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President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that his tariffs could result in fewer and costlier products in the United States, saying American kids might “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.

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[–] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 145 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People are going to die in the streets due to the impact of these policies.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Not sure man, my vehicle threw a rod and I am struggling to find financing to get a used vehicle until I make the money to figure out a long term solution. Partner checked FB marketplace because I don't have an account, I checked Craigslist, and the dealers near me can't seem to make a loan work with $1000 down on vehicles listed at $15k. Found one car selling for under 10k, but it has 95k miles and everything online seems to say it has a 135k mile average lifespan. So when you don't know how the people before you drove it, and it's got a 3rd party exhaust on it, I have to assume my extremely (55-60 mile) drive to work will leave me stranded on the side of the road by the end of the year still owing money on it unless I scrape the barrel everywhere in my budget and somehow sell it for nickles in 6 months trying to trade it in for something half way better. Maybe I can get arrested when I become homeless and die in jail instead of on the street.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 43 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Go to credit unions around you and apply for a loan yourself. You shouldn't ever rely on dealerships to find financing for you. Interest rates are awful right now but with your commute you need something reliable and fuel efficient (like a Camry or Corolla).

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I was hoping to finance a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek with 70k miles on it. Out the door was ~18. They shot that down pretty quick. I'll figure out something, didn't see any decent shape Toyotas around, small town

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 10 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Nissans get a bad rap, but I haven’t been able to kill the three I’ve owned despite neglecting their maintenance.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No passenger car Nissan should be touched, their CVT's have been and continue to be unreliable dogshit.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago (19 children)

Even if this were true, a policy that hurts everyone isn't sucessful just because someone else suffers more than you.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago

It is for Republicans

[–] gndagreborn@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

It wouldn't even be a pyrrhic victory. It would just be mutual suffering.

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

China's economy is still projected to grow while US heads to recession , this guy tries to create his own reality everywhere he goes.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

China has the whole world they still can sell to. The US has shut the door on all existing and potential partners

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 13 points 2 days ago

That's kinda how he rolls. Just ignore reality and bully everyone that says otherwise until people are too tired of it and change reality to what he says it is.

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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except the kids aren't getting 2 dolls. They're getting dragged out into the middle of the street half naked in the middle of the night because the brownshirts can't even read an address correctly when they're casually disappearing whole families.

Why the fuck is this even reported on. Fuck this whole system, down to the author that thought 'ya that's worth making an article'

Don't buy your kids dolls. Buy them fpv drones.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Sadly, this probably concerns the average voter more than all the Nazi shit...

[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I don't think most kids get 30, but is he already talking about how Christmas is going to be? Tomorrow is May 1st. That is 7 months away.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Buy presents right now. I'm serious.

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago

It's just another example of him being delusional as fuck.

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[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because that's what it's all about - someone else suffering more. The objective is to increase the amount of suffering in the world, since we clearly don't have enough of it just yet, but making sure others suffer more than us. Because trying to make it so that everyone suffers less is communist, unamerican and bad, I guess...

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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 days ago

2 dolls instead of 30 works out to a reduction of 93.3%! That's HUGE. If that's supposed to be his positive spin on things, Americans are truly fucked.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Cause American girls were getting 30 dolls every Christmas.

This guy is such a psychopath that he doesn't even understand how Christmas gifts work.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Big "How much could a banana cost? $10?" moment

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A real "let them eat cake" moment.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's the real statement. Instead of 30 dolls it will be 2, but that translates to food supplies, too. Instead of 30 dinners in a month, we'll only have 2.

In the year after Maduro took over Venezuela, the average citizen lost 40 pounds.

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nothing like a rich guy who has never known struggle to tell everyone else they need to struggle because he's a moron

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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why parrot his bullshit in the headline? China will not suffer as much as the US. This is such bullshit.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago

"It's One Banana, Michael. What Could It Cost, $10?"

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

“People are worried, even some people who voted for you, saying ‘I didn’t sign up for this.’ So how do you address those concerns?” ABC host Terry Moran asked Trump.

“They did sign up for it, actually, and this is what I campaigned on,” Trump replied. He added, when questioned about price increases on electronics, clothing and homebuilding, that “China probably will eat those tariffs.”

Man I hope democrats use that ammunition he left sitting there for the next 80 years.

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How do you eat a 140% tarrif? Set the actual items value to a negative number?

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

“China probably will eat those tariffs.”

Lucky China, they at least get to eat something.

[–] Liberteez@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago

More like two meals instead of three

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What about the kids who were lucky to get 2 dolls prior to the trade war? Shit outta luck I guess.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They get to BECOME the doll of some rich kid. You woke people really hate freedom.

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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump has a plan for them too. The coal mines.

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[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 17 points 2 days ago

Trump singlehandedly destroying American overconsumption.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

China is happily selling to the rest of the world, and yes their sales will go down without the US market, but they won't in sense of the word "suffer".

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everyone knows the goal of running a country is to make people suffer. Not to accomplish anything positive. That would be GlObAlIsM

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

American kids might “have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,”

Operating on the assumption that most households aren't buying their kids 30 dolls (and those that do are probably going to be under the least economic pressure to cut spending), if American households actually cut spending on their kids by a proportional 93% of whatever they were going to spend, I expect that midterms are going to be interesting.

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The rich will still get 30 and a new sports car

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 days ago

Even the Grinch didn't go on TV to tell peoole he was stealing Christmas.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

but he insisted China will suffer more from his trade war.

Even if this were true (which is dubious) this doesn't make me feel any better. That would simply make this a Pyrrhic victory.

What is the point of any of this? Oh yeah, cruelty is the point.

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[–] Bojack411@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

"The american people will suffer but china will suffer more." So hes hurting us to hurt them? Great job dumbass.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Trump has no idea how the world works at all

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Almost everything we buy is from china including MAGA goods. This moron does not have a clue

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

“Kids might get two calories per day instead of 2,000. But hey, Chinese kids will suffer too!”

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Carjacklavinder@reddthat.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except a doll is $10 for the crappiest model, meaning were already only getting two dolls in the average budget. With that logic, we'll have to save up for the doll parts and assemble a single doll ourselves.

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Can't wait to see what happens when China stops buying our debt.

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Hey as long as someone's suffering right?

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