Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon
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Wilbur Ross clearly realised he was way tol far down the "drama" list of cabinet appointees so thought he would go on tv and say who cares if the price of a can of soup goes up a few percent.
Unlike Ross lots of Trump supporters will notice if their weekly grocery shopping bill goes up due to the tariffs.
Unlike Ross lots of Trump supporters will notice if their weekly grocery shopping bill goes up due to the tariffs.
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In ten years, when someone is looking for an example of tone deaf.....
This will be one among many to come from this Administration.
He makes Mitt Romney look like man of the people.
To be scrupulously fair to Mr Ross his exact words were apparently "In a can of Campbell's Soup, there are about 2.6 pennies worth of steel. So if that goes up by 25 percent, that's about six-tenths of 1 cent on the price on a can of Campbell's soup, I just bought this can today at a 7-Eleven ... and it priced at a $1.99. Who in the world is going to be too bothered?"
So it is slightly less outrageous than my initial statement of "few percent" but doubt this will be a winning message
I don't care what side of the political aisle you are on, this isn't the way to make policy decisions or announcements.
This time it was a trade war but will it stop there...
This time it was a trade war but will it stop there...
Anyone else but the presidents son-in-law would be out of a job after this weeks deluge of news stories.
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TBH I find it very hard to believe that no-one knew Trump was going to do this - perhaps on the specific timing, but he has been chatting about tariffs, "fairer trade" etc since the GOP Primaries. Plus of course there is the NAFTA talks, and this disproportionally affects the Canadians (biggest importers of steel to the US) and Mexico (fourth biggest).
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland: Such tariffs are "absolutely unacceptable"; "entirely inappropriate to view any trade with Canada as a national security threat"; "Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers" if tariff is imposed:
I don't think the tariffs are good policy. That being said Canada getting mad is the cutest thing.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Freeland: Such tariffs are "absolutely unacceptable"; "entirely inappropriate to view any trade with Canada as a national security threat"; "Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers" if tariff is imposed:
I don't think the tariffs are good policy. That being said Canada getting mad is the cutest thing.
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