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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

In other words, Brandon has no fucking idea what "tariff" means, except it must be good cuz Daddy says so.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I wish the US media would call tariffs "import taxes", as that terminology seems to be generally better understood by the public.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

Then they'd blame the liberals for adding a new tax when all Trump wants is tariffs.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yesterday I type "what" into my search engine and within the top 5 was "what is a tariff". Import tax would make too much sense and people wouldn't stand behind it if it was referred to as such.

I get that tariff is the correct word and I understand what they are, but I am sure people like my dipshit cousins had no clue until a few days ago.

[–] dumbass@leminal.space 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

To be fair, Trump doesn't even know how tariffs work properly.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Someone on reddit (from where I stole this pic) said 'Trump thinks tariffs are like tributes' and I think that's a perfect analysis of Trump's mentality.

[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Trump doesn’t know how fucking anything works.