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“This is what I voted for?”: Trump supporter loses farm and income to tariffs, only to be mocked online (wtfdetective.blog)
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A small business owner who voted for Donald Trump recently posted a video on TikTok, pleading for help as crushing tariffs on China threatened to bankrupt his operation, which imports alloy wheels. His call for support, however, drew little sympathy from some fellow Americans.

“Votes have consequences,” he was told, with many comments from Twitter/X users relishing the notion that another MAGA voter was suffering because of their political choice. The backlash prompted a second video from the man, in which he dropped several F-bombs while criticizing the apparent heartlessness of those celebrating his hardship.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 29 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

When Trump first started talking about tariffs this is exactly what everybody said. Unless you also introduce schemes to assist with setting up infrastructure in the US then the tariffs are not going to have the desired effect.

Nobody is going to set up a factory if there's every possibility that the tariffs will go away at some point in the next 4 years. Not unless the cost of setting up that factory is ameliorated somehow. Otherwise companies are just going to accept they're going to get fewer orders from the US for the next few years.

Especially if setting up a factory in another country means that your staff are likely to get abducted by ICE for no reason.

[–] sundaymidnight@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

oh, the last part is terrifyingly realistic 😅

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't that happen in Georgia or something?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Yes, at a Hyundai plant. Trump is a fucking idiot.