According to Josh Dawsey of the WSJ, Donald Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs
His threat came in a call earlier this month.
Carmakers feared punishment if prices go up
So as well as tariffs there will be price controls.
According to Josh Dawsey of the WSJ, Donald Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs...
Can't American automakers absorb the costs, sell the new cars at less than cost? Then get trump to sign an EO granting them subsidies to make up their losses?Speaking to the Journal, the [American Automotive Policy Council, that represents General Motors and Ford] president Matt Blunt said it was “difficult to see how imposed tariffs over time would not have some impact on prices.” “Tariffs on U.S. trading partners, who are vital to our automotive supply chains, would make it harder for average Americans to afford the new vehicles of their choice,” Mike Stanton, president of the National Auto Dealers Association, said. Independent article link
Twenty minutes later, it's down -409 points. Enjoy the roller coaster ride!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Whatever happened to the $8,000,000 given by our "government" to Radical Left Politico magazine, or whatever you would call it. Owned by wealthy guys, this money should be taken back by DOGE, ASAP. Also, is Stacey Abrams going to give back the Two Billion Dollars they funneled into her "environmental fund" just prior to my assuming office. She went from $100 in donations to $2,000,000,000 in just one day? Not bad!!! Get back the money.
"Jump off a cliff to own the libs! Only $47 and your self-worth, contact with your rational friends and family members, and a couple Constitutional rights*! Can't beat it!Rollercoaster? More like-:
He wants to get rid of black history and women's history and more. I think what some people do not understand is that White Supremacy is a patriarchal ideology. White Men are superior and the only meaningful contributors to society, in their minds. If a black/brown/female person accomplishes something, it's only because a white man made it happen.Donald has signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution
The order directs the vice-president to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the institute's museums, centres and the National Zoo in Washington.
It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which "have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history
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Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums
The order says that "divisive narratives" must be purged from the US museums and research centres.www.bbc.co.uk
Get back the money!!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Whatever happened to the $8,000,000 given by our "government" to Radical Left Politico magazine, or whatever you would call it. Owned by wealthy guys, this money should be taken back by DOGE, ASAP. Also, is Stacey Abrams going to give back the Two Billion Dollars they funneled into her "environmental fund" just prior to my assuming office. She went from $100 in donations to $2,000,000,000 in just one day? Not bad!!! Get back the money.
It's with all the evidence of social security fraud that DOGE has found.....Maybe I was asleep or drunk when this alleged theft took place? Can anyone point to some evidence for this, or is this just his usual brain rot in action?*
* I'm pretty sure I already know the answer.
And now down 635.73! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!This is a public service announcement! At noon EST the Dow is down 538.07.
FTFYHegseth, has a new tattoo written in Arabic declaring himself a‘Kafir,’ which is an enemy of Islam. weapon-grade edgelord.
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Pete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’
Critics say US defense secretary’s tattoo of the word kafir, meaning ‘infidel’ or ‘non-believer’ could offend Muslimswww.theguardian.com
Assuming there is a next one, are at least one that doesn't go full Putin.Hope they remember this when the funding donations for the next election is discussed.
Racists gonna RacistHegseth, has a new tattoo written in Arabic declaring himself a ‘Kafir,’ which is an enemy of Islam.
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Pete Hegseth’s Arabic tattoo stirs controversy: ‘clear symbol of Islamophobia’
Critics say US defense secretary’s tattoo of the word kafir, meaning ‘infidel’ or ‘non-believer’ could offend Muslimswww.theguardian.com