Frank wrote on Aug 11^th, 2025 at 8:40pm:


It is very much possible for there to be tariffs on local products, or at least components of local products. Look at the auto industry. Even though that Chevrolet truck might be built in a factory in the United States, there is an extremely high likelihood that some of its components (e.g. LED lights or even metal used in the body of the vehicle itself) are imported into the U.S. and those components will attract a tariff. Now that car that used to cost $80k might cost $85k because of numerous components that had to be imported because no one makes them in America or not cheap enough to make it profitable to buy American-made components.

So yeah, it’s highly likely - basically a certainty - that local products will have some level of tariff involved in them.

Come back to earth, unmored little gasbag.  It was a simple question even a woke toddler like you can readily understand.

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When Australia had a car industry imported cars had hefty duties)tariffs on them. Most car sales were of Australian made units, with all the jobs and infrastructure and expertise that goes with it.
Tariffs were gradually lowered and the Australian automotive industry died. Now we don't even refine our own fuel.


Sweden (population 10 million) makes cars and trucks like Volvo, Saab, Scania IN Sweden that you can see on the roads across the world, including Australia.

Frank wrote on Aug 12^th, 2025 at 1:57pm:


It doesn't.  They're just trying to exploit the USA, they deserve it.

We deserve it.

It's a really good thing Trump is doing, making his people pay more for everything, while increasing their taxes in the BBB.

He's pushing sustainability and ending the disposable economