THE TRUMP 2024 THREAD

[Thebrownblob]

I immediately am personally attacked when I bring up the fact that we have lots of high tech manufacturing. Our durable goods manufacturing base is nothing to sneeze at. Pretending like this whacky on-pause-off-gimmicky tariff “policy” is going to strengthen our economy is not based in any historical fact.

But keep attacking me. I know you’re good at that, at least.

OK, my friend the typical narcissist it’s everyone else not you. You do realize you have a lot more in common with Trump than you’d like to admit? Mine was just friendly advice. Makes no difference to me if you want to be banned here every couple weeks because I’m certain you don’t believe you’ve done anything wrong ever in your life most likely. And I simply pointed out what I believed Trump’s strategy was and you acted like that’s not possible and shocking. That’s because you don’t just disagree with Trump. You hate him and it’s not healthy.

I’m not going to cheer for Trump to lose just like I didn’t cheer for Joe Biden to lose even though the American people clearly thought he did.

He’s Only here for 4 years, so relax

 

[Box Ox]

 

[Thebrownblob]

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I think people and especially the American people will pay whatever price they want for their pleasure items. The last couple months was lots of complaints about Nintendo‘s new switch 2 being super expensive as well as the games being $90.

Didn’t stop Pre orders from being sold out in just two days.

You'll likely get your hands on a Nintendo Switch 2 at launch despite recent tariff concerns

Even with a pre-order delay, Nintendo’s clever planning and tariff reversals mean U.S. gamers might not miss out.

www.techloy.com

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders latest updates: Console remains sold out at GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others

The new console will officially be available on June 5.

www.engadget.com

 

[Thebrownblob]

So it’s for show? We’re not going to get back all our low tech widget manufacturing and textile factories?

You do realize the “for show” part was referring to you?

 

[oldngray]

I think people and especially the American people will pay whatever price they want for their pleasure items. The last couple months was lots of complaints about Nintendo‘s new switch 2 being super expensive as well as the games being $90.

Didn’t stop Pre orders from being sold out in just two days.

You'll likely get your hands on a Nintendo Switch 2 at launch despite recent tariff concerns

Even with a pre-order delay, Nintendo’s clever planning and tariff reversals mean U.S. gamers might not miss out.

www.techloy.com

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders latest updates: Console remains sold out at GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others

The new console will officially be available on June 5.

www.engadget.com

 

[Thebrownblob]

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I didn’t think it would sell out, but it did. Pretty much $700 if you buy the system one game and an extra controller. Crazy.

 

[vantexan]

We do have heavy equipment and tech. Are you kidding?

A lot of what we have is designed here and made elsewhere. We do build cars and planes but a lot of the components are made elsewhere. And enough of the cars are built elsewhere too by our own companies that it very much affects employment here. So much so that normally Democrat supporting unions like the UAW are very supportive of what Trump is doing. This is what gets me. Diehard Democrats, rather than recognizing anything Trump is doing is good for Labor and thus for the country, look at unions who've voiced approval of his policies as traitors. Which always begs the question, who are Democrats loyal to first, their country or their party?

 

[newfie]

Ok

By the way, after today, I’ve made all my money back on the stock market that I “lost”. So much drama.

me too now waiting for the next surge

 

[newfie]

So it’s for show? We’re not going to get back all our low tech widget manufacturing and textile factories?

We're still starting the first quarter and everyone is eager to predict the end game

 

[Thebrownblob]

We're still starting the first quarter and everyone is eager to predict the end game

I’ve already stated I have serious doubts that Trump can succeeded. Not necessarily because I disagree with everything he’s trying to do, but because I understand the political cycle and this country makes it difficult for any real change.

 

[newfie]

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that actually made sense to me. my grandson has so many toys he cant play with them all. I keep wanting to ask why do you keep buying more?

 

[Box Ox]

that actually made sense to me. my grandson has so many toys he cant play with them all. I keep wanting to ask why do you keep buying more?

Exaclty. Trump knows what's good for him. Time to cut back, kiddo!

 

[vantexan]

I'm sitting in a very nice room in a very nice Hilton hotel in downtown Atlanta. Visiting a cousin who has 6 kids and not enough room so his wife, who has a job at another big hotel in Atlanta, used her discount to get me this room for $63 a night for four nights. Normally goes for hundreds. One thing it makes you realize after spending years in my little podunk hometown is just how much wealth is in this country.

 

[newfie]

Exaclty. Trump knows what's good for him. Time to cut back, kiddo!

well that takes it to the other extreme. i think trumps point is maybe we can buy a few less toys and still be ok. when i grew up i had some toys but not anywhere that many. I learned to be creative and take ordinary things like sticks and rocks and whatever was laying around and turn it into something. that was actually more fun at times than the toys.

 

[Thebrownblob]

well that takes it to the other extreme. i think trumps point is maybe we can buy a few less toys and still be ok. when i grew up i had some toys but not anywhere that many. I learned to be creative and take ordinary things like sticks and rocks and whatever was laying around and turn it into something. that was actually more fun at times than the toys.

When my oldest daughter had her first Christmas that she really understood what getting presents meant she was probably six or seven years old. We kind of went wild with buying toys and gifts, and I remember watching her open her gifts and when she was done, she was surrounded by a bunch of unboxed toys and her first question was…. “Is that all?”. it was right then that my wife and I understood we had made a huge mistake from that point forward our kids only received a couple of meaningful gifts every Christmas.

 

[Box Ox]

Exaclty. Trump knows what's good for him. Time to cut back, kiddo!

well that takes it to the other extreme. i think trumps point is maybe we can buy a few less toys and still be ok. when i grew up i had some toys but not anywhere that many. I learned to be creative and take ordinary things like sticks and rocks and whatever was laying around and turn it into something. that was actually more fun at times than the toys.

It's time to go back to sticks and rocks now that the Trump tariffs are here.

 

[vantexan]

When my oldest daughter had her first Christmas that she really understood what meant she was probably six or seven years old. We kind of went wild with buying toys and gifts, and I remember watching her open her gifts and when she was done, she was surrounded by a bunch of unboxed toys and her first question was…. “Is that all?”. it was right then that my wife and I understood we had made a huge mistake from that point forward our kids only received a couple of meaningful gifts every Christmas.

Made me think of how quickly my brother and I broke our gifts shortly after Christmas.

 

[Thebrownblob]

It's time to go back to sticks and rocks now that the Trump tariffs are here.

I think the bigger problem is the big kids kind of like the ones who are probably 30 to 50 years old buying a Nintendo switch 2 for around $700 I doubt that’s very many 10-year-olds.

 

[vantexan]

It's time to go back to sticks and rocks now that the Trump tariffs are here.

This is the Super Bowl of capitalism. If there's a need that will make someone money filling it, then someone will find a way.

 

[Box Ox]

It's time to go back to sticks and rocks now that the Trump tariffs are here.

This is the Super Bowl of capitalism.

Barriers to free trade?