Deja Vu? The Dow plunges with news that President Trump will be raising tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. While his motives may be to protect American steel workers' jobs and the U.S. steel industry it smacks of Herbert Hoover's tariffs on imports just prior to the stock market crash of 1929 which led the U.S. into the Great Depression of the 1930s.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/...rmoil.html#

Except Hoover was a fucking genius compared to the Orange Turd.

The real question is can Congress get it together to stop him? There's broad disapproval on both sides of the aisle. My guess is, they won't.

(March 2, 2018 at 12:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Except Hoover was a fucking genius compared to the Orange Turd.

Yeah yeah, I already know your obsession over Hillary losing the election to President Trump. Would you care to expand on the OP Mr. History buff?

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(March 2, 2018 at 12:27 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The real question is can Congress get it together to stop him? There's broad disapproval on both sides of the aisle. My guess is, they won't.

I understand the motive behind the move but historically this hasn't panned out well for the U.S.

In on one!

(March 2, 2018 at 11:59 am)A Theist Wrote: Deja Vu? The Dow plunges with news that President Trump will be raising tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. While his motives may be to protect American steel workers' jobs and the U.S. steel industry it smacks of Herbert Hoover's tariffs on imports just prior to the stock market crash of 1929 which led the U.S. into the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Finally beginning to realise that your candidate for Fuhrer is an idiot, huh?

(March 2, 2018 at 12:27 pm)A Theist Wrote:

(March 2, 2018 at 12:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Except Hoover was a fucking genius compared to the Orange Turd.

Yeah yeah, I already know your obsession over Hillary losing the election to President Trump. Would you care to expand on the OP Mr. History buff?

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(March 2, 2018 at 12:27 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The real question is can Congress get it together to stop him?  There's broad disapproval on both sides of the aisle.  My guess is, they won't.

I understand the motive behind the move but historically this hasn't panned out well for the U.S.

It won't even pan out well for U.S steelworkers.  Their problem is automation, not imports. Like the reduction in environmental regs to prop up coal, this is jobs theater. 

Instead, we will probably lose jobs in industries using steel.

Quote:Would you care to expand on the OP Mr. History buff?

No. Nazi morons like you elected a turd and now we all have to suffer.

I know you are so proud.  You give his photo a "Heil Trump" every morning?

This would devastating the Canadian economy   in both imports exports and manufacturing . Thousands of jobs could be at risk and it will be Rural communities that will feel the bit most.

Jenny A nailed it: 'jobs theater'.

I expect that Trump's pandering to his base will only intensify as he increasingly feels the squeeze from the Mueller investigation. The one thing you can count on with Trump is that it's all about him all the time. No policy idea is too bad to be considered, so long as the dipshits who voted for him think it will benefit them or otherwise represents their "values". They are all he has left, and he knows it.

I am not a fan of tariffs and trade wars. But that's what you would expect from a neo-liberal internationalist. That reminds me, I need to renew my Illuminati membership this month.