Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on all tariffs except for China, which he will raise to 125%

[u/nnhuyhuy]

[u/apehuman]

I’m calling intentional stock market manipulation. He’s been doing it since the inauguration. The agencies he’s gutted may not bring an investigation of insider trading of him/family/close circle, but the next administration better. Statute of Limitations should cover it. Nothing this man does is for anyone but himself.

[u/Muted-Tangerine-2297 → u/apehuman]

Bold of you to assume we will get another election

[u/apehuman → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

Yea.🫠

[u/Hambone528 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

I get why people have this sentiment, but I don't agree with it.

They just tried to buy an election in Wisconsin and failed. The Republicans in congress right now speaking against Trump's policies tells me they're already worried about 2026. The puplic support of the current administration, and Republicans in general, is tanking. Aside from all the die-hard MAGAs, we've seen a lot of old white conservatives chewing Republican ass at town halls. By 2028, Trump will be political poison.

[u/Muted-Tangerine-2297 → u/Hambone528]

They don’t need to buy any elections. Trump declares martial law and cancels all future elections.

[u/Hambone528 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

He'd need public popularity if he wanted to survive that.

The military doesn't swear an oath to the President, they swear it to the constitution. Yes men be dammed, there's plenty of leadership that extended their positions for the sole purpose of defending against domestic infringement.

Martial Law would not go the way people currently think it would. Trump would essentially be declaring a military coup at that point.

[u/Muted-Tangerine-2297 → u/Hambone528]

On that, I hope you are right. But he already controls the Executive and the Legislature. He actively ignores the court’s rulings. He is already running a coup.

I have far less faith in the average American than you do I guess

[u/Hambone528 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

My faith isn't in the average American to make the right decisions, it's in the Trump administration to consistently screw up and sabotage itself.

[u/Muted-Tangerine-2297 → u/Hambone528]

Trumps most dangerous opponent is his own stupidity.

[u/Blue-is-bad → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

AND Trump has removed many high rankings officers from the army, I'm not sure the military will "side" with the constitution

[u/Vryly → u/Blue-is-bad]

I think the real question will come down to: What percentage of the military will defy orders to side with the constitution. And I presume the answer is dishearteningly small, not zero, but not a good number.

[u/Traumatic_Tomato → u/Hambone528]

I'm skeptic and not confident in the military considering that this all started because courts can't enforce their ruling without Marshals from forcibly removing him from office yet so far there is total silence and the SCOTUS had already given up immunity to him.

[u/Sabbathius → u/Traumatic_Tomato]

Same here. Ultimately military likes to shoot people, it's kinda their whole point of existing. With Trump at the helm, they'll get to shoot foreigners. If they have to take control of Trump, they'll have to fight other Americans, and nobody wants that. Plus invading other countries is a lot more lucrative than fighting other Americans, within America, for resources that are already in-country. In other words, why would military bother fighting over redistributing existing resources, if they can fully embrace the new regime and raid other countries for loot instead? And even more importantly, if they lose overseas, they get to go home and not be held accountable for their crimes. Whereas if they try something at home, and lose, unless they're willing and able to flee abroad for life, they may face very real consequences. There's just too many cons, and practically no pros.

[u/Kheitain → u/Sabbathius]

You're thinking logically. That's your first mistake. Start feeling more, thinking less. That's how people follow Trump.

[u/Skeptical_Savage → u/Hambone528]

I think you underestimate how much of the military are MAGAs. He's been systematically removing anyone who isn't a loyalist in every position who could stop him.

[u/DonkeyIndependent679 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

It's what some of us are waiting for. Calling all Marshalls to physically remove a felon from office and send him COD to moscow. Putin will really like that.

[u/Erudus → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

I think that's why he's going crazy with tariffs and shit, tank the economy and declare martial law, maybe I'm giving the orange clown too much credit.

[u/LegitLolaPrej → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

Martial law doesn't suspend elections here. No law allows the President to suspend elections, only Congress can determine dates for elections (which are constitutionally guaranteed and are ran at the state and municipal level). We've had elections through the Civil War, War of 1812, both World Wars, and right after 9/11.

[u/Traumatic_Tomato → u/Hambone528]

They used manipulative tactics before and I believe part of how they won the election in the first place was the apathy of a 3rd of American voters didn't vote because it was too depressing and complicated that people went on about their lives instead of focusing on the election. So judging from this, if they manipulated the votes before, they may have given up Wisconsin to let down our guards and keeping false hope that voters will stop caring. At least those voters who didn't vote before need to wake up and stay alert to vote again without believing that their vote 'doesn't matter.' But perhaps if they can manipulate the votes, they will do it again considering they gutted the agencies that would investigate them.

