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US Tariffs, Sigh!
- Thread starter JamesLam
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MikePro
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you're from Washington and you forgot WASHINGTON?!?
rofl
I know google is free - but just like I don't want to be pasted chatgpt answers, I don't want to just paste answers for every question either.
10% is 4.7 presidents - There were 5... 4 of which were in the army / high ranking officials.... They werent politicians per say, but they still knew how the political game went.
Trumps first 5 years count - but he didn't seem to learn anything from them - If he werent doing stuff thats not in his purview, such as tariffing countries via tweet, he wouldn't be getting sued to stop, and before the supreme court so much. You can say poeople are trying to be obstructionist and hold everything he does up in courts... but theres a reason most of the time it's ruled illegal and theres a stop on it... and it ends up before a supreme court.
Trump works for the people - So yes..even he has a boss. Now how would you feel if you hired someone, and they ignored all other departments and job descriptions, said they had a better way and wanted to "Fix" your company? You may be happy with what trumps doing... But according to recent polls, he's at a 39% approval rating... So a bulk majority of Americans dont.
Wikipedia considers him as previously holding office... "Virginia House of Burgesses" I'm not brushed up on my American politics enough to know what that is in relation to congress/senate, or how political it was.
I'm not going to argue what his debt to GDP ratio was - but I don't think it was high because he was a politician... And just because someone is a politician, doesnt mean theyre a good politician. But doesnt the new budget increase the US debt by quite a bit? They raised the debt ceiling by a lot... I think the situation has got so bad that one president in one term wont be able to fix it, but I also don't think Trump is the debt savior people think he'll be.
Again, I dont care enough to research it and see if wikipedia is wrong, or if you're wrong, and its a reason I didn't just post the google result, because it makes no difference. 5 presidents or 7 presidents... 10%, 15%, over an almost 300 year period, thats not that many, and doesn't change the fact that he doesn't know the legal steps to get shit done, and why you'll be owing me $100 in a few weeks!
here, I'll just start chatgpting for you. you're right, 11.1%. lets change it to significant political experience... Thatd be 1 president.
What percent of presidents had no political experience?
ChatGPT said:
Out of the 45 individuals who have served as U.S. President, 5 had no prior elected public office experience. Wikipedia+1That works out to about 11.1% (5 ÷ 45 × 100).
If you meant “no significant political experience whatsoever” (including no appointed office or military service), the number drops further (only Donald Trump fits) which would be 1 / 45 ≈ 2.2%
TradeBalanceBoss
New Member
In June 2025, the Supreme Court severely curtailed the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, ruling that injunctions should typically only apply to plaintiffs in a case rather than blocking presidential actions nationwide. https://natlawreview.com/article/sc...junctions-trump-v-casa-and-its-impact-federal --- So actually yes, the supreme court even agreed that these political activist judges were acting our of their bounds and put a stop to it.
In the U.S.A. we aren't just the presidents boss, we are all of the "politicians" bosses. They are called REPRESENTATIVES here in the U.S.A. as we elect them to represent us.
American citizens overwhelmingly voted Trump into office. These polls are so fake. Trump has the most support out of any president ever from USA legal citizens.
XtremeXccessories
New Member
Such a pretty red map, if only land could vote.
Overwhelmingly voted him into office, you say?
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- to a very great degree or with a great majority.
Trump received 49.8%
Harris received 48.34%
If polls are "so fake", then why does Trump post every single positive poll he can find? Odd that every bad/critical news artical and poll is just fake and every good one is real. I'm starting to see a pattern here...
Edit: Wait, do you think land can vote? That would explain a lot..
TradeBalanceBoss
New Member
If you deduct all of the illegal votes, duplicates, dead people, mail drop box, and other shenanigans, YES, he won overwhelmingly. Even with all that he won by 2.5 million votes in the popular vote. Trump won in 2020 too, lol
Trump posts his positive polls to troll the left.
Wait, is Trump your president?
TradeBalanceBoss
New Member
Best President Ever
JamesLam
New Member
He is allowed to under the trade act... but it has its limitations.
He didn't use the trade act for most though because of the 150 day limitation - instead he's using IEEPA, which was never intended to be used for tariffs, and was intended to be used for Emergencies... Even if the USA was getting screwed on every single trade deal with every single country, it wouldn't be an emergency... At least not the way IEEPA was intended. Theres a very good chance al IEEPA tariffs get thrown out the window - He's enacted some tariffs via other acts, I believe some under the trade act.... I'm betting those stay, until its past the 150 days, in which it'll goto court if he tries to skirt the congress rule... which I'm sure he will. That, or he'll drop the tarrifs on day 149 and re-impose them
My biggest gripe about Trump is he's not a politician, he's a real estate mogul. He doesn't know the proper way to do things, and thats why half his shit ends up in court battles.... Whether what he's doing should be done or not, he's not going about it the proper, legal way - And it ends up being a mockery of the whole seperation of power and 3 parts of government thing.... I'm sure every president thinks his powers being limited by congress / the supreme court are pesky and wish they could bypass it... He's just one of the first to openly do it so much and hope it gets past.
Hey, remember that I started this thread to talk about tariffs. Regardless, I'll take the credit if it goes to No1! Hello Guinness...
It probably will get up there.
Even if(when;p) the supreme Court rules them illegal, trump has said he has a backup plan... So it'll probably be 4 years of tariffs, will they / won't they, is it legal or illegal, tariffs on, tariffs off and this thread will stay relevant for awhile.
But I'm curious, have you guys seen aluminum and ACM prices increase since this thread started? Canada's has increased because of the 25% tariff we put on China.... But I have no idea whether America's has changed much, or if at all.
Even if(when;p) the supreme Court rules them illegal, trump has said he has a backup plan... So it'll probably be 4 years of tariffs, will they / won't they, is it legal or illegal, tariffs on, tariffs off and this thread will stay relevant for awhile.
But I'm curious, have you guys seen aluminum and ACM prices increase since this thread started? Canada's has increased because of the 25% tariff we put on China.... But I have no idea whether America's has changed much, or if at all.
TradeBalanceBoss
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Oh wow, I didn't know Canada put a 25% tariff on China, that is pretty ballsy. ACM prices continue to be pretty solid over here.
