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Dulcinea

(8,254 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:05 AM 21 hrs ago

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President Trump says tariffs on China will 'come down substantially'

(USA Today) WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump said the 145% tariffs he imposed on Chinese imports will eventually "come down substantially" as he expressed optimism about future talks to reach a U.S.-China trade deal.

Trump's remarks Tuesday to reporters in the Oval Office came after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier in the day said in a closed-door speech that the trade standoff between the United States and China is not sustainable.

"We're going to be very nice, they're going to be very nice, and we'll see what happens," Trump told reporters when asked whether he planned to play "hardball" with Beijing and bring up with origins of the COVID-19 virus.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-says-tariffs-china-230055173.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250423-0--&bt_user_id=2uM9gnSY96Q4eVpy6Umd73sokWa9V33U3uh71pgXBd11HMSZRD2omULz1gix4JYd&bt_ts=1745409627874

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President Trump says tariffs on China will 'come down substantially' (Original Post) Dulcinea 21 hrs ago OP

Stock market manipulation in our faces. Scrivener7 21 hrs ago #1

Yep...it's up almost 1,000 points right now. Another round of PUMP and DUMP Bengus81 18 hrs ago #14

In other words, he folded again calguy 20 hrs ago #2

Good summation. Not surprising given he has no logical plan and Xi has a solid hand in this card game. dutch777 20 hrs ago #4

He doesn't hold the cards underpants 20 hrs ago #7

Working the stock markets .................... Lovie777 20 hrs ago #3

I don't believe him k_buddy762 20 hrs ago #5

Ya don't say . . . Lokee11 20 hrs ago #6

China: that's a nice bond market you've got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it underpants 20 hrs ago #8

Latest news from China... IthinkThereforeIAM 20 hrs ago #9

flipflopflipflopflipflop dweller 18 hrs ago #10

The lying Yellow Chicken-Turd. Tarzanrock 18 hrs ago #11

So Trump plans to .. Mr. Sparkle 18 hrs ago #12

bullshit stock market manipulation. Demsrule86 18 hrs ago #13

Yep...the only thing saving Tesla right now. It was TANKING at the bell Bengus81 18 hrs ago #15

Too Late. Too Little. azureblue 16 hrs ago #16

He calls it "the weave." Harker 16 hrs ago #17

Trump has SCREWED THE POOCH .... Drop blank, this is not some skillful bargaining on his part. ashredux 15 hrs ago #18

Two things WSHazel 15 hrs ago #19

The Turd's arm got tired ... Tarzanrock 13 hrs ago #20

That's Not Enough DallasNE 12 hrs ago #21

Give Up.... bluestateboomer 12 hrs ago #22

yeah, cool story bro. Javaman 12 hrs ago #23

We are now at the surrender monkey phase Hassler 10 hrs ago #24

Scrivener7

(55,423 posts)

1. Stock market manipulation in our faces.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:06 AM

21 hrs ago

Bengus81

(8,702 posts)

14. Yep...it's up almost 1,000 points right now. Another round of PUMP and DUMP

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:00 AM

18 hrs ago

calguy

(5,895 posts)

2. In other words, he folded again

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:08 AM

20 hrs ago

dutch777

(4,297 posts)

4. Good summation. Not surprising given he has no logical plan and Xi has a solid hand in this card game.

Reply to calguy (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:15 AM

20 hrs ago

underpants

(190,043 posts)

7. He doesn't hold the cards

Reply to calguy (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:38 AM

20 hrs ago

I saw that comment a lot on Facebook of all places. As he told Zelensky about not having the cards, he doesn’t either. China’s playing same hand Canada the EU and Japan did - Treasury Bonds

Lovie777

(18,066 posts)

3. Working the stock markets ....................

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:10 AM

20 hrs ago

ugh.

k_buddy762

(66 posts)

5. I don't believe him

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:16 AM

20 hrs ago

Lokee11

(329 posts)

6. Ya don't say . . .

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:29 AM

20 hrs ago

underpants

(190,043 posts)

8. China: that's a nice bond market you've got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:40 AM

20 hrs ago

He doesn't hold the cards

I saw that comment a lot on Facebook of all places. As he told Zelensky about not having the cards, he doesn’t either. China’s playing same hand Canada the EU and Japan did - Treasury Bonds

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,173 posts)

9. Latest news from China...

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 09:06 AM

20 hrs ago

... is they are calling him "Trump the Chicken". eom.

dweller

(26,437 posts)

10. flipflopflipflopflipflop

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:16 AM

18 hrs ago

buk buk bugawk !!

✌🏻

Tarzanrock

(710 posts)

11. The lying Yellow Chicken-Turd.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:20 AM

18 hrs ago

Enjoy that now and forever indelible "egg on your face," you disgusting, despicable, lying, Yellow Chicken-Turd.

Mr. Sparkle

(3,409 posts)

12. So Trump plans to ..

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:32 AM

18 hrs ago

I wonder how all the magarats feel about this since they hate China

Demsrule86

(71,134 posts)

13. bullshit stock market manipulation.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:33 AM

18 hrs ago

Bengus81

(8,702 posts)

15. Yep...the only thing saving Tesla right now. It was TANKING at the bell

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:02 AM

18 hrs ago

Then **GASP** it started going up and up on profit losses of 71% in Q1?!?!?

More PUMP and DUMP....................

azureblue

(2,403 posts)

16. Too Late. Too Little.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 12:34 PM

16 hrs ago

The rest of the world has banded together against Don, and they will not trust him on anything. Even if he does reverse the tariffs, they have no assurance he won't put them up again.

Harker

(16,095 posts)

17. He calls it "the weave."

Reply to azureblue (Reply #16)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 12:45 PM

16 hrs ago

Much of the rest of the world sees it clearly as instability or insanity.

ashredux

(2,721 posts)

18. Trump has SCREWED THE POOCH .... Drop blank, this is not some skillful bargaining on his part.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 01:43 PM

15 hrs ago

He begins to give away his position before any real talks, have begun. We all knew this, but he is just an idiot. He really really is not very smart.

WSHazel

(341 posts)

19. Two things

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 01:52 PM

15 hrs ago

1) Bessent has already backtracked on this, saying that they can come down as part of a negotiation with China. Does that mean in a year? Two years? and
2) Any tariff of about 30% or 40% or more might as well be 1000% because whatever products are hit with a tariff that big are not viable for purchase, so the tariffs coming "way down" is meaningless unless they are below 30%, and even then it is a gray area.

This does feel like market manipulation.

Tarzanrock

(710 posts)

20. The Turd's arm got tired ...

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 03:26 PM

13 hrs ago

... from punching himself in the face. Don't worry, it's only round number 1 -- there are plenty more rounds for the Turd to clobber himself. You can take that to the bank.

DallasNE

(7,759 posts)

21. That's Not Enough

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:10 PM

12 hrs ago

Stuff from China represents a sizable part of the purchases I and millions of Americans make. Any tariff is a tax on the goods I buy and that spells inflation. The tariff tax is a bad idea any way you try to slice it. Get rid of the damn thing altogether and do it now.

bluestateboomer

(520 posts)

22. Give Up....

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:44 PM

12 hrs ago

And declare victory......

Javaman

(63,648 posts)

23. yeah, cool story bro.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 04:47 PM

12 hrs ago

Hassler

(4,261 posts)

24. We are now at the surrender monkey phase

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 06:37 PM

10 hrs ago

Of the Art of the Schlemiel

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