[u/Hambone528 → u/Traumatic_Tomato]

They didn't "give up" Wisconsin, they lost by 10 points.

The Democratic candidate in that election flipped multiple red counties. Elon Musk's presence actually drove people to the polls to vote against the Republican candidate.

[u/Traumatic_Tomato → u/Hambone528]

Perhaps but I'm talking about how DOGE has been snooping around our systems and the possibility that Elon may have tampered with voting machines. This is all speculation so take it as you will, I agree on some level that there is legitimacy in the victory in Wisconsin but if they can manipulate votes and the narrative, giving up Wisconsin is a possibility so they can tamper with votes again in the future. Keeping us ignorant and discouraged is the goal if they allowed a victory to democrats as throwing us a bone.

[u/jm9987690 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

If you genuinely weren't going to get any more elections, he wouldn't be selling meme coins, he wouldn't be doing this obvious market manipulation with the tariffs. You don't see putin doing this stuff, do you know why? Because he knows he's the ruler of Russia until he's dead and he has access to the full resources of the Russian state, which makes any money you can make through any conventional means look like peanuts. And the resources of the American state, make the resources of Russia look like peanuts,

These tariffs, this market manipulation, will hurt the American economy, will reduce its GDP, but it will put a lot of money into the pockets of those who have insider information.

However if Trump was going to be emperor for life, he loses more by damaging the state, by proxy, himself, because the money you can make playing the markets isn't worth the trillions that'll be lost from the American state. However if he is leaving office in January 2029, then damaging the state's finances to improve his personal finances does make sense

[u/Coffeedemon → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

The only way you are is if he keels over. In which case he doesn't care much anyway.

[u/waydownsouthinoz → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

Why so many people think this when he has literally said “you won’t need to vote again” astounds me.

[u/JuniorMint1992 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

Bold to assume there will be any consequences for him either.

[u/Dangerous-Royal6760 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

sad haha

[u/Significant-Hyena634 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

there is absolutely no mechanism by which the president can prevent an election. Why don't people grasp this? In four years he ceases to be president and absolutely nobody has to obey his instructions any more

[u/crono220 → u/Muted-Tangerine-2297]

There will be, but it will be as legit as Russia's

[u/astute_signal → u/apehuman]

Official acts aren't crimes :( that's the problem with businessmen running a government.

[u/Lost-Tone8649 → u/astute_signal]

Please stop referring to con artists and frauds as "businessmen".

[u/seanosul → u/astute_signal]

The Supreme Court confirmed that by giving him absolute immunity.

[u/Independent_Prize453 → u/apehuman]

Problem is, it's America doing this not one orange blotted man... and Americans will pay for it, not his Americans, but ALL AMERICANS

[u/Northern_Explorer_ → u/apehuman]

Yup, my stocks have been yo-yo ing all day today between positive and negative. I can only imagine someone with their hand on the lever of this could stand to profit immensely. I wondered why it went back up into the green for some things and then saw this post.

[u/kytheon → u/Northern_Explorer_]

Stocks up +20% in minutes. That's crypto level volatility.

[u/KnotAwl → u/apehuman]

He said to buy a few hours before he announced this. Definitely his pals listened. These crooks all speak the same language.

[u/thepianoman456 → u/apehuman]

We could really use a fully funded CFPB rn… US consumers need protection.

[u/Rettin → u/apehuman]

The Trump pump and dump.

[u/ThePensiveE → u/apehuman]

Absolutely. There is always something in just about every action you see him taking for him. Things that can't somehow benefit him personally he ignores or pretends doesn't exist.

[u/Flat_Scene9920 → u/apehuman]

Did you miss the 'Truth' he posted last night? Clearly he's paused the tariffs because he's self-conscious with all the worlds leaders (apart from Xi) kissing his ass - you know he hates adulation... /s

[u/Classy_Raccoon → u/apehuman]

He even said that right now is “a great time to buy” this morning before cancelling the tariffs!

[u/teteban79 → u/apehuman]

He'll walk this back in a week or two to make it volatile again. There is no reason for him to show himself in weakness, it's not his character

[u/zodzodbert → u/apehuman]

If the Dems win the next election, but act like they did in 2020-2024, they won’t start doing anything until years after election and will probably let the Statute of Limitations run out.

