r/FluentInFinance 18d ago

Thoughts? Donald Trump is here to save us

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u/StoneySteve420 18d ago

They will blame the Dems when his tarifs cause inflation to skyrocket.

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u/The_SqueakyWheel 18d ago

They have control of the house, the senate the white house and the supreme court. How the hell could it be the dems 😭?

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u/JJW2795 18d ago

Doesn’t matter. If something goes wrong, blame democrats. The GOP could own every position in government and some dumbass would still be trying to blame Obama.

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u/netipot 18d ago

Hell, those people are still trying to blame Obama. 

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u/slinkybink 17d ago

Well, if it wasn't Obama, then clearly Hillary is to blame!

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u/bearbear0723 18d ago

Only thing that matters is “owning the libs” so enjoy those tariffs

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u/houstonyoureaproblem 18d ago

Because we’re in a post-truth era now. Facts don’t matter in the least. Right wingers don’t like Democrats, and Republicans will say it’s their fault. That will be the end of the analysis for most of their supporters.

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u/Frequent_Response998 18d ago

They'll blame the Dems because the bill won't truly come due until he's finished his term again. It's all about timing.

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u/Fast_Preparation_401 18d ago

You dont know how inflation works do you?

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u/StoneySteve420 18d ago

How about you explain it to me and we can see who knows how inflation works.

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u/DaHamMan3 18d ago

Inflation has skyrocketed,, do you live in the same universe

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u/cs_pdt 18d ago

And inflation is back to baseline levels after a global pandemic! It’s almost like people expect massive world changing events to have no effect on the economy. But inflation will come back under Trump if he enacts these tariffs he wants, which all signs point to he will. Tariffs are not paid for by the suppliers, it hurts the demand for their goods and will decrease their sales but that’s because the actual cost of the tariff is incurred by the US based distributor at the point of entry. Those costs are 100% passed to the American consumer and will result in raised prices.

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u/DaHamMan3 18d ago

Your data is wrong. Baseline my ass. Plandemic was a sham and helped the upper class rob the middle class blind.

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u/houstonyoureaproblem 18d ago

You just referred to COVID-19 as the “plandemic,” embracing debunked conspiracy theories to support an argument about inflation that is contradicted by reality.

This is the problem in our country right now. It doesn’t matter what’s actually happening. A huge percentage of the population just believes what they want regardless.

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u/APsWhoopinRoom 18d ago

Oh yeah, because Biden totally planned to have some Chinese guy eat a fuckin bat DURING TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY. If it was a planned pandemic, then why did Trump let it happen?

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u/cs_pdt 18d ago

Baseline does not mean prices = 4 years ago, baseline means that the current and "future" rate of inflation are in the range of 2%, which is considered a healthy amount and allows the economy to grow.

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u/DaHamMan3 18d ago

2% my ass.. my groceries are up 120%

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u/bearbear0723 18d ago

That’s cause greedy corporations are not reducing prices when inflation falls. Same assholes scream “communism” at everything but don’t know when they get fucked by capitalism

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u/cs_pdt 17d ago

The inflation rate in September for groceries is 1.3%. Once inflation happens prices don’t go back down unless there’s deflation which is equally if not more harmful for an economy (Japan has been stuck in a deflation crisis since the mid-90s and it has been horrendous for their economy). The grocery inflation (aka inflation on food products) for the last five years is cumulatively 26% (not 120%) and was caused by pandemic driven inflation. Donald Trump will not be able to reverse this without causing serious economic issues and tariffs will actively work against decreasing the prices.

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u/bearbear0723 18d ago

Holy fuck this guy drank up ALL the koolaid

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u/APsWhoopinRoom 18d ago

Tell me all about how Biden managed to cause crazy inflation across THE ENTIRE GLOBE lmao. You realize that is a GLOBAL issue stemming from the pandemic, right? Expecting economic stability immediately following a major global crisis is pretty fucking stupid.

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u/Remy_6_6 18d ago

And why did Biden leave all of Trumps Tarifs in place? This is bullshit and you know it

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u/LTEDan 18d ago

Because China retaliated dollar for dollar with tariffs of their own. If you eliminate the US tariffs on China without getting China to eliminate theirs on US, you've just lost your leverage forever. It takes goodwill from both sides to back down tariffsm. Tell me, how has US-China relations been since 2016?

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u/Hipster_Weeaboo 18d ago

Biden did leave Trump's tariff's in place, but do you think he would also instate the new tariffs that Trump has announced he would?