Since Trump loves naming things after himself, I propose that tariffs be hereafter known as "Trump taxes."

Great idea. Let’s get that ball a rollin’

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Are the "trade deals" a sales tax Americans scam to fund more oligarch fascism?

Richard is 100% correct. Trump announced back in May that India offered a zero tariff, that was a boldface lie. There’s no deal, trump is caught once again with his back up against a self imposed deadline. I read the Japan deal is 98% loans. You know how I know it’s true, trump said it’s not.

old CNN fights back.

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So much BULLSHIT from this demented pile of LARD. He has no f’n idea what he’s doing. None.

I’m guessing most of these ‘deals’ are stall tactics and the negotiators are going to be huge @nealkatyal.bsky.social fans over the next few days as the tariff case appeal is being argued. 2paragraphs.com/2025/07/ex-o...

Neal Katyal is a good man.

All because he is an 8 year old and wants constant attention

90 deals in 90 days is really just a pastiche of notions to be pondered once upon a time.

#FunFact #RichardQuest was found high on Crack walking naked in Central Park with a rope around his neck and his genitals in 2008 #liberals expert opinion 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The orange pedo blew up the status quo, made something objectively worse to slap his name on, then declared victory.

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It will change the long-term trade balance for the average American.

It's not the only thing he's getting. There's a reason he's tossing ketchup over the insider trading bill from Josh Hawley. And don't forget they've made "billions" off these tariffs already by their own admission.

Into crooked grifting Trump, his children & MAGA cast of characters unpatriotic greedy pockets.

So far, all of Trump's manipulations have actually made trade imbalances WORSE. And Americans are paying the bill for his ego trip.

He had accomplished pissing off most of the US’s traditional allies.

Is the new paperwork ready for all these riches we’ll be receiving? He operates at an elementary school level of unreality as to how things work. Like a 7 year old’s explanation of how to cook a turkey.

This is due to a confluence of factors that make these negotiations more akin to complex diplomacy than rapid-fire business transactions. 2/2

AI would like to weigh in: Negotiating and securing truly meaningful trade deals is a complex and time-consuming endeavor, often involving 2.5 years (917 days) on average from initial talks to signing. 1/2

For MAGA supporters, perception is reality...

the only things they will change are countries wanting to do business with the US, and raising prices on US citizens dor no reason. and everyone will raise prices. bc it's the American way to price gouge Americans. when is the general strike? I'm so over the kidnapping of immigrants, the tariffs

and the blatant corruption

Everything he is doing is illegal. Congress does tariffs, not the Prez! There is no national emergency ‼️

So, if there are no trade deals, why are we paying tariffs?

The tariffs were put in place to try to force trade deals. No deal, big tariff. Deal, smaller tariffs.

He makes trade deals like I make trade deals. Do nothing donnie couldn’t negotiate his way out of a paper bag if he had a pair of scissors in each of his little hands.

The chickens will come home to roost eventually. Everything Trump touches dies

#ETTD

Other than raising costs for Americans!

I can’t help but ask nations who are making these “deals”: why compete for a reduced slice of a shrinking pie? The American people are getting poorer, which means less purchasing power. These deals will only make the American people poorer, and people of other nations more determined to walk away.

Oh it's changed them alright. The world is looking to trade with everyone else but the USA. trumps biggest legacy will be the destruction of America's reputation.

Smoke and mirrors, again and again and again...

The planet is waiting for trump to die. Thoughts & prayers.

let’s just create so much confusion and uncertainty that we just don’t bother trying to sell to the USA any more…

…nor buy anything from the USA !

Just have to watch who's buying up the debt in the last 2 years of the regime!!!

They are more likely to hurt our economy and the world economy.

Trade policy determined by toddler tantrum.

Unfortunately, nothing will convince the MAGA cult. Nothing.

True.

I wholeheartedly agree !!! Even his truth social handle should be @ TheFakeDonaldTrump !!!

God, I wish there were an organization or entity that could provide oversight and represent the people.

