Trump

[sycophantia]

Already did, immediately decided to delay the tariffs by a month (again).

It is hilarious that Canada are implementing theirs anyway.

Yeah that's what impressed me most.

 

[Walshes Wolves]

The US administration don't like this and I would think that Russia won't be too happy either. I don't know enough about the situation, but would think that opposing parties voting to stop the person participating, that was ahead in most opinion polls, doesn't seem very democratic.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/romanian-far-candidate-barred-may-182840645.html

 

[Lupo]

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Chinese rapeseed meal, oil contracts surge after 100% tariffs on Canadian imports.​

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinese-rapeseed-meal-futures-rise-after-tariffs-some-canadian-imports-2025-03-10/

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Seems like nobody cared about mentioning tarriffs, when Canada and China do it.

Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariff​

Canada to impose 100% tariff on China electric vehicle imports

The move comes after similar announcements, including in the US and European Union.

www.bbc.com

 

[ROVERT47]

Looking like he’s doing a Liz Truss with their economy.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

When in the 1900s, as there was no Soviet government until 1918 at least and arguably not before Stalin?

 

[leedswolf]

“As global stock markets tumbled on fears that Donald Trump’s trade wars will fuel inflation and tip the US into recession, shares in the electric car maker fell 15 per cent to $222.

That took losses since its highest ever close just shy of $480 in mid-December to 54 per cent.

The slump has wiped £645billion off the value of the company and £120billion off Musk’s own fortune.”

 

[Del Woppio]

Fuck me I've clicked on a thread in the Current Affairs thread and felt better for it

 

[Wellen Wolf]

Great link. And, as we know, they want even more juicy government contracts transferred to them while they destroy so many lives and livelihoods.

 

[AndyWolves]

Part of me thinks this is all orchestrated, get asset prices to tumble so they can be picked up for cheap.

 

[AndyWolves]

The US strategic bitcoin reserve is interesting, given it's trump / must promoting it i think it'll be used for nefarious means

 

[Del Woppio]

Part of me thinks this is all orchestrated, get asset prices to tumble so they can be picked up for cheap.

I think the wider shares slump is something that would definitely have been priced in to their thinking, and doubtless dips will be bought. But I don't think Tesla will bounce back as well as the others, a lot of that isn't because of the normal policy related dips, it's because 70% of the world have only just realised that Elon Musk is a fucking cunt, but there's no way that changes in Europe now

 

[Walshes Wolves]

Over 80% of USAID programmes 'officially ending'

Humanitarian organisations have warned that the end of USAID programmes is already impacting millions.

www.bbc.com

 

[AndyWolves]

I think the wider shares slump is something that would definitely have been priced in to their thinking, and doubtless dips will be bought. But I don't think Tesla will bounce back as well as the others, a lot of that isn't because of the normal policy related dips, it's because 70% of the world have only just realised that Elon Musk is a fucking cunt, but there's no way that changes in Europe now

IIRC correctly Musk borrowed and put his Tesla shares up for security, i wonder how low Tesla has to go before the lenders are in effective negative equity?

 

[Del Woppio]

IIRC correctly Musk borrowed and put his Tesla shares up for security, i wonder how low Tesla has to go before the lenders are in effective negative equity?

He's re-funded that now; it was about $12bn secured with Tesla shares but that had been paid or refinanced within a couple of years so he wont be facing any margin calls or anything. Still personally pretty devastating obviously but won't impact the mechanics of the Twitter buy out

 

[leedswolf]

340K views · 2.5K reactions | J.D. Vance: “If … we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do … He doesn't care about what the Europeans scream at us…” | Leeds for Europe

J.D. Vance: “If … we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do … He doesn't care about what the Europeans scream at us…”.

www.facebook.com

 

[Del Woppio]

It's impossible to get your head around how fucking thick you must be to even give this a second, fleeting thought, never mind make it a top priority for political and 'diplomatic' efforts. You can't just buy another country you fucking weirdo

 

[Walshes Wolves]

340K views · 2.5K reactions | J.D. Vance: “If … we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do … He doesn't care about what the Europeans scream at us…” | Leeds for Europe

J.D. Vance: “If … we need to take more territorial interest in Greenland, that is what President Trump is going to do … He doesn't care about what the Europeans scream at us…”.

www.facebook.com

Mad idea, but it won't happen.

 

[lemonjelly]

you idiots. he's the master of the deal. he's probably the only person in the entire universe who could do this....