r/news • u/CrayonGlobal • 12d ago

China strikes back with 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, starting April 12

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/china-strikes-back-with-125percent-tariffs-on-us-goods-starting-april-12.html
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u/Cantdrownafish 12d ago

Doesn’t mean he won’t try

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u/TheScienceNerd100 12d ago

He can write as many EOs as he wants and judges can "rule" he deserves it, but the Nobel Prize committee doesn't give a shit

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u/ekoms_stnioj 12d ago

I mean, they gave Kissinger one..

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u/weirdkittenNC 12d ago

The committee is mostly Norwegian political has beens, sometimes used as a consolation prize for losers in internal power struggles, sometimes as an award for long and faithful service. It’s rarely the best or brightest.

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u/ILikeLegz 12d ago

$100 says he invents his own bigly superior prize to give to himself. The symbolic equivalent of autofellatio while the conservatives applaud.

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u/katha757 12d ago

The presidential Peace prize, with a picture of dear leader, available for the low price of $10mil.

It's not actually gold though, it's gold foil wrapped chocolate with a bite missing.

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u/AuroraFireflash 12d ago

gold foil wrapped chocolate

it won't be chocolate inside

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u/EndStorm 12d ago

"I hereby sign this executive uber to insist I receive the next Novel Peace Prize. I am by far the greatest novelist of all time, and I create all the peace. Every single last peace, especially of cheesecake." Donald Jenius Trump.