Just like the “Infrastructure Bill” in his first term. It was always couple weeks away and never happened. It’s the Epstein story that should never die. The victims have to come forward. It’s likely some Democrats and popular people will get caught in the revelations but it’s a necessary duty.

Trump knows he’s in the Epstein files We know Trump’s in the Epstein files Trump knows we know he’s in The Epstein files We know Trump knows we know he’s in the Epstein Files Yet he lies NO JUSTICE. NO WORK. STRIKE! THE PEOPLE WONT BE CHEATED! “YOU WILL NEVER TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK WITH WEAKNESS!”

Those who might get caught should have known that was always a very real possibility. Don't play the game if you're not willing to lose.

I have to disagree with the last paragraph, as for every action there is a reaction and that reaction will have a lasting effect. Many of these countries which received a highly exorbitant rate will begin to find other trade partner as US begins a long decline in status Immoral leadership 💯

Haters hate.

The fact that an apparently large amount of tariff money is coming in seems to indicate that the stated desire for Americans to buy more US made stuff and to correct the trade balance, isn’t really happening.

If only there were intelligent people in all three branches of our government ^sigh^

Sadly, just the G uardians O f the P edophile

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Gonna always blame those Trump voters

Don’t forget all those people who didn’t vote.

Absolutely, they couldn't be bothered to have anything to do with "Politics" because they couldnb;t take their attention away from video games. Then there were the tens of thousands of Men who would not vote for a woman for President...they piss me off even worse.

It’s all a show for the naked Emperor. Unfortunate for him, his base is beginning to see he wears no clothes. Epstein is helping uncover him.

Trump knows he’s in the Epstein files We know Trump’s in the Epstein files Trump knows we know he’s in The Epstein files We know Trump knows we know he’s in the Epstein Files Yet he lies NO JUSTICE. NO WORK. STRIKE! THE PEOPLE WONT BE CHEATED! “YOU WILL NEVER TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK WITH WEAKNESS!”

Our Supreme Leader trust and believe 👀

From 2017 to 2021 his "strategy" managed to increase the trade deficit by $200 Billion a year.

Wharton would like to have that Trump admission back.

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The EU deal was negotiated with the head of the EU, not the 27 members. France and Germany are opposed and Spain said 🖕a long time age. The Irish hate trump in part because of his Scottish heritage. The Japanese say what trump says is a lie

Uhh not sure what you mean about us hating Trump because of his "Scottish heritage" We love Scottish people . We fucking hate Trump because he's a cunt

Yep, total BS.

It's always about getting the headline, isn't it? Not about actually solving a problem.

Trump’s misbegotten tariffs are the equivalent of letting Uncle Grandpa have his six pack so he won’t sundown and disrupt the family dinner.

But what it does do is allow corporations to continue to artificially inflate prices to the American consumer. Yet again, Americans shoot themselves in the foot to “own the libs”. You couldn’t make this level of stupidity up if you tried. Watch the profits and the buybacks.

About as valid as Ivanka’s WGDP program to empower women. 😂 Daddy made sure it died on the vine, along with the $300M. #Ivanka #Failure #NoOversight #WhereIsTheMoney

Correct!

He found a way to raise taxes by at least 15% without even saying the word "taxes"

None of these „deals“ are real. They are one sided declarations of tariffs (without specifics as well), for which the affected block has no say, and the understanding that the other party will not retaliate. Plus a few nonsense „commitments“ the 🍊💩🤡 can boast about. bsky.app/profile/klau...

Believe that.

its a similar way Benito Mussolini did things and the nazis, just say stuff so the people will believe. typical GOP crap. There is never any real proof of anything out of DELUSIONAL Don's mouth ever. I can NOT believe anyone with a brain voted for the idiot.

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Did we need tariff deals before Trump?

Everything he does or says is performative. And every day, a billion eyes and ears are engaged with emotion that was once volitile, but now has turned to helpless apathy. Meanwhile, the Democrats, using a chisel, hieroglyphics, and stone tablets, are finalising their weekly message.

