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[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 53 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wow, he sure showed China who's boss 🤡

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

AND the stock market ROARS BACK to… 80% of previous baseline. O the winning!

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You mean the USA capitulated to the one and only demand China had. And now we are back where we werr before the trade war started, but in a much worse position.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago

Trump, the pump and dump president

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Yes, but he gets to claim victory.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 31 points 5 days ago

Fake trade war was 'solved' to still impose more import taxes on the US consumer. These people couldn't negotiate their way out of a plastic, sealed, bag.

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 26 points 5 days ago

NOOOO PLS LET IT CONTINUEEE I WAS ENJOYING THE SHOW

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So what has changed from before all of this? What have they agreed to that makes this all worth while?

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A 90 day truce while China accepts 30% US tariffs for that time.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
  • US put up tariffs
  • Chine put them up in response
  • They now both drop them for 90 days

Nothing has been achieved.

What goal are we closer to? What does Trump want to get out of these negotiations?

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

He's on video congratulating people like Charles Schwab making 2.5 billion dollars from his constantly changing tariffs, so...

Probably that. Occam's razor and all

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Well, there was a little bit of Insider Trading, so fortunes were made..... Oh, you mean worth while for the Country? There was nothing gained, nothing. But a lot was lost...

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Now it's up to the justice department to obtain details about shorts made prior to the tariff war and investments made prior to the reconciliation so they can prosecute anybody who performed blatant market manipulation.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Y'know they couldn't even bust him for stealing nuclear secrets to sell to the Saudis.

[–] DoGeeseSeeGod@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Like honestly I'm mad about this and idk why. Like I know the tariffs were ass fucking backwards stupid and would likely cost me my job. I know Trump is a spineless piece of shit conman croward. But come on. All this fucking bark, and and we got what like 2 days of actual tariffs being levied and he backs off? Like I wish the piece of shit and his whole admin would die so very very very painfully, and yet he is able to disappoint me?

I know i should feel grateful, so yay for not totally fucking up the economy for next 90 days, hopefully, you spineless rotting cumstain

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Don’t worry. The economy is still going to get fucked up but at least there is an end date on it.

But let’s be real. It’s not over.

[–] Mediocre_chad@piefed.social 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh goodie! It's all better now that we'll only have to pay an arbitrary 30% more for goods from China! Whew, glad they saved the day! Long live fascicapitalism!

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

For now, so far trump always chicken out (TACO)

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 days ago
[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

Nothing ever happens 📈📈📈📈

[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Regardless of any outcome, Drumpf was always going to claim a resounding victory.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The facepalm admin

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

De minimus exemption is still dead, right?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

Aww, how sweet