r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Peteostro • Nov 26 '24

Trump Pledges 25% Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and 10% on China Trump

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pledges-tariffs-on-mexico-canada-and-china-3c62b1f7
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u/HydrargyrumHg Nov 26 '24

As a US citizen I don't blame you one iota. We've demonstrated a complete lack of consistent governance and we are an unreliable trade partner. Sell to us when it is to your advantage and to everyone else when it isn't. We've managed to utterly destroy the goodwill we garnered over decades of free trade. As a nation we deserve every bad thing that is about to unfold. We've let ingrained stupidity, complacency, and hatred win the day. Those things are the only real American values.

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u/techm00 Nov 26 '24

I really detest it has come to this. We should be best buds, and thriving together.

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u/HydrargyrumHg Nov 26 '24

I whole heartedly agree. There has a been a cancer growing in our country for decades that has been well-fed on right wing propaganda. The quote at the base of the Statue of Liberty is a mockery of what we stand for.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"