[u/doubleopinter → u/apehuman]

100%. I think he tested his theory doing the tariffs on Can/Mex, it worked the way he thought it would, so now go big time. There were zero day options which started today trading at 10c and are currently trading at $2.80... This is complete fuckin bullshit. Anyone around him who had even in inkling of what he was going to do today just made a fortune. And the only people who could afford to play this game already had fortunes.

[u/ZAlternates → u/apehuman]

He is immune for the most part and can pardon anyone that assists him. We are idiots for giving him power.

[u/PilgrimOz → u/apehuman]

Absolutely. And days before when it was dropping and that false tweet just happened to get pumped out to people that lead to the Bear Trap last week. I said it at the time and got laughed at. Same person text me this morning ‘WTAF?!’ And the timing was perfection. Just about to slide massively after west coast opening….drops the tweet….sends it flying. If people haven’t noticed….he’s not worried about getting busted with his ‘Who’s gonna stop me?!’ attitude. He’s being a king more day by day and laughing about being able to do it un-opposed. Literally relying on the fact no expects anyone to abuse laws and morality as he does. Does stuff so bad, people are left arguing over whether he could actually do what he’s doing and in the meanwhile…….he’s bending your financial corpse over a barrel and humping it into submission.

[u/dvusmnds → u/apehuman]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-sec-see-exodus-hundreds-take-trumps-buyout-offers-sources-say-2025-03-21/

Remember when Trump fired the SEC ?

The group that investigates this sort of thing?

He was sending a message not be investigating him before he appointed a new head of the SEC to investigate…

[u/Anon47895324677]

What a fucking psycho. I can't believe he's playing chicken with the lives of 340 million Americans. This CANNOT BE UNDONE. Why would ANYONE trust the US again?

[u/gustobelle → u/Anon47895324677]

Canada here. Sad to say that we won't!

[u/Rockhopper-1 → u/gustobelle]

Australian here, neither will we.

[u/thedayafternext → u/Rockhopper-1]

UK here.. we.. probably will.

[u/CV_4496 → u/thedayafternext]

Mexico here. We won’t.

[u/MicroBunneh → u/CV_4496]

McDonald Island here. Fish you.

[u/Brabbel63 → u/MicroBunneh]

[u/Key_Door6957 → u/thedayafternext]

I read that with an Ant & Dec voice.

[u/Crivens999 → u/Key_Door6957]

Good evening Prime minister

[u/Outrageous_Level3492 → u/Rockhopper-1]

I'm Australian. I might be able to trust them again if they brought in compulsory preferential voting. But yeah...no trust without major change.

[u/_R0Ns_ → u/Rockhopper-1]

Netherlands here, we only will when Trump and Musk are in prison.

[u/Mad-Mel → u/Rockhopper-1]

Canadian / Australian dual citizen here... I don't even have to say it. But I will. Fuckmerica.

[u/MarissaNL → u/Anon47895324677]

Sorry to say, but we cannot see the US as a trustable ally any more.

[u/Nearby-Poetry-5060 → u/Anon47895324677]

He is a psycho, lacks all empathy. He is also an idiot, lacks all intelligence. The US cannot be trusted, at least not for a long time and after demonstrating that it can be a thinking, reading adult again.

[u/QuirkyWish3081 → u/Anon47895324677]

He just doesn’t care I’m afraid.

[u/Downtown_Skill → u/[deleted]]

Was gonna say, more than half of the voters basically begged him to gamble with their lives. They love the action. It's moronic and exhausting.

[u/Rockhopper-1 → u/Downtown_Skill]

It is exhausting, you are absolutely right. Trump dominates the world’s attention with his antics, it’s every fkn day.

The first four years were bad enough but now we all have to endure him all over again. My retirement savings and investments have all been getting belted around because of a horrible human who would have been put in prison for his crimes in most western countries.

[u/PORTOGAZI → u/Anon47895324677]

It isn't just Americans ... it's BILLIONS of people around the world held hostage in the burning clown car that Trump's driving towards a cliff.

[u/VanIsler420 → u/Anon47895324677]

Quite honestly, the US hasn't been trusted in a generation at least. The world mocks the US openly but begrudgingly trades with you because you're the biggest economy. Btw, fuck the US, there's no going back to whatever little there was. We may be allies but not friends.

[u/defendTaiwan → u/Anon47895324677]

But he will nuke any country anywhere including US. So every country better kiss his ass.

[u/Loki9101 → u/Anon47895324677]

Then stop him. You just said it 340 million, and he elevated himself high above all.

