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Fun Fact, since executive orders really only apply to the operations of the federal government and its employees, the Tariffs aren't actually legal.
Big shipping magnates and importers could probably sue the federal government over any attempt to enforce the tariff, ignoring them all the while.
patriotic but doesn't want to support american business?
that's called being a dumb bitch, and you can quote me on that
This tweet is essentially:
You promised to lower prices, but prices went up, this is NOT what I voted for.
For it to be LAMF, you have to actually get what you're expecting others to get. The person you voted for NOT doing what they promised to do is literally the opposite of LAMF.
Basically:
I voted for the Leopards Eating Faces party, I never thought they'd...wait, they're not eating anyone's faces
is the equivalent of the situation happening here.
Not LAMF.
You're not wrong. I'd say this post is LAMF adjacent. Not directly LAMF.
I think even 'adjacent' is giving it too much credit.
After all, what's happened is the literal opposite of what they wanted, while LAMF requires that the thing you supported happening is what happens, you just thought it'd happen to others and not you.
Trump promised to do tariffs. People assumed other countries would pay the cost so that was good. It turns out they are paying the cost.
It would be straight up LAMF if the tariffs were front of mind when they voted. But inflation was what they were most concerned with, and they either didn't pay attention to Trump's tariff talk or assumed it wouldn't be them paying the tariffs... you could say it's not directly LAMF because people don't understand the connection between higher tariffs and higher prices, but definitely LAMF adjacent because of the widespread assumption that people in other countries would be paying the tariffs, not them.
Mr. President, this is NOT what I voted for.
Yes it is. This is exactly what you voted for. Trump 1 told you exactly how Trump 2 was going to go. We're all eating shit, but I am happy your shit sandwich is slightly more unpalatable to you.
Reality is the president doesn't, or more accurately, shouldn't control the economy.
...Perhaps utterly worshipping one man was not the best idea? As history has repeatedly shown?
Oh boy, history repeatedly shows how everything goes south.
This mantra of individual responsibility is getting the US nowhere. Billionaires learned how to work collectively while one half of Americans blamed the other half for the problems the billionaires invented. Get your shit together and stop blaming your neighbor
I meant indviduals more than individualism.
This feels like religious worship, or influencer worship, to me. At least for some people I've observed.
What do you think happens when a candidate receives enormous financial support and is somewhat charismatic? It's not these people who complain about the groceries to blame.
American? Or... Bangladeshi, Indian Kenyan, or maybe Russian?
Same dinner two years in a row, this is some true conservative vibe !
Let's be real, if the media called import taxes "import taxes" and not "teriffs" Trump's import tax campaign would've much more rapidly collapsed
I've seen 5 guys praying together with a single woman. Well it looked like she was praying for a few minutes.
"Oh God" is a prayer right? In that cases she was praying again and again and again.
Guys can only pray with 5 guys at one time unless the other guys are praying too with others. Yeah they usually also scream oh god too.
She voted for the racism. Not the taxes.
Mr. President, this is NOT what I voted for.
"Karma is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.... [It's] often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein individuals' intent and actions (cause) influence their future "
In the Bible it sez something like "As you vote, so shall you reap!"
I feel like some of the people here should consider why we all know she would vote the same way if an election was held immediately after making this post.
They are getting something that they desire more than lower grocery costs or anything sane things any sane person would value.
They are getting to hurt marginalized people with their votes.
This is their single voter issue, and its the reason why no matter how much they've shot themselves in the foot, they'll buy that 500 dollar advil their insurance denied coverage for and load up another shell.
They don't evaluate politicians based on if they're happy. They evaluate politicians based on if who they hate feel sad.
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"this is NOT what I thought I voted for when I knowingly voted to be taxed on all foreign food and to lock up the people picking domestic food" ...Well, then what did you think you were voting for?
when I knowingly voted to be taxed on all foreign food
You're assuming "knowingly". Trump told people tariffs were going to lower costs, falsely claiming that the foreign countries would be picking up that tab. If person X doesn't independently know/learn that tariffs basically never work that way, then the OP reaction makes perfect sense.
This also isn't LAMF at all—LAMF is about supporting something being done, but expecting (without evidence) that it will only be done to Others, and not you. She obviously didn't support raising prices at all—the person you voted for NOT doing as they promised is failing to meet the most fundamental requirement for an LAMF situation.
Of course it is. Also, you knew better, but you did it anyway.
She didn't knew better because she is dumb though.
I bet someone she knows explained it to her, but rather than let herself be convinced, she doubled down.
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I'd be curious to find out what all of these "this is not what I voted for" people thought they were actually voting for and why they thought that
After Covid the recovery was K shaped. So the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Trump was hammering out covid benefits, which actually helped a lot of people and before that the economy was doing well. A good bit of that was that Obama left it that way and the Republicans were divided enough to stop Trump from being as bad as he is today.
So a lot of them just looked back and saw that they did better under Trump then Biden and voted for Trump.
(Biden tried to do industrial policy, but that takes time, was delayed and money was spend baldy due to corruption. However the general plan was decent.)
Trump promised to lower prices. A complaint after he is in office about rising prices should make it very obvious what those people thought they were voting for.
They thought abusing brown people would magically fix all the things they told were bad like universal healthcare, feeding children, and safety regulations.
They actually thought things would be cheaper with tariffs because Trump said so. They are hateful morons.
They are not even thinking that deep. They just think handing assholes with power even more power is how to create more prosperity.
They were voting for racism
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A con man conned you and bankrupted the country that’s exactly what you voted for 3 times
ok, cool, now stfu and go back to foxnews and church; u must be exhausted after your heroic tweeting.
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