The problem with everything this clown does is that we react as we would under normal circumstances. It's as if all sense of decency has been erased from the public consciousness. Now the worshipful adoration of a failed, stupid, uneducated conman is blinding a third of the population to the facts.

The trade "deals" are smoke screens to keep the Epstein heat off the Pedophile Of The United States.

So on one hand the trade balance will not change, but on the other hand everything will be more expensive. Sounds like y'all will be soon tired of winning :D

Nobody over twelve years old can trust anything he says.

I hope he doesn’t come into contact with anyone 12 years old or younger either. Absolutely no one can trust an orange pile of 💩

He claimed that 12 was his cut off.

🧐😏 yeah …. sure Donakd, sure

“The Commission has no control over private investment flows, has limited input into where companies source LNG or oil, and has almost nothing to say about the military purchasing of member states.”

He’s been involved in 6 bankruptcies. Bankrupting the U.S. is inevitable for him.

He's right. Nobody knows what's up or not. What day will it start or not? Tariffs are used to threaten countries, Brazil and Canada, for their policies, whether domestic or foreign. Is there an end in sight for all this chaos? 🤔🫡

Newsom, collect the tarriffs and the CA fed Taxes

Krugman has been hammering this for days - and how existing agreements actually have the teeth these remove.

AND there are NO signatures in a written document!

As I have said all along, they are concepts of deals.

🤣🤣 That's all he has..Concepts!

Exactly.

Must be the reason why the stock market doesn't give a shit anymore.

tRUMP is nothing more than an idiot who, PLAYED, a successful businessman on a TV show. In reality he is a failed businessman, who is now president, proving once again how bad he is at business.

All Trump will do is make more Americans much poorer. And sicker.

They’ve all learned how to game the “Art” of the deal!

Concepts of a trade deal

Not even that much. It's just empty air, no substance, no outline, no concept. Gaseous output.

Donald Trump has all the solidity of a fart in the wind...

The tariffs are smoke and mirrors like everything else he announces... Prices will rise for all of us and he will rake in more millions....

I agree. The only thing real in the "trade deals" are the tariff levels. Which can be changed on a whim. The only deal that has been put to paper is the UK deal, and even that is fuzzy. These "deals" are meant to generate headlines, but are somewhat meaningless because they are nonbinding.

💯 useless drivel tossed to the mass like red meat to the lions. He’s an utter buffoon.

Infotainment POTUS

Yup agreed, but those comments leave out one central fact, and that is that Americans are in fact paying hundreds of billions in new taxes.

Trump cares about the big number headline only. This will never happen(huge investments) of course but the conmen pathological liar could care less. Win the day. We are headed for stagflation and a lot of economic pain.

Clearly, these are all just face saving lies to cover up Taco’s ignorance, stupidity, and incompetence. Still, after we point it out, we shouldn’t hit it too hard. If things go back to where Biden was, we will all be prosperous again. 😊🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 Bring it up again with a few months left in the admin

Duh.

The best garbage EVER

“Largely Garbage” - the title of trump’s presidential biography

It soothes his fragile ego, but Americans will pay for that treatment. As I've stated before, it's the citizens of the countries that he's targeted that will decide what they buy, and the fact it's not American has already made an impact.

Lot of words to say the bullshitter is bullshitting.

And don’t forget. Trump rapes kids.

It’s always been about performative bullshit, and if a bunch of poor folks have to pay more money, well that’s what they voted for

I firmly believe these foreign leaders just tell him what he wants to hear, pats him on the head, and laughs as he walks away.

I think America needs to know how to stop Tariff Moronic Shit Train From Trump ! As soon as possible! Hus Narcissistic Mania cannot be reached on STOPPING TARIFF STUPIDITY!

If there are no real mechanisms for Tariff enforcement ; then trump is just spitting in the wind with ZERO real ability to DETAIL ANY OF IT? Important Questions for certain ! Quest may know trump Delegates everything?

