I mean as far as him saying the consumer is not eating the tariffs, he's 100% objectively wrong, which was the entire point of my post. Also, virtually all companies are eating some of the cost while also raising prices. They're balancing it out.

My question is what the point of the tariffs are if Trump is now backtracking on taxes when China's made no concessions? Or were they a failure?

Are the tariffs still there? Yes? Then Chinese factories are still closing.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Commiefornia has decided to release an illegal alien who killed 2 teens while driving drunk, high and at over 100mph after just 2 years even thought he was sentenced to 10 years.

He has a long record of DUI's and has been deported twice already. Commiefornia Department of Corrections "has no comment on the subject of parolee's".

Superman Tom Homan has pledges that "ICE agents will be there waiting for him to be released no matter what Governor Newsome pledges" as Newsome promised to "not hand over anyone to ICE, California is a sanctuary state."

Again the Democrats are trying to defend this shit. A twice deported criminal who has now killed 2 teens by driving drunk and Newsome will just release him on parole after a mere 2 years.

PS Homan is pissed and ranting a bit about democrat judges.

I unironically hope someone lynches this faggot and the judge that let him loose.

Hopefully they end up killing each other. A man can dream

the only thing a communist is good for is killing other communists.

 

[Al Qaedurr]

Are the tariffs still there? Yes? Then Chinese factories are still closing.

But he's backtracking without China having made a concession, which Trump definitely would've made public. Also, it's curious how people who are for these tariffs concede China is more self-reliant than the US yet want to act like a war of attrition caused by this cold turkey approach to trade will have the US come out on top. Doesn't it make more sense that the country with a head start on the US as far as manufacturing will benefit more from this "strategy" than the US? Not saying incentivizing manufacturing is wrong, but maybe this is just a shitty play.

 

[LouBoots]

Why is the comic in your post an mp4?

I've noticed that is the standard now between reddit and X when I rip the images from their pages. Without a plugin or tool I download the entire page and grab the image out of the archive. Animated .gif and .webp are actually stored in .mp4 in that context.