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JohnSJ

(98,430 posts) Mon Apr 7, 2025, 11:23 AM Apr 7

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Per Bloomberg TV: "Trump threatens 50% additional tariff on China starting April 9 if they don't remove the [View all]

reciprocal tariffs."

This jackass thinks threatening China will cause them to "bend".

Also I believe the TicTok talks are off the table.

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Per Bloomberg TV: "Trump threatens 50% additional tariff on China starting April 9 if they don't remove the [View all] JohnSJ Apr 7 OP

Holding pattern is over fire sale now JCMach1 Apr 7 #1

We need China, more than China needs us! Omnipresent Apr 7 #2

I don't know, but I know one thing, China can deal with hardship a hell of lot better than people in the U.S. just based JohnSJ Apr 7 #7

China is busy making deals with EU Canada S. Korea and Japan lapfog_1 Apr 7 #3

It's a very new day when Japan partners with China. yardwork Apr 7 #8

+1. A significant development dalton99a Apr 7 #11

Im starting to think no one called him this weekend Johonny Apr 7 #4

Xi didn't call to congratulate him on his golf victory newdeal2 Apr 7 #6

He's going after Great Depression records newdeal2 Apr 7 #5

China can withstand this tariff war better than we can. Ocelot II Apr 7 #9

I don't know about a 100% tariff, but I think that even a 50% tariff against China, they can still be price competitive, JohnSJ Apr 7 #14

C'mon make it a million zillion % aeromanKC Apr 7 #10

Walmart shoppers won't notice anything dalton99a Apr 7 #12

The most astonishing think is that the jackass in the WH thinks that threatening a country like China in public is a JohnSJ Apr 7 #13

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