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"It is my opinion that the SUV or, as it is sometimes referred to, Large Engine Vehicle, which does so well in the United States, will be a wonderful addition to the various product lines within Vietnam"

Source: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114784170652465525

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

Vietnam

SUV

Vietnam:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

In other words Vietnamese will not pay extra for US cars but US citizens will pay extra for EVERYTHING that comes from Vietnam. LOL

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Is he aware that us car manufacturing has been decimated by china?

Why would they buy us suv, when china is right there and they can buy straight from the factory?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago

Is he also aware that basically the entire world outside of America thinks American cars are shit?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

"Thank you for your attention to this matter" is a phrase stolen from fifth-rate middle-management corporate power wannabes. We are not his employees and do not work for him. I'd believe him more if he ended his endless emails with "...and always remember. Fuck You".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

transshipping

Did that MAGGOT just say the Bad Bad trans word? How the fuck are his removed followers not trying to Hang him yet?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Vietnam will pay a 20% tariff

He still hasn't learned how they work, has he

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Trump? Learning? Yeah.... nope.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

"we will give you paying us taxes and in exchange we can ravage your economy"

this is a caricature of a caricature of itself. its kind of funny that the literal president of the united states is saying shit like this. this just cannot be true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It is my great honour to announce that I have made a trade deal with the round device on the wall. I bet the batteries, for free and it will correctly tell the time twice a day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

The greatest trade deal of all time.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So American will pay between 20 and 40% tax on goods coming from Vietnam but the Vietnamese can buy US goods with no tax?

Cool.

Do Americans know this?

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

It's protectionism, and the Democrats do. Republicans don't know what a tariff is.

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

It's funny. 20 to 40 tax on Americans and none on the Vietnamese and he thinks that people who make an average of USD$8,000 per year are going to buy $100,000 US SUVs. He's a delusional idiot.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I some times ask myself is it dementia or imbecility?

Does that man understand the bullshit coming out of his holes, or is it the narcism that makes him talk and talk and talk, no matter how much lunacy is it the words leaving him...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If I had no idea who he was, I could give extreme benefit of the doubt and say it's spin. Claiming a loss is really a win.

But we do know who he is, so I'm going with imbecility.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

I clicked on the link and There's no german page for that... but there's a page in Pfälzisch, the dialect people in the german region Palatinate (Pfalz) speak.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Oh man, that's the second time America lost to Vietnam

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

I, for one, have never in my life heard an SUV referred to as a Large Engine Vehicle

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

SUV=SubUrban Vehicle

That's what I thought the acronym stood for when I was younger, because I would usually see them in suburbs. Now that I'm older, I refuse to call them sport utility vehicles because suburban vehicle is a much better description of their intended use-case.

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

Volvos for dads

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

Considering there is nothing sport or utility about them, I think your name for them is fitting.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They're great at driving onto sidewalks, or over the curb if the person in front is taking too long at the drive thru.

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

He still doesnt understand tariffs.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. SUV.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You know, it's getting seriously difficult for me to discern Trump's actual posts from parody accounts.

The way he writes and says things... It just sounds like someone trolling.

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

I almost wonder if there's a PR team making them, trying to impersonate Trump's style.

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

Since he has started signing some of his posts (like my mom signs her texts), I do wonder if the unsigned ones are posted by someone else. Or maybe he just thinks he should sign the Really Important Ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Definitely. This one was not written by him. Too many accurate details about Vietnamese titles and too many long words in general. When he writes his own they are usually in all caps, doesn't contain any large words, but frequently contains typos instead.

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

@Tattorack @Davriellelouna Trump himself is completely out to lunch. He doesn't know what his own policies are, only that he's been told that whatever he just signed will make him look powerful and manly. The handlers running his accounts are just having fun knowing they can make abundantly clear that the dictator has no idea what's going on and civil society is (for now) powerless to do anything. That can only go on for so long...

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 day ago (4 children)

He still doesn't understand how tariffs work.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As I keep saying: It sounds like he thinks the word "tariff" just means "payment". Then he follows that with "[whoever he thinks should make the payment]". Tariff by Apple, Tariff by China, etc. Honestly. I don't know how else you can make it make sense.

https://lemmy.world/comment/17225002

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you seen how tiny the roads are there?

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

You should be able to fit at least one SUV:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

That's an alley, not a road. They have perfectly normal sized roads in Vietnam.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

You can totally fit 3!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And how shitty american cars are?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

And how close japan and China are?

[–] [email protected] 256 points 2 days ago (25 children)

Yes, the country known for driving scooters instead of cars will start buying SUVs that don't even fit the streets in many cities

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Lol, one visit to Vietnam can easily show you why an SUV is not going to be a hit there. It's basically motorcycle country. Cars are pretty common too, but motorcycles are basically THE form of transportation there.

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

Unfortunately their governemnt is investing heavily into car only infrastructure which bikes aren't allowed to use. It's frustrating to see considering their cities are already at maximum traffic with motorbikes alone. Adding cars to the mix there just isn't possible.

Also there's no way that US automakers will be able to outcompete Vinfast and Chinese EVs who are working with better subsidies and significantly cheaper labor.

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