Editorials & Other Articles

Grokenstein

(5,999 posts)

37. Why not, it worked on Britain.

Thu May 8, 2025, 09:02 PM

Thursday

"Austerity" and Brexit over there, "short-term pain" and "five pencils" here. "Sunlit uplands" and "spectacular results" will always be, in the words of Herbert Hoover, "just around the corner." Feces-polluted coastal waters and international pariah status, on the other hand, hits immediately.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

40 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Trump changes his tune on the economy [View all] Dulcinea Thursday OP

Fool me once, Fool me twice C_U_L8R Thursday #1

You don't need all that money anyway Bluetus Thursday #8

Nobody needs thirty dollars! forgotmylogin Thursday #18

One thing is for sure, True Dough Thursday #2

I suggest he figure it all out by the Midterms. multigraincracker Thursday #3

Americans should buy less....unless we're talking about all the crap he sells, amirite? tanyev Thursday #4

They want a recession really badly IronLionZion Thursday #5

Jesus. underpants Thursday #33

A lot of their nonsense makes sense after that IronLionZion Thursday #34

There's enough in this for several new FAFO flags. usonian Thursday #6

Sounds like a winning message crud Thursday #7

If at one time we were all "wealthy" DemMedic Thursday #9

America will be wealthier than ever Kablooie Thursday #10

Not really IbogaProject Thursday #15

One can hear 'Back in the USSR' as the US is marched toward feudalism Attilatheblond Thursday #16

I believe they plan to deliberately bankrupt the middle and lower classes, while also depriving them of higher education patphil Thursday #11

Ding, ding, ding - by Jove I think you've got it! lark Thursday #13

We all knew piddyprints Thursday #12

Give him a rope to piss up. Too many people can't buy the food they need. Attilatheblond Thursday #14

Same ol' belt-tightening austerity rhetoric from these piss-on I MEAN trickle-down stans Montauk6 Thursday #17

Do it for the poor billionaires Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday #19

Those bdamomma Thursday #26

Expecting every citizen to pay an additional 25%+ in taxes on everything imported Warpy Thursday #20

Odd how the press was talking about how everyday people were struggling underpants Thursday #32

Wait; what? We were clearly told that tariffs were going to pay for childcare for all Americans; eliminate... Ol Janx Spirit Thursday #21

Tariffs are meant to protect your domestic production I thought underpants Thursday #30

Tariffs are just a form of economic warfare. As such they can do a lot of different things.... Ol Janx Spirit Friday #39

Ha! He's still sing the same ol' tune "Blame Biden, blame Biden, tra la tra la.." FailureToCommunicate Thursday #22

"the White House's messaging has evolved". Oh Yes. Kinda' like falsehoods are "Evolving" chouchou Thursday #23

There is no White House messaging it turns on a dime dependent on his whim underpants Thursday #31

What you say is true. I'm usually confused about the whole Trump reality. chouchou Thursday #36

His tacit admission the Trump Tax has begin trickling down onto the consumer. Torchlight Thursday #24

I needed some dental work done. BidenRocks Thursday #25

Soon to become Biden instituted the tariffs and I'm fixing his catastrophe. NoMoreRepugs Thursday #27

Lap it up Magats. You always do. Hassler Thursday #28

It sounds Soviet. Depress want/demand. He sounds like he's got some give up. underpants Thursday #29

He wants higher prices, he wants people to buy less, he wants fewer middle-class jobs. Midnight Writer Thursday #35

Why not, it worked on Britain. Grokenstein Thursday #37

Taxing the magats even more mdbl Friday #38

The tariff money goes into a separate account at the US treasury that only he can spend PortTack Friday #40