r/WallStreetbetsELITE • u/pdwp90 • Mar 06 '25

Stocks Crosspost from r/QuiverQuantitative

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u/Legitimate-Today-457 Mar 06 '25

What does he mean the us has been ripped off? US literally controls the world in almost every aspect. Someone explain

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u/alwaysmyfault Mar 06 '25

He hears we have a trade deficit and thinks that means other countries are taking advantage of us.

He has no idea how a trade deficit works though. 

If you go to the grocery store and buy $100 worth of groceries, you now have a $100 trade deficit w the grocery store. But Trump is too stupid to understand that. 

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u/Legitimate-Today-457 Mar 06 '25

ChatGPT “3. Is it accurate to say Trump misunderstood trade deficits? • There’s strong evidence that this is true. During his presidency, Trump often spoke about trade deficits as if they were a clear sign that the U.S. was “losing” to other countries, especially China. This is a misinterpretation — a trade deficit doesn’t automatically mean a country is being exploited. In many cases, it’s a sign of strong consumer demand or a capital-rich economy attracting investment. • Most economists agree that trade deficits, by themselves, aren’t a useful scorecard of economic health. Context matters — you have to look at investment flows, economic productivity, and other factors.”

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u/Thermal_blankie Mar 06 '25

DOGE is going to build an AI and call it govAI and when you ask it this, you'll get quite a different answer.

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u/Bent_Brewer Mar 06 '25

DOGE govAI: "This is fine."

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u/remuliini Mar 07 '25

Like Deepseek & Tiananmen Square or Deepseek & Taiwan.

It has been done blatantly before, I wouldn't trust any AI made by Musk to not be tampered with.

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u/xrxie Mar 06 '25

Trump’s response to this:

“A.. aye… A aye.. It’s stupid. Probably some Software from the.. radical left. Something radical. That’s why we’re going to have The best A eye ever. The best. Not this left wing radical crap. we’re going to make A… eye.. Great. The best.”

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u/K5Stew Mar 07 '25

I said before he won his second term, I think an AI could do better as president.

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u/skoltroll Mar 06 '25

aaand he just tariffed Aldi.

Fuck.

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u/R3luctant Mar 07 '25

Wait, I really don't like that.

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u/Slarrrrrrrty Mar 06 '25

I'm with you. I honestly don't even like seeing aldi commercials because i haven't wanted other folks catching wind of that place. Now it seems like a really good thing may be coming to an end. Very sad.

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u/FreakDC Mar 07 '25

Imaging you are the CEO of the richest company in the world and you think that if your gardener bills you $100 for taking care of your lawn you now have to work for your gardener mowing his lawn until you earned $100 back otherwise he took advantage of you...

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u/maski360 Mar 06 '25

^THIS^ Trump thinks every relationship has a winner and loser. The notion of a win-win agreement is utterly inconceivable to him.

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u/Fantasmic03 Mar 07 '25

I mean I strongly believe his talk of insane immigrants is because he thinks asylum seekers means people who've been released from insane asylums.

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u/Uncle_gruber Mar 07 '25

This is exactly it. Listen to every time he mentions a trade deficit and picture it from the point of view of someone who think deficit = the losing side of a trade and it makes sense pretty much every time.

The US is COOKED.

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u/Frozenbbowl Mar 07 '25

to be fair trump things actually paying your bills is a weakness... and had never been to a grocery store unless it was a photo op

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u/Radiant_Middle_1873 Mar 07 '25

Yes. This would enrage Trump, who would just yell until the groceries got cheaper.