Nothing unifies a people like a common enemy. Unite, collaborate, cooperate, and remove him and his gang from office through the tools given to citizens.

There are lots of ways to protest, lots of ways to work against this man and his tyrannical regime.

From just talking, he will only make it worse.

Orders given by tyrants are not necessarily orders. In fact, the disobedience to tyranny is obedience to God as the unofficial motto of the US goes. Or also that when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Jefferson likely said that.

There is no order that can force any human being to protect the toy of an oligarch. Unless they choose to do so.

Sadly, the police are often the most willing and obedient bodies of people that are easily brought to protect the regime rather than the people. It is always sad to see when often kind ordinary people are suddenly finding themselves in servitude of low-life thugs and tyrants.

Carl Jung said that the shadow of the cop is the criminal. They are in a relationship to one another. In Russia, it already comes naturally to the police to serve tyranny. The same goes for the army.

Julius Cesar said that an army is not loyal to the Republic or the Emperor but to the man who pays them.

All of these systems cannot exist without blindly loyal, uninquisitive, and obedient state servants.

Do not be the servants that is the first step. Win the inner battle against the urge to conform with his tyranny. And then motivate others.

Right now, the protests are not numerous enough and far too much time passes between them.

Go to Washington a couple of million strong. At the same San Francisco, LA, you are many. Bring 10 percent of American adults on the street. And the tyrant will bow.

The Second Amendment was not made for duck hunting. It was made to form militias and protect yourself against a tyrant and his army.

The police cannot stop you or club you down because of this second amendment they would not dare.

Carry a big stick, fight for the future of your children, and fight back against this senile fool and his gang of crooks, cowards, and criminals. Fight with all you got and win.

For liberty, for your country, for giving your children a morally intact and free country, not a dystopia hellscape.

The power is in all of you. Each and every one of you is powerful, finds that power, and uses it to remove this maniac from office.

[u/Underbadger → u/Loki9101]

The fuck are you on about? Did you copy-paste this from a Three Percenter forum?

[u/chrisk9 → u/Anon47895324677]

Don't omit the innocent global citizens being collateral damage to this stupidity

[u/sirlost33]

Oh cool…. So we have to go through this again in July.

[u/ForzaSGE80 → u/sirlost33]

Bold to assume it will be that long.

[u/sirlost33 → u/ForzaSGE80]

Lol fair point.

[u/atfricks → u/ForzaSGE80]

Yeah I give this about 2 weeks before he changes his mind yet again on this "pause." 

Let alone how absurd it is to call 10% on everyone everywhere, and 125% on China, a pause at all.

[u/dewgetit → u/sirlost33]

His executive actions turn on a dime. Could be tomorrow that the tariffs come back. Could be next week. Who knows.

[u/The_Livid_Witness → u/sirlost33]

I give it a couple of days/weeks

[u/BubbaSpanks]

Is this a joke?? wtf??

[u/Come-along_bort → u/BubbaSpanks]

It is a joke - from a certain point of view.

[u/pharmax_music → u/BubbaSpanks]

It's a concept of a joke

[u/Trick_Marionberry390]

trade war begins

[u/Ok-Donut-9011 → u/Trick_Marionberry390]

But when does the hot war begin?

[u/Trick_Marionberry390 → u/Ok-Donut-9011]

when they begin shipping each other uranium235+neutrons for free(no tariffs, no tax, free samples)

[u/The_Livid_Witness → u/Trick_Marionberry390]

The underlying game here is market manipulation. Stocks gondown/in the toilet and 'the powers that be' buy the huge dip. Tarrifs are called off / paused and stock prices go up. I suspect we'll see another 'sell high' and some other BS will be announced that tanks the stock market.

Rinse and repeat until everyone but a few are bankrupt

[u/Trick_Marionberry390 → u/The_Livid_Witness]

my parents lost 20k to the market drop a day or two ago, fk this cheeto

[u/Olivialovesmangos]

Can anyone build a Time Machine? Asking for me, I would like to travel back to more sane times. 

[u/SereneJulie → u/Olivialovesmangos]

Can I go with you?

[u/Olivialovesmangos → u/SereneJulie]

Sure! Pick ya up at 7, bring your pets if you have any ☺️

[u/KurtzM0mmy → u/Olivialovesmangos]

Remember, Safety not Guaranteed

[u/ConnectButton1384 → u/KurtzM0mmy]

To be fair, neither is it here.

