Smartphones and computer now exempted from the China tariffs. I thought the plan was to have thousands of Americans putting in tiny screws on iPhones?
This is confusing.
This is confusing.
The Trump Presidency : Part 2
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Ashwin @AR87 are here to discuss two "on-paper" not great results for United over the last week, but are there positive signs of progress despite what the ex-United pundits are saying?
They also preview the big game Europa League game against Lyon.
He’s folding more and more by the day. China just has to never take the phone and he’ll end up removing the lot by the month
But but that’s the art of the deal right? The master negotiator, business man supreme.
Ok, but apart from smartphones and computers, what have the Chinese ever done for us?
Agreed. China have all the cards and Xi probably isn’t going to capitulate when he knows he has Trump on the economic ropes.
And even if they don't, we are talking about a country that starved and purged 70 millions of its own people for industrialisation + Mao's little book burning hissy fit. The idea that the average US citizen can or even willing to endure more hardship in a prolonged trade war is fanciful at best.
Clothes, toys, you name it.
Our weaknesses relative to China are serious. The way to deal with them should be measured, gradual and consistent. It should also involve agreements with other countries, like Europe and Canada.
Since “Liberation Day,” Trump was trying to rally our “allies” against China. Well, it would’ve been smarter 1) to exempt them from tariffs; 2) not spend 80 days insulting every European country and Canada.
He should know that having our allies in this “trade war” with China (which I personally don’t like) would put us in a better position, just like having them on our side in an actual war would put us in a better position. There are 4-5 Chinese for every American!
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This is so important.
Yup. It’s hypocrisy all the way down. Hypocrisy is a virtue to fascists.
She’s only 18 months older than me. She’s 27 years younger than my mum yet she looks almost as old as her. And her husband is in his sixties and therefore old enough to be her dad. Yet the Republicans have the bare-faced cheek to try to lecture us on morals.
Yup. Pete Hegseth, or should I say Kegbreath, is a passionate white supremacist. He hates everybody who isn’t white, male, heterosexual, cisgender, Christian, and neurotypical. He’s a horrible fecking cnut and I hate him.
Why?
I fecking hate Bill Maher and always have been. He’s a conservative liberal and centre-right at the very best, yet the right somehow think that he’s a super lefty. Imagine considering Kid Rock of all people to be a friend.
This is definitely my favourite bit.
Maher also had the Nazi-saluting alcoholic cnut Bannon on his show yesterday and treated him as just another bro. So yeah feck him
"Never interrupt your opponent while he is in the middle of making a mistake" - The Art of the Deal
Imagine starting a trade war with the country that makes literally everything for the whole world 
Was Bill Maher always this bad? I thought they had teams of writers.. The canned laughter made it worse because it was so unfunny so just seemed weird
Maher is simply making the well known migration of the purported liberal centre-left individual to the right.
It has been witnessed for generations. I remember my grandparents telling me about them watching Oswald Mosley making the same journey when they were young.
At least Maher will be able to write endless columns for Spiked. If he was British he would also be given a seat in the House of Lords.
It has been witnessed for generations. I remember my grandparents telling me about them watching Oswald Mosley making the same journey when they were young.
At least Maher will be able to write endless columns for Spiked. If he was British he would also be given a seat in the House of Lords.
I’ve hated him since I first heard of him about eight years ago because he hates Muslims and is part of the New Atheist movement.
Oh god, Spiked. That’s an utter rag of a publication. I hate it. Especially that fiveheaded cnut Brendan O’Neill.
He's had his moments tbf, but he's also always been a bit of an insecure cnut with some wacky opinions.
Yeah, he’s always been a self-righteous wanker. I guess I’d never heard him try stand up before though so was a bit surprised at how tragic it was.
Don't forget Frank Furedi. A man who was a Communist and genuinely wrote excellent books on British colonialism, including The Mau Mau War in Perspective, The New Ideology of Imperialism and The Silent War. A brilliant take on British colonial abuses in the 1950s.
Now he is writing pieces titled "In 2024, the war on Britain’s past became unhinged" for Spiked.
damn. That’s upsetting.
Xi and Putin have apparently read this.
Twice if we count the 2018-2020 one.Imagine starting a trade war with the country that makes literally everything for the whole world
The epitome of a useful idiot
Trump Eyes Overhaul of University Accreditation as Political Weapon
What Happened: Trump is gearing up to overhaul the U.S. college accreditation system as part of a wider assault on higher education. His regime is reportedly exploring ways to let states bypass traditional accreditors, punish schools that support DEI, immigrant, or LGBTQ rights, and approve new partisan “Trump-friendly” accrediting bodies.Why It Matters: Accreditation is the gateway to federal financial aid — without it, universities and students lose billions. Trump’s plan would destroy academic independence, turn education into a political loyalty test, and flood the system with sham, propaganda-driven schools modeled after “Trump University.”
Source: The Guardian
https://trumptyrannytracker.substac...-university-accreditation-as-political-weapon
Its very impressive how much he gets done (or tries to) despite taking all those golf breaks.. Not even joking.. he's doesnt stop.
He has a ton of people that are working on these things and he takes credit for all of them. He's the useful idiot they need to get their agenda done.
If you’re not really thinking that much or studying something deeply before acting, you can take decisions quite fast.
It’s the careful consideration of your actions that slows people down.
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Not just golf, he is at the UFC tonight, loving the attention of course.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
Slowly we will be back at square 1.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
He has lost the trade war. Embarrassing.
Harvard law professor on the attack on the rule of law in the US and how it will be bad for business. Remarkable that the US now has distinct emerging market risks for businesses and investors alike.
https://www.ft.com/content/cc498e08-7765-45ee-bfa3-5520e754f325
https://www.ft.com/content/cc498e08-7765-45ee-bfa3-5520e754f325
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20xn626y81o
Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs
What a wuss!
Maher is a creepy fool. He been sucked in by Trump being nice to him for one meeting, so then talks positively about him, ignoring his ridiculous policies and public comments.
No one can work with Trump. He is a corrupt narcissist.
Trump folding like a zhezhi dildo.
Maher reminds me of a slightly less right wing Bill O'Reilly.
the tech bros paid for this exemption before the election
they’re all scum who sold out their country for profit and I hope history remembers them that way, but I doubt it
they’re all scum who sold out their country for profit and I hope history remembers them that way, but I doubt it