Mr Bee

If you go back to his videos from the 80s you'll find he was always a big believer in tariffs. I think he genuinely thinks they can be used to replace...

They thought he wouldn't do that. That being said he needs to pay for those tax cuts somehow. The assumption was that he'll inflate the national debt ...

Agreed. The amoral asshole was preferred by Wall St primarily because such a person wouldn't go after their interests. The establishment is more terri...

He's an ideologue when it comes to trade. He's been singing about his love for tariffs for as long as Bernie has been going on about universal healthc...

"Hey tariffs will make things cost more but at least there's less government spending on social security" isn't the win you think it is.

Not enough to offset the tax from his tariffs and the gutting of government programs from DOGE. But hey no taxes on tips... if we're lucky.

I see no world where Vance becomes president because either Trump succeeds in dismantling US democracy in which case he'll just stay in until he dies,...

It's also the same reason why Trump's attempts to woo Russia away from China are doomed to fail, which is that nobody expects his policies to actually...

And they deserve everything that comes from that if they keep wanting to flirt with this moron. Despite the efforts of many to tell them about his tar...

An even bigger risk is suddenly making enemies of the allies you depend upon without a plan.

Don't forget China, which probably stands to benefit the most from all of this.

That is the only risk I see from all of this. I don't think Russia would invade NATO countries (but who knows given what Trump has done to it) but I d...

Except for the part where he said he'd immediately bring down prices.

Last I checked, his supporters wanted him to address high prices and immigration while downplaying the possibility he'd do the rest.

Because I've seen this play from you before and I know you're not speculating in good faith. Trump is literally doing a worse version of what Biden di...

Given that Israel has stomached becoming a rogue state for over a year then I don't see how Trump can use international criticism as a threat, especia...

Curious were you saying this about Biden's Gaza policy?

If people have been asking questions like this, we wouldn't be in this mess.

He was on the brink of starting a global trade war a day earlier before chickening out so I don't think anything is far-fetched. Pushing for a ceasefi...

And... as it turns out, it was too early to celebrate.

Not surprisingly you're splitting hairs again.

You literally called them fascist in your other post: All I'm asking is for you to be consistent. As far as I can tell there's not much of a distincti...

Hey I'm only going off your definition of fascism here. If you felt the need to call the EU "fascists" earlier then you should do the same for Trump a...

Nobody elected Elon Musk either but Trump is using the weight of the US empire to pressure the UK to not taxing tech billionaires like him.

Of course. One is a more left leaning group going after a right leaning country while the other is a right leaning country going after a left leaning ...

I mean by your own metrics, it seems like he's already being a fascist if these past few weeks mean anything: Trump threatens retaliation against UK o...

I never said he would or that I expect any of his plans to do that (quite the opposite as you've pointed out). But I'm saying that people genuinely ex...

Well, let's all hope that Trump will actually get prices to go down because that's apparently the trade that alot of American voters have made for thi...

I mean we should never underestimate Bibi's ability to undermine any potential for peace, but it will be a total failure of the Biden policy if it goe...

He has the appearance of a populist because calls out the elites when it comes to things like censorship (particularly censorship of him) or when they...

This is the problem with Trump's theory of economic change which is that it completely ignores the role of big business in getting us where we are. It...

The irony is that empowering labor unions is what you wouldn't want if you want to encourage US onshoring. Businesses don't build in the US because th...

They'll still be hurt regardless. Whatever will be made in the US will be more expensive and retailers will have to bear that cost or make prices high...

A lot of those businesses rely on imports and they're the ones who have to pay for the tariffs. As for manufacturing, it's not clear 25% tariffs will ...

Well he just said he plans to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, so he probably has plans for the EU too. Personally I'd say call his bluff. He ...

Honestly I hope he follows through on this since that was what the people voted for. He doesn't really need congress to do either mass deportations or...

What do you think he would do in a second term?

Sure. My general point is that the Democrats need a more bold vision than what they have been doing which is offering essentially the status quo with ...

Given how they've treated him it seems more like they fear Bernie than simply disagree with him. Biden was a mediocre politician who came in 4th in Io...

Sounds like the general assessment I've been hearing is that the party needs to stop being oversensitive social justice warriors while focusing more o...

Nobody who's serious thought we'd reach 1.5C anyways even if we collectively got our act together. The 2030 goals are unrealistic too given how we lik...

Out of all the proposals, as with tariffs, it's popular, but the least popular out of the other options. Polls often also show a bigger support for a ...

I'm pretty sure campaigning with the Cheneys while snubbing the left on Gaza contributed to that. Perhaps stop trying to court this mythical sane Repu...

I disagree that Trump has moderated alot of his positions. In fact he seems to be moving to the extremes on issues like immigration (where he wants ma...

Also ditch all the social stuff while you're at it. Nobody cares about identity politics or whether someone says mean words. The solution isn't that h...

The IRA was the only reason why I wanted Harris to win since she literally has nothing on climate for me to care about. She would've continued the fun...

Trade policy since we're talking about it. A global trade war sounds like it'd be pretty bad for everyone including the US ironically enough. Exactly ...

One can argue that the current situation is a crisis, or has the potential to lead to one. At the very least I think alot of countries are gonna reass...

Tariffs only work with regards to the US-China/India trade relationship. You mentioned how places like Canada and Japan will invest more in the US bec...

Yeah but it probably won't beat places like China and India given how much more lax their regulations are. Those are the countries they need to compet...