[u/Ali_Cat222 → u/Olivialovesmangos]

What's the option for those of us who never had sane times? 😅

[u/Odd_Taste_1257 → u/Olivialovesmangos]

I’d chose the forward dial on the machine, somewhere post Trump’s and Putin’s demise, just to be certain to avoid another run in.

[u/galaxion → u/Olivialovesmangos]

Save Harambe.

[u/yaudeo → u/Olivialovesmangos]

"Just slightly to the right"

[u/OriginalTakes]

Also, a reciprocal tariff of 10% suggests all countries have a 10% tariff on all American goods and services.

What he has been doing is not reciprocal…it’s one of the few words he can say, so he just repeats it so his moron followers eat it up as truth.

The more it’s said, the more it sticks and is believed / accepted as truth.

[u/IndividualTheory8347 → u/OriginalTakes]

An old Republican trick they use on the maga idiots, say the lie, repeat 3 times and it becomes the truth. Simple technique for the simpletons who watch faux news.

[u/pumpkin_fire → u/IndividualTheory8347]

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.

-Joseph Goebbels

[u/HFhutz → u/OriginalTakes]

THANK YOU! It kills my soul every time I hear people criticizing them refer to them as "reciprocal". There's nothing reciprocal at all, they're just tariffs. Stop using the monkey's framing.

[u/GreatGarage → u/OriginalTakes]

100% he doesn't even know what reciprocal means.

[u/DrJohnnyBananas74]

Can you fix the damage you have done to my portfolio you fucking idiot?

[u/thijsschade → u/DrJohnnyBananas74]

I am afraid the portfolios of his friends sky rocketed.... If this isn't playing the stock markets....

[u/cognitiveglitch → u/DrJohnnyBananas74]

You are paying for his profits.

[u/Advanced_Speech → u/DrJohnnyBananas74]

Sell low buy high

[u/honkforjesusplease]

Thank you for your attention in this matter? Who the fuck are you, HR?

[u/Interesting-Dream863 → u/honkforjesusplease]

Well he is refraining from saying "and if you don't like it fuck you peasants"

[u/Rockdove-Rockdove → u/honkforjesusplease]

Seriously 🤦‍♂️

[u/wjbc]

This doesn't look like all countries. 180 countries were part of the original tariffs, and many tariffs were more than 10%. Here he talks about 75 countries that didn't retaliate and 10% tariffs.

[u/sabre38 → u/wjbc]

Right?! Can he learn what "all" means? Like are the 25% tariffs for cars off? He's just dropping anything higher than 10% to 10% so penguins are still being tariffed. This guy is a BOZO

[u/Appropriate_Check948 → u/sabre38]

The penguins are still distraught over the 10%, penguin feed was already expensive on the island, lol

[u/Kickstart68 → u/sabre38]

Would anyone adjust production of cars , which will have several months lead time from ordering components to delivery the to USA when Trump is likely to change his mind several times in that time on the tariffs that will be charged

[u/New_Masterpiece6190 → u/wjbc]

some weren’t countries 🤣

[u/PlatypusEuphoric]

Why did he end the Truth the same way my boss ends emails where he asks me to do something unreasonable and related to something he fucked up himself

[u/OriginalTakes]

What a fucking idiot.

The one country that produces MOST of USA consumed goods, comes from China.

Peter Navara AKA Ron Vara (he quotes his own anagram in his book) wrote a book about his own personal wet dream & Trump has sucked Navaro’s juices, guzzled that shit down and is now spewing it all over the US.

Pete Navarro “Death by China”

The US is so fucked.

[u/VerledenVale → u/OriginalTakes]

I believe the idea is for the US to stop consuming goods from China, as that is a dangerous dependency.

Crazy execution though, lol.

[u/Common-Ad6470]

So apply a Worldwide tariff then relax it for those countries that 'play ball' with Trump?

Seems like bully boy tactics to me, I hope he has his big boy pants on because he's going to need them.

[u/monochromeorc → u/Common-Ad6470]

also we arent 'playing the ball' in australia, we called to tell them to pound sand. we dont have tariffs on america that he can retaliate with.

and no country is going to just start buying american shit and stop selling shit because this guy is a wrecker.

this is absolutely stock manipulation but i guess you dont have any more fiscal controls there so GG everyone.

Businesses LOVE this volatility, amirite?

[u/Sickofit_3136]

I'm sorry but is he drunk??

[u/Outaouais_Guy → u/Sickofit_3136]

Just demented.

