Is President Trump an Idiot? Or does he think we are?

[winn dixie]

OK tiny,
If there was any doubt about trumpf being an idiot. The first few minutes of his whaling tonight proved beyond any doubt trumpf is a total idiot.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

You're watching Sponge Bob.

[EdBeaver]

Donald J Trump has an IQ of 96. When asked what the J stood for, he replied “genius”.

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by winn dixie

OK tiny,
If there was any doubt about trumpf being an idiot. The first few minutes of his whaling tonight proved beyond any doubt trumpf is a total idiot.

Dagnabit, I thought I recorded it but didn’t. What did he say in the first few minutes Winn Dixie? How about the tariffs?

[Lucas McCain]

Tiny, you have finally realized the obvious - Trump is a fucking idiot. And to the 2nd question, apparently a little less than half of this country are complete idiots because they are dumb enough to believe his bullshit regardless of how nonsensical his words are.

I hope people understand what trade wars are because that's what we are about to have. Trump's stupid ass talks about tariffs like it is a damn chess game that he will eventually win. Trump is an idiot businessman and reality TV star who has declared bankruptcy 6 fucking times. The American people will lose, and I feel sorry for the people who voted for that man who are not financially fortunate and were looking for relief with inflation and were dumb enough to think he would provide it. He is going to make it much worse for them.

[pertpvyztrzv]

Tariffs - after tax cuts, tip, Soc Sec and lower energy, Mfg back in America. No one will care. Reciprocal Tariffs means we charge other countries what they are charging us, instead of USA getting ripped off over trade tariff imbalances. Buy the Dip.

Dems were worse than spoiled children. They didn't win. Not electoral, not popular, not House, not Senate, nothing. And they're sitting on their hands during the most non-political accomplishments and sacrifices by Americans. Not R, not D, Americans.

And you guys, so predictable.

[Tiny]

S&P Global Mobility estimates North American auto production will decline 30% given the tariff structure as it stands this week. With the upcoming tariffs on steel and aluminum, our auto manufacturers will become even less competitive.

The corporate tax cut and deregulation during Trump’s last term were a great start towards Making American Manufacturing Competitive Again. He’s going to wipe that out and make things worse than they were before he ever took office if he doesn’t change course.

We’re not talking reciprocal tariffs here Pertpvy. This is self immolation.

[Tiny]

Tariffs are about making America rich again, and making America great again.

- Donald J. Trump, March 4, 2025

He's got that backwards. The rule of law, and comparative advantage (doing what what we do best in America) have played key rules in making America prosperous and competitive. Trump is doing his darnedest to flush that down the toilet.

Trump himself signed onto the USMCA trade agreement between the USA, Mexico and Canada, that went into effect on July 1, 2020. Companies made billions in investments in plants in the USA, Canada and Mexico, under the assumption that the parties to that agreement would honor it. Trump just tore it up, exhibiting the same shady ethics he did as a businessman. Rule of law is a common denominator for the most prosperous countries in the world. It's what makes people want to invest here. We don't want to blow that asunder.

The best jobs in the world have gravitated to the United States of America. We're leaders in many areas - aerospace, tech, medical, etc. The unemployment rate is a measly 4.1%. We do what we do best and are paid accordingly. If Mexico can provide low-skilled, lower paid labor for auto parts for example, then that helps both of us. Throwing away our competitive advantages and creating lots of new menial labor for Americans is a mistake.

[Tiny]

Excerpts:

Grocery stores are promoting homegrown produce to consumers as 85% of Canadians hunt for alternatives to US goods.

In Canadian grocery stores, US-grown produce is wilting on the shelves. Local executives are scouring wine lists over dinner to avoid ordering California pinot. And in Toronto, a 73-pound Great Pyrenees-Poodle mix named Izzy is no longer allowed to eat American dog food.

As US President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs, made 51st state jabs and referred to the country’s prime minister as “Governor Trudeau,” furious Canadian consumers have turned into vindictive shoppers: American-made products are out; everything else is in....

It’s a significant shift for a country that purchases almost as much in US goods each year as the entire European Union — a total of $349.4 billion in 2024, according to the US Department of Commerce. Canada has also been the largest source of foreign tourists to the US, according to the US Travel Association, with travelers spending $20.5 billion last year. Now, many are cancelling trips.

“It speaks to an awareness — and an intention to vote with their wallets,” said Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute. A survey of 3,310 Canadians by the Vancouver-based research firm last week found that 85% of people plan to replace US products with alternatives. Nearly half of respondents said they would change their travel plans to avoid the country....

Canadian airlines also have begun to scale back flights to the US in anticipation of falling demand.

“One thing we can do is not give our dollars to the United States right now,” said Curtis Brown, principal at Winnipeg-based Probe Research, which found in a recent poll that more than six in 10 respondents are planning to avoid vacations to the US. Brown said his own daughter’s school division recently cancelled field trips to the country....

“When I’m out in stores, every single person I meet, they want help and guidance on how to buy more Canadian products and we’re really trying to do everything we can to help them,” Per Bank added on a Feb. 20 earnings call.

At a competing Metro Inc. grocery store in downtown Toronto last week, US-grown apples went largely untouched next to nearly empty racks offering Canadian options. Mexican bell peppers were nearly out of stock near an unloved pile of US counterparts, which had begun to soften and crack....

