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"Well, they did sign up for it, actually. And this is what I campaigned on," Trump said of the tariffs during an interview with ABC News that aired Tuesday.

And you can't really argue with that.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok this is the third thing he says i agree with in these 100 days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (26 children)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now when we tell people they voted for this we can point them to their best buddy saying it too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exactly, this is not the policies of just one (although completely mental) guy. This is republican politics.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

Oh my God, the leopards can speak!!!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

And not a one, including himself, understood what tariffs were.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I agree with him on this one. Leopards meet face.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of the few times I agree with this flatulent.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you lie so much you'll have trouble keeping your story straight, and eventually make a mistake and drop a few truths in there somewhere

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

a qoute from a ds9 character, you never tell the same lie twice.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

They did vote for him. Too bad most of his voters will hurt the most

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Congrats, you voted to become poorer.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I didn't back him. I didn't sign up. Can I be excused please?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta read the fine print. And by fine print I mean Ariel Black 72pt.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

This is why I think Trump stickers next to prices should say, "You did this." He not only won't except blame for anything but he'll gladly shift blame to the people he's hurting the most.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yes. Unfortunately we all have to suffer because a quarter of the US population is as ignorant as a box of rocks.

That being said, he also has the option of not destroying the US economy. Nobody is forcing him to recklessly abolish society.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

A box of rocks would at least have the sense not to vote for a fascist criminal.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Eventually he farts out a truth... You got what you voted for. It's just the many morons that voted didn't understand tariffs, basic human decency, or that fascism=bad.

[–] MyNamesTotallyRobert 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

voters threw away their future so they could "help" the poor people in Gaza from getting bombed by "the evil democrats". I SWORE UP AND DOWN voluntarily making things worse for us because it might help some poor people on the other side of the world was the wrong move and I was vilified for this opinion by everyone in existence.

Now Gaza is still getting bombed and they are additionally committing war crimes against American people instead of just Gazans. Fuck me. Even feral animals have the ability to watch out for themselves better than this season's swing voters did.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm convinced those people spamming that shit were bots / Russians / shills. Because as soon as the Democrats lost, they were gone.

The problem is that the damage was done. For all of the intellectual superiority we like to profess, plenty on the left are dumb as bricks and easily swayed by propaganda and bullshit.

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

Someone smarter than me once said:

The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.......

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

From https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Well I didn't back you, clown. Tariffs should then apply only to MAGAt morons and lazy ass ButBothSides types

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Given the way voters and non voters work, it’s pretty clear that there was a huge number how voted or de facto voted for him.

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