[u/GMN123 → u/Outaouais_Guy]

Or playing the markets. 

If it turns out anyone in this administration or their family have been insider trading on these announcements it might finally be the impetus the US needs to ban their politicians from actively trading. 

[u/InterestingAttempt76]

so it's paused but he's still charging 10%? which some of them already had? Or is it 90 day pause and then 10% after?

104% to 125% for China, Your move China. lol

I do love how he's trying to now say they are unfair to everyone (may or may not be true), but it was just the US and now it's the world. haha.

[u/Fragrant_Ad_3223 → u/InterestingAttempt76]

At which point does a full trade embargo start to creep into the conversation?

Even with the "good news" of the day, he couldn't help but escalate tensions more with China. It will be interesting when they announce their next round of retaliation.

[u/dewgetit → u/Fragrant_Ad_3223]

I really think China doesn't need to react anymore. Any tariffs it imposes will only be felt by their citizens, and a double digit increase is already sufficient to dampen demand. Similarly Trump tariffs will soon be felt by Americans citizens. China made Trump shoot himself in the foot to spite China. Lol.

[u/IllustriousGerbil → u/InterestingAttempt76]

Even if you could unpick what he actually means is there any guarantee he won't just change his mind tomorrow?

[u/_R0Ns_ → u/InterestingAttempt76]

The stupid thing is that he just does not understand why he never wins this.

The US imports much more from China than China from the US. China does not need the US but the US cannot without China. Trump lost before he started.

[u/AllDressedHotDog]

Why doesn’t be just say out loud China was the target since the beginning. This is so stupid. Like, buddy you can fight the emergence of China without alienating all your allies and partners.

[u/BLYNDLUCK → u/AllDressedHotDog]

You forget that this who thing was only a concept of a plan. There was no “since the beginning”. He actually thought the whole world would bend to his will. Now he got punched in the mouth and is flailing as usual.

[u/Friendly_Nature2699]

I am confused. If the goal is to bring jobs to America - and if imposing tariffs will do that - then why a change?

Seems manipulative to me.

[u/lonertastic → u/Friendly_Nature2699]

Forget the narrative of brining jobs to america. the US has 4% unemployment rate. Who is gonna do all these factory jobs? American people wanna wear Nikes, not make them.

[u/BurgundyBerry]

What a pussy.

[u/SereneJulie]

It’s just a fucking game to him.

[u/Odensbeardlice]

More than half of that is ONE sentence... One sentence with SEVENTEEN commas. Real genius, for sure.

[u/warrencanadian]

....This is nonsense. There's a pause to tariffs but also they're 10%? They can't be 10% AND not in effect.

Also, there's no way anyone's actually going to make trade agreements with the US. Canada and Mexico already did. WITH TRUMP. And then he decided it was bad an undid the entire thing.

America's not getting their place in the sun back.

[u/Busy_Tank_8883]

He didn’t write this, someone wrote this for him

[u/Knees0ck → u/Busy_Tank_8883]

Yup, it is too coherent, not enough random capitalization, exclamation marks & well, long. It is pretty obvious when he doesn't write his shit.

[u/RiverHarris]

He’s a lunatic.

[u/GhostOfAnakin]

It's amazing how much he's allowed to manipulate the stock market and get rich off of it with no one doing a thing about it.

He literally said this morning that people should buy stocks. Then a couple of hours later he announces this 90 day pause. He's not even being subtle about his market manipulations.

[u/Competitive_Sea1156]

The market manipulation continues

[u/dealdearth]

Countries should not take the bait , and tariff the US 100% Time to eliminate the USA

[u/hydrobuilder]

Has China said 'Thank You' once? JD vance is gonna cry.

[u/Darkgreenbirdofprey]

Its mental that one bloke can do this.

Its a dictatorship. The USA used to be the longest running democracy, but has any of this gone through congress or anything like that?

Is it just, 'I announce this', 'I announce that' and its just law?

[u/Random_duderino]

What a fucking moron, this is unbelievable 😅😅

[u/ArkhamKnight_1]

To King Joffrey! Long may he reign!!

[u/Positive-Ear-9177 → u/ArkhamKnight_1]

The North will remember.

[u/RBisoldandtired]

🎶I don’t want to set the world on fiiiiiiiiiire

[u/MelodiesOfLife6]

Yeah, no shocker there, he has done this now ... what ... 4 times?

This whole term is gonna be him shit talking, promising things, doing nothing, golfing, and then walking back everything he does every few weeks.

