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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How bout a 100% tarrif on spray tan

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is literally fucking up the plans for my r&d company in a serious way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Should've picked any other country mate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I hear you, but as an example, Japan is one of the only few that make one of the particular alloys we need.

Do I want to support my local community? Yes.

Does my local community have the answers to everything, generally? No.

And we're a niche company, no way us steel is going to go through the expense of building the process for us.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

In other news, the price of US made steel and aluminium increased by 24.9%.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Any bets on if he will actually follow through? Or is it gonna be 4 years of playing tariff chicken?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you need a new car, appliance or whatever, buy it now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

used market about to blow up over the next 4 years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“I don’t believe you”

—Ron Burgundy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Cause that's how you spur the creation of domestic factories, don't ya know