George, What’s the status on Disbarment 4 Bondi? Also, since there is irrefutable evidence of the souless & unlawful Emil advising DOJ attorneys to break the law is anyone pursuing his immediate Disbarment too? Tell us George what are we doing to save America from the grifting DOJ criminals?

Smoke and mirrors with Trump but the trade deals are causing real havoc with the economy and the psyche of the American small business. Businesses stocked up “just in case,” and Americans have yet to feel the full impact. Will no Republicans stand up to this economic terror?

His “deals” are weak tea. Just a setup for him to declare he made one of his dopey deals.

but on paper, and the Foxosphere, they look sensational! He's all about monetizing, and touting shallow victories.

However, there's one thing these so called deals will achieve: The tradespartners of the US will, look for more stable and reliable partners. Let's face it, most of the stuff others buy from US, can be bought elsewhere. They just didn't because it was convenient that way - The orange oaf ended that

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So they’re typical Trump trash?

tRump is a bonified Idiot #TrumpIsDestroyingAmerica

Garbage deals. When Trump touts them as the ‘greatest deals ever done’, you know they are garbage. Imagine having to lie through your teeth to claim ‘wins’ based on and ill thought out premise.

Macron says the EU-US trade deal's not yet done, and calls for more negotiation www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

All I see is garbage coming from his mouth. Release the Epstein files I bet that will shut him up

One MAGAt this morning claimed that he is a genius and has a degree from UPenn. Anyone with legitimate business degrees knows the basic concept of tariffs. No wonder he cheated to Wharton school.

He isn’t a Wharton Scholar. He was an undergraduate at UPenn, he doesn’t have a masters and he doesn’t even have a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. Everything about Trump’s “education” is just another lie. His daddy had to pay the school not to drop Donald for failing grades…

I know that for a fact. However, somehow MAGAts think he is a business genius and according to them he has MBA from UPenn. I try to correct their lies and gave up to protect my mental health. It is utterly impossible to have a dialogue with people who are in a cult.

Yeah, they have to be deprogrammed. It’s literally the one thing about the post Trump period that no one has figured out how to address. Germany was bifurcated and reprogrammed with two different ideologies post WWII. This will be much harder. We have one country with two different realities…

Well, he also cheats at golf like a little child. This guy is basically an empty shell and only his own self-interests matter. I think he holds the worst president ever award! By a lot!! I only hope no one breaks his record! 😳😳

Richard clear and sober as ever

How to deal with Trump (a) agree with everythign he says (b) offer him something huge that has no actual commitment so he can say he won (c) move on chuckling

In the UK, our PM is attracting a lot of negative coverage for these deals. I suspect Stammer has no intention of following through but is relying on Trump to claim credit and move on. "Whatever you say Donald. Look, Donald, over there, there's a squirrel!"

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

They are just "show "tariffs.... Trump makes any deal even if it's bad for the United States so that he can tell his MAGA idiots that he made a great deal.... might be worse than the last deal, but it's still gonna be a great deal because it's his deal and they lap it up

To be clear, Donald is getting a national sales tax that, and this is going to shock you, pummels lower income people. Meanwhile, oligarchs get a nice return on their bribe portfolio.

These trade deals are all bs. This is just another way for corporate America to raise prices without getting too many complaints from the public. The companies can just blame it on the tariffs. Nobody in power across the three branches gives a fat rat's ass what anybody thinks. 🤷‍♀️

they will get LOTS of complaints from the public!

I'm sure they will. It's kind of a kid who wants something, and the parents don't want to give it to them. Each will tell the kid to ask the other parent, and that circle will go on until the kid stops asking, or one of the parents finally makes a yes or no decision. It gives them a way out.

The only thing is, maggats won't complain until their orange shit and lie diet drys up.

Adding to the national debt in simultaneously taking the dollar. Trump bankrupt his casinos. Now he’s a bankrupting every casino in America. And The economic inequality grows well past this informative meme

All a ruse to levy exorbitant sales tax on working Americans

Plus, trump rapes kids. I feel that should just be put at the end of any discussion about trump.