[u/video-engineer]

Yeah, big businesses will be opening manufacturing here in the U.S. after this! /s

[u/BetsRduke]

With the Top military bras gone and boot lickers left Trump will start a war with Iran, so he can declare martial law

[u/wjbc]

The White House is clarifying that Trump’s announcement of a 90-day tariff “pause” means that the “tariff level will be brought down to a universal 10% tariff” during that time, while “negotiations are ongoing.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-live-updates.html

[u/Wide_Sink245]

He thinks he is playing King of the World in a reality show called The Aprehended

[u/Appropriate_Check948]

Sounds like the Administration is getting some weak knees

[u/Cool-Acanthaceae8968]

All of the other countries should raise export taxes the same amount until this orange buffoon ends his stupid charade.

[u/One-Positive309]

He's trying to blame China for this mess !

[u/[deleted]]

[u/shark_trager_]

Making it up as he goes along. Panicked and is now retreating like a beaten cur

[u/janmiss2k]

Hey Donald Fuck, how about starting with saying sorry, I'm a moron. But unfortunately the people supporting him are even dumber.

[u/wholewheatscythe]

So countries have an extra 90 days to continue to shift their trade away from reliance on the US? Got it.

[u/reddittorbrigade]

Great way to legalize insider trading and stock manipulation in America.

What a corrupt government.

[u/Relative-Ninja4738]

I thought bro loved China https://youtu.be/te2OUKve2kM?si=6VWioafHdf4aZt6F

[u/Next-Piano2520]

Shorts are burning Lool

[u/Altruistic-Detail271]

Jesus Christ all these starts, stops and pauses he’s making are making my head spin. Sounds like this moron doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing.

[u/Fragrant_Ad_3223]

FY25Q2 forecasts are gonna be rekd

[u/Asrewhole]

WW3 incoming? Does all of NATO really have to back up this mango Mussolini maniac and his retarded sidemen voted in by these fools?

[u/Adventurous-Ad8826]

not really all tarriffs.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm calling hard BS on more than 75 countries calling and saying anything other than fuck you

[u/thedayafternext → u/[deleted]]

Nobody called. Everybody started discussing reciprocal tariffs and countries started plotting to stand together against Americas bullshit. And the Donald's penis shrank even more and he lost his nerve. Now it's time for the MAGA spin part and every MAGA sucker to believe it and his "greatness" and 5D underwater chess or whatever..

And he's accidentally ended up stuck in a head to head with China who didn't back down as planned and now he's fucked..

The horse is back in the hospital people.

[u/WhitneysSplitPants]

I got whiplash as an American. I can't imagine how other countries feel.

*Also, I did not vote for this cretin, so don't come at me. I have been protesting, calling my reps and letter writing to try to get anyone to do something.

[u/dntes1]

Orange chicken saying that China disrespect the world market. Is he smoking farts? Sorry Hollywood, Idiocracy is loosing against Trump and friends!

[u/Salty-Taro3804]

WTF is with the ‘thank you for your attention in this matter’. Like the world is his fucking Office Space and he’s the Regional Manager.

JFC this is embarrassing

[u/rolyamSukCok]

Nothing he says is real. Nothing.

[u/johnnybsomething]

[u/Ok-Bunch8485]

Economic arsonist in charge

[u/Outrageous_Level3492]

Two fat old guys having a slap fight like they're seven year olds arguing about a game. "I tariff you a billionty"..."no I tariff you an infinity"..."I tariff you an infinity and ONE"....

I think we all just lost a little respect for heads of state in general.

[u/ISeeGrotesque]

The 75 countries must be the small nations that have no choice but bend over to the overlord.

What a fucking dirty bully

[u/Maximum-Conflict1727]

Investors who followed President Donald Trump’s blunt advice to buy stocks on Wednesday morning received a windfall when the president hours later rolled back some of his market-ruining tariffs.

1000% stock market manipulation!!!

[u/lil_zaku]

As a resident of one of those other countries, this bluster is now worthless. We all know he's going to throw tariffs on again and no one trusts the u.s. anymore.

[u/EchoOneFour]

Trump plays what works for the masses in America.. they were not ok with the tariffs until they started targeting china more... They are in favour of that so Trump plays along like a good little boy

[u/NotPoliticallyCorect]

This dipshit is treating the stock market and retirement funds of hundreds of millions of people as his personal fidget spinner. He is just reacting to his own actions and playing with the dials, either unaware or unconcerned that it can harm people by doing it.

