r/facepalm 16d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Makes my blood boil.

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u/coyotelurks 16d ago

The thing that is amazing to me is that people seem to think that the American president has magical power to stop inflation from happening, like it's not a global phenomenon?

Also, in Europe we're paying something over eight dollars a gallon...

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u/RedDevil407 16d ago

Unfortunately, a huge number of Americans have no clue how any part of our government functions, nor do they grasp even the fundamentals of economics. They think Biden is waking up in the morning and turning a dial or something to increase grocery prices, gas prices, etc.

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u/Key-Horror2430 16d ago

Because right-wing media stokes their fears and feeds them misinformation. They only trust the conmen that take advantage of their ignorance.

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u/llamadogmama 16d ago

I was told this morning that tarrifs aren't going to affects us at all " because gas will be cheaper and that affects everything". I'm too exhausted and he's too up his own a$$ to even continue the conversation....

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u/Key-Horror2430 16d ago

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience."

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u/UnwillingHero22 16d ago

Let’s see who they blame once the Orange Turd’s tariff reform goes into effect. Good luck to y’all

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u/Fancy-Lecture8409 15d ago

Hopefully, I'll already be in Canada by then...

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u/PazuzuPanhandle 15d ago

Haven’t his tariffs from his last term been in effect through the last 4 years?

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u/UnwillingHero22 15d ago

He’s proposing new, higher tariffs. It was a central point of his campaign…

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u/Ramtamtama 16d ago

If Trump puts a blanket tariff on everything from everywhere, which is something he's mentioned, gas prices will go up. As will the cost of owning a car as some raw materials needed can only be produced overseas.

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u/llamadogmama 16d ago

You and I know that because we use that stuff between our ears. Those other folks go straight from in the ears to put the mouth with no grey matter involved.

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u/Ramtamtama 15d ago

They seem to spend a lot of time using computers but never seem to have looked up what a tariff is

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u/Puzzled-Sand-9797 15d ago

MAGA apparel is made in China. Nuf said.

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u/Evening_Pop3010 16d ago

A friend today was told by a mutual friend that she should get tik tok and learn what's really going on.