The fresh threats are aimed at core pillars of global commerce: one of the worldâs most valuable companies and one of the U.S.'s biggest trading partners. The initial market response reflected revived fears that tariff policy could knock economic growth⌠[end quote]
Iâm especially disturbed that the president targeted a specific company by name. I donât own Apple stock or products but I think this just is wrong. Not to mention attacking the EU, one of our most important allies.
This is shocking! Just kidding, itâs not. Hereâs the pattern - be an autocratic or corrupt thug who bribes TFGâŚyouâre safe. Be a liberal democracy or stand up CEO opposed to corruptionâŚget attacked. For some reason our âleadersâ feel justified lecturing EU countries about freedom, yet they tell the Saudis, "weâre not here to lecture you. Weird and wild stuff, but not surprising.
Is he trying to be the CEO of the most important companies in the market? Telling them what they can and canât do. I guess there is only one stakeholder that matters and he doesnât even own shares.
He has been threatening specific companies since the first term.
from 2017:
# Trump Threatens Networks Over Coverage
Trump set off alarms among media advocates when he raised the prospect of punishing NBC for âfakeâ reporting by threatening to revoke the networkâs broadcasting license.
But then that is what you collectively wanted and voted for. Regrets? Not that much, at least according to Nate Silver:
So far, itâs been a good week for Donald Trump when it comes to the polls. For starters, the latest InsiderAdvantage survey has him almost 11 points above water. Is that a major outlier? Yes. But thatâs not the only new poll. Todayâs YouGov/Economist poll showed Trump with a -8 net approval rating â his best result from that survey since April 8th.
âŚbellow, break, threaten and blame, get bribe, go back in cave.
Itâs all show biz while they destroy the power of the US government.
If we EVER get reasonable legislators again, we must focus on increasing taxes on the super wealthy and their estates to pay for cleaning up this mess.
You can tariff by country, or by product, not by a specific company. Of course current GOP is completely under the control of Trump, still President alone is not the government. He is only a part of it. But a big part of it, and sets the agenda.
You should view Trumpâs outburst as a petulant child not getting what it wanted. Market understands that Trump will eventually chicken out and not reacting seriously. You can play shock-jock, but you need to continue to increase level of shock to keep the audience engaged. I am sure âshowmanâ understands that and is feeling his ability to deliver ever increasing shock is limited.
yeah, laughable comparison of prior vs current grift
one is like damp kindling with a wisp of smoke and the other is a metropolis engulfed in flames and explosions
but, you know, whattabout so-and-so
imagine if party labels were reversed?
someone (@steve203 ) made what I think is very wise, maybe exceedingly obvious (forgive me for thinking people really had principles like âfree marketâ) statement: âitâs not the concept of spending, itâs who the spending benefitsâ
That lesson was learned, when a second rate actor went on national TV to announce his veto of an appropriation bill, claiming it was a âbudget busterâ. The reality was the bill appropriated less than he asked for, but did not allocate the money the way he wanted.