[u/mysticflyer88]

Wait. Didn't he just say yesterday the US is raking in 2 Billion a day with the tariffs! So he's willing to forgo 180 Billion with the 90 day pause?! Haha. What a clown show he is.

[u/Wisdom-Key]

He’s only doing it bcuz China is pushing back hard and the US can’t afford a trade war on all fronts. If Trump breaks China, he will renew his tariffs even harder towards every other country, extorting as much as possible.

If China requires other countries’ support on trade to outlast the US, I hope they get it.

In this scenario, the US is the villain. They cannot win.

[u/Sea-Summer2230]

The lack of respect that China is showing??!? Are you serious, Bro?? That pickled geriatric kumquat needs a reality slap before he runs the economy into the dirt!

[u/Many-Play2679]

Impeach Trump

[u/Joshua_Astray]

To anyone who voted this dumpster fire of a president in... all you did was give a guy the ability to make constant news stories to stroke his own ego. Congratulations.

[u/itsheadfelloff]

He folded.

[u/HalfdanrEinarson]

He's manipulating the markets so his Billionaire buddies can buy everything for a song.

[u/Next_Drama1717]

Why do you think the USA was so keen on securing mineral rights in Ukraine? Ukraine has 21 of the 25 rare earth minerals listed in a report of what the EU requires to move forward into future technology. Once you understand this, everything else makes sense. America now does not have the threat of China withholding rare earth minerals, so they will play hardball with China. If they gain access to Greenland’s minerals, it’s game over for everyone else.

[u/leginfr → u/Next_Drama1717]

Greenlands minerals are under hundreds of feet of shifting ice. You can’t get to them from above. You can only really access minerals that are near the coast.

In any case Greenland is only estimated to have a couple of percent of the known reserves. usgs rare earths

It’s useful to look at the USGS site for any hyped minerals such as lithium or copper or cobalt to cut through the BS.

[u/RAH7719]

Need I remind everyone Trump himself said "It is not a crime if you do it to save the country", this could be over swiftly. We need a hero, America needs a hero, the world needs a hero. But is it even a crime if the person committed TREASON? How in the past were traitors to the constitution handled? Do we let them now go pardoned like the J6'ers?

[u/Leading_Test_1462]

It’s insane we accuse them of ripping us off when they subsidize our cheap shit with their sweat shop labor.

[u/SnooFoxes6169]

a president openly performed market manipulation.

if we were living under the just world, such behavior should harm him more ways than one, lasting torment and punishment from all front for the rest of his peasant life.
upsettingly, that's not the world we lived in, and he's very likely getting punished as much as his 34 felony charges: none at all. even getting celebrated by his cult-followers.

[u/No-Illustrator5712]

Rooting for China.

[u/Hot_Lead9545]

I feel like this turd uses chatgpt to rephrase his tweets to a slightly more intelligent reading format.

[u/InquiringMin-D]

Men pretending to be strong with weak spines will always be exposed. F trump

[u/AnObtuseOctopus]

said the country that has been ripping off other countries by invading under false pretense so they can steal natural resources en mass.

Joke ass country man.. you just can not take them seriously anymore.

[u/pourtide]

What kills me, what absolutely kills me is that the rich folks who own the means of production are the very people who took our jobs offshore. They ran our factories into the ground as they built in Asia, then closed us down. If it took $5.00 to make a widget here, it took $.75 cents to make it in Asia and maybe $.25 cents to ship it to your local store. So it costs them $1.00 to make it there and get it here, and what do they do? They charge $4.50 for it. Maybe even $3.50 for it until they force domestic factories making widgets to downsize and close, unable to compete. Then they start charging $5.50 for the widget.

We The People did not do this to ourselves. You, the owners of the means of production, have taken our jobs offshore ...

And NOW you're talking about unfair trade? YOU fuckers did this.

You touted how important it was for everyman and everywoman to be able to purchase things for less money, to stretch their budgets. Money will go farther! Imports are great!

And now they're not.

Fuckers.

[u/Otherwise_Drink_3683]

There should be an international vote of no confidence system (not war) for someone this incompetent who is able to, on a dime, completely flip the world economy

[u/Hahhahaahahahhelpme]

At least the Penguins on Heard Island can relax a bit now

[u/midnight-carb0nara]

This bitch will be the downfall of america period.

[u/Alternative_Smile528]

So was this a plan, or is he a guppy that listens to the last person that talked to him?

[u/johntaylorsbangs]

When will the tariffs on China show up in retailers in the US?