& we knew this before 2015. it’s just so disgusting 🤢

Do you think Trump knows he's getting played? Is he playing dumb or is it not an act?

Hopefully you are 100% correct

Why aren't those that know better telling people the truth on this? The felon can't make any trade deals without Congress approval for starters. 2nd, tariffs are taxes paid by the people buying stuff, you and me, not the country's they come from. Doesn't anyone read anything anymore?

Nothing but smoke and mirrors from the game show host.

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"...for the better." seems to have been left off the end of the quote. The U.S. 's "trade deals" are going to cost the US trillions in good faith. Don't think other countries will wipe this off as the US's "Wacky Era" It's the New Coke of the Post-Cold War Era. Tastes like crap, George.

Exactly. Tsk tsk.

BINGO EU-US tariff deal not finished yet, say Europeans unhappy with Trump's terms As of Thursday, a joint statement had yet to be released, although the Commission has emphasised it will not be a legally binding document but a "set of political commitments". www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

No, trade balance change but mega enriching those strong-arming enforced bribery.

The only reality is the taxes on Americans. My tiny business may not survive this. And before some jackass says, "Buy American," my business is specializes in UK and EU goods that are literally not made here.

It certainly has with Canada. We are going around you now.

As a real estate developer, he only wants the headline to convert into repeatable slogans that he’ll parrot endlessly. It’s all about deceiving people into believing his smoke & mirrors. He has no substance whatsoever. 🙄

Fully agree. When the smoke clears, no tariff money appears, and the job market slows as consumption withdraws, we will really understand that #TariffsAreATax #TariffsDoNotWork 1890 was not great!

That’s why other leaders look happy signing them

And Scott Jennings is already popping champagne over nothing but media sound bites.

They will, however, result in a direct, inflationary tax on Americans.

Why isn’t quest on Bluesky?

There is no incentive for any country to negóciate with the mango turd in the present circumstances.

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Leading us to recession & collapse. Fuck Republican TRAITORS!

Our vendors are collecting tariffs. We are paying tariffs. Where is the money going.

He’s an anti Trump immigrant. He’ll be in El Salvador by the weekend.

Hopefully not with a dildo and a bag of speed in his pocket this time.

He’d be very popular on the wing though.

He a dumb ass infected brained slimy idiot . Unqualified convicted criminal you stupid blind MAGA SHEEP 🐑 CULT.

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His, cough-cough, “trade deals”, are just making entire countries purchase elsewhere. Unfortunately, all of the American bankruptcies this will cause, probably won’t happen until after midterms.

Some small business will start to fail within weeks. Layoffs maybe sooner.

It really didn’t get any attention at all when Trump claimed that his letters to other countries informing them of their tariff rates WERE the trade deals. There’s a lot of competition, but this truly may be the stupidest statement he’s ever made. And the media completely ignored it. 😤

Maybe. But they'll make Americans pay more than ever for goods and services. So there's that BIGLY additional tax burden being passed along to everyone struggling with the cost of living.

I think most real Americans with a Brian know this and more countries will follow suit just to shut him up

These “deals” are nothing more than smoke and mirrors to stroke Trump’s ego.

Please tell each industry this.

Donald can choke on his bigly tariffs. The motto for Canada is to buy Canadian first, but if you can't Buy Anything But American. The rest of the world would be wise to do the same. #StayNastyCananda🇨🇦

Yes, but the tariffs do raise taxes on American citizens, so there is that!!!

concepts of a plan 🤣😂😆

The Greatest THREAT to the Republic are Trump’s “GOP” CoConspirators in the House, and Particularly, the Vile TRAITORS IN THE SENATE. Each of the “GOP” Traitors in the Senate, are Personally responsible for the Dysfunctional Cabinet Appointments AND NOW a Corrupt Judge. They’re TRUMP’s ACCOMPLICES

Yes, and any Senate Democrats that voted for them, like Fetterman and others.