“Donald Trump has the ability to get people in other countries upset quite easily,” said David Soberman, a strategic marketing professor at the University of Toronto, who expects a similar reaction from consumers in Europe and Asia. Companies with executives aligned with Trump, like Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., could face a particularly sharp backlash.

Tesla sales plunged 45% last month across Europe as other EV makers saw a surge in demand. Chrystia Freeland, who’s in the race to become Canada’s next prime minister, has already floated the idea of applying a 100% tariff on the company’s electric vehicles....

To stick to their principles, Canadians will have to make some sacrifices, not least on cost.

Citrus fruits will need to be flown in from South America rather than Florida. Some locally grown produce requires energy-intensive greenhouses through harsh Canadian winters. And the Angus Reid survey also found that 41% of respondents said they would stop using Amazon.com for e-commerce. Imported goods from Europe or Asia will have a much longer journey to get to the shops than products delivered by train or truck from the US.

Still, furious Canadians said it’s worth the extra money....

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-threat-looms?

Trudeau is saying Canada will not back off any of its retaliatory tariffs unless Trump completely backs off the new tariffs he imposed on Canada this week. And reading the article above, that's probably a good move politically.

The Trade War is about as senseless as the war in Ukraine. The difference is that only Russia and Ukraine are involved there. In the Trade War, it looks like it will be the USA against the world.

[Jacuzzme]

Nobody said it was gonna be pretty, walking into the OR halfway through a bowel resection never is.

[Precious_b]

Originally Posted by farmstud60

The only thing your message pointed out to me is how much markets have always been manipulated. At one time all currencies were tied to a certain amount of gold, but governments kept changing that amount of gold. The United States also had vast political differences between the Gold and Silver standards. The value of Ag products often changes more by the value of the dollar than the price in Chicago on the Board of Trade

Your post got me to thinking, which can be a dangerous thing. For the entire world, or just the USA if you like, how much gold existed at the time our country went off the gold standard? And today, how much gold exist and does its value match that of the GDP of this country? Answer should say something as to why we went off or should stay on.

Originally Posted by farmstud60

Look in the mirror. You haven't posted anything remotely correct about Trump

Oh. He has frequently posted well vetted, near centered/zero biased sources that eloquently back up his postings. Time and again. Those with more than two working neurons certainly appreciate such timely postings as opposed to....

Originally Posted by farmstud60

Well, when you don't look at a bigger picture you are doomed to failure.


Trump is 3 steps ahead of most people that post here.

...such neanderthal feats of logic that defy those with amount of grey matter i just posted.

People with large frontal cortex have a proven record of them shriveling up when exposed exclusively to pov like this.

Originally Posted by VitaMan

There are differing views about that. A defense by the MAGA for Trump has been he is playing chess while everyone else plays checkers.


Several educated counselors believe the only fork in the road Trump could comprehend is the fork in the kitchen.


Trump refuses to take an IQ test. Yet he is able to tell everyone what his IQ is.

You'd figure a guy who constantly brags they are the smartest one in the room would rub peoples noses in it by allowing the Bursar office to show his transcript to anyone.

Wonder why not? Denying minds want to avoid the factual answer.

Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

Tiny, you have finally realized the obvious - Trump is a fucking idiot. And to the 2nd question, apparently a little less than half of this country are complete idiots because they are dumb enough to believe his bullshit regardless of how nonsensical his words are.

I hope people understand what trade wars are because that's what we are about to have. Trump's stupid ass talks about tariffs like it is a damn chess game that he will eventually win. Trump is an idiot businessman and reality TV star who has declared bankruptcy 6 fucking times. The American people will lose, and I feel sorry for the people who voted for that man who are not financially fortunate and were looking for relief with inflation and were dumb enough to think he would provide it. He is going to make it much worse for them.

Oh, those maggies just dream they can dump the bill on others multiple times for bankrupcy. They are jelly that they can't do it as much as donny and too stupid to see that a person who has to do that needs to extort them to get his greenback fix.

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

Nobody said it was gonna be pretty, walking into the OR halfway through a bowel resection never is.

Than why lie about saying prices gonna drop day one?
Why blame your lie on others?
Why ignore the growing lack of confidence in the financial markets?

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by Jacuzzme

Nobody said it was gonna be pretty, walking into the OR halfway through a bowel resection never is.

When the surgeon decides to do a bowel resection for excessive stomach gas you've got a problem.

[ICU 812]

Originally Posted by Tiny

Possibly the answer to the questions is "both."

What the f*** was Trump thinking?

While good arguments can be made both for and against many of the policies of the current administration . . .there is no question that President Trump is in cahrge and generating those policies.

That cannot be said for the previous chief executive. For Mr. Biden, the speculation is over as inner circle staff and the journalists who know them are now putting out what went down at the WH from 2020 to2025.

For Mr. Trump though, I might endorse the phrase, "crazy like a fox". We will just have to see how it goes.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

And when Biden cancelled the XL pipeline causing Canada to ship their oil to China... Where can we find your protests for that? If they don't exist, you need to shut up.

[Schwarzer Ritter]

As for the OP...obviously Trump is right about some of you being idiots. Hey, you asked.