I think poor old Fetterman is mentally unwell since his episode. 180 degree different guy now 😢

Tariff collections are up 131%. Consumers will pay just as if it were a sales tax. It is regressive taxation so the middle class will pay. Trump has floated the idea of a payment to everyone, so there have been revenue collections to do that. Inflation will increase from tariffs and such a payment.

Bravo Richard!

Sounds about right and that's all #Trump wanted. #Tariff soundbites.

Just his nafta negotiation all over agin. He didn't change it hardly at all, nothing that helped america, and he bragged about it.

The Federal Circuit seemed skeptical today about the basis for the trade deficit tariffs.

It may make the trade balances worse as people go elsewhere because the USA is too untrustworthy/unstable a place to do business with Trump

not even a concept of an idea ??

Bogus trade deals and bullshit headlines, sounds like Trump’s lifetime modus operandi.

He just makes up numbers obviously

There is no sense in negotiating with the United States because tRump can and will change his mind about tariffs at any time.

#worldwideUSboycott

Wanna play?

Just a DISTRACTION

Ultimately, it's only about his manipulation of markets for personal profit. #plainandsimple #followthemoney #artofthesteal

It's not even that complicated. The despot and his obsequious serfs believe that tariffs will bring a windfall of cash to the U.S. None of them understand how tariffs work or they are in denial. That mindset is fixed, so explaining the facts does no good. You're preaching to the proverbial choir.

But it will raise prices substantially for Americans.

Expect Trump going ballistic against "fake news CNN".

EU promises to buy 100% of its interstellar drive units from the US.

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He doesn't care, as long as he can convince his base.

The takeaway from these should not be forgotten. Tariffs are a regressive tax. These for show tariffs are costing our savings, our disposable income, and starving the poor. The downstream impacts of the blowhard's tariffs are very meaningful in a very negative way ONLY.

“largely garbage” is a step up from “total (and criminal) garbage”, the bottom line of the current administration

But the inflation is real. And my absolute unwillingness to spend freely due to massive uncertainty, that’s real too.

Me thinks the rest of us world is playing taco like the asshat he is.

I think a lot of the parties making deals with Trump have no expectation of carrying out the longer term affirmative non monetary obligations. He will lose interest and the clock will run. Window dressing

Theatre for his base.

The Garbage Man doesn’t get deals done . He brags be boasts he blusters … he’s a fucking idiot and you America pay the bill .

US GDP was just 3%. They are "working." /sarcasm

I would take Richard Quest word over The Fuhrer’s any day

Thank you because I was wondering why my commission sales are down 55% and I’m working harder than ever before in my life.

He could have introduced a federal sales tax like a normal country. But it wouldn't be big and beautiful, and it wouldn't alienate allies. So screw that.

I’m shocked! Well, not really

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Smoke and mirrors

The media not calling bullshit in each deal headline is the real crime.

Yes, but my tax bill has gone up so I got that going for me.

Still didn’t get it ? All he wants is to brag about these multi-billion agreements he ´secured’ with Japan and the EU (and even Heard and Mc Donald islands I have been told 🤣), the rest is fine print….

Kind of what you would expect from a third rate TV “showman”. Nothing of substance, ever. Just endless lies.

Wait…. I agreed with him until the last line. The TACO turbulence is already having a detrimental effect, especially with regard to TRUST in the WORD of the FOTUS and his ding dong disaster of an admin.

All I have to say to this is…he bankrupted a fucking casino, I shan’t be holding my breath for a good trade deal

LOL, more than one, Angel!!!

Exactly! And how the hell do you bankrupt a casino, FFS?! The House always wins in every casino. 🎰 So, where did the money go? Follow the money...laundromat.

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A problem that was not a problem to begin with. Easier solution is just tax the people who have ALL the money aka the billionaires.

Richard is a national treasure!!

He's a fraud, 6 bankruptcies, ran businesses into the ground, didn't pay debts or contractors... Stacks of folders his first term were empty or one page rhetoric with no details, he's so narcissistic he can't listen to anyone that actually knows about these issues, he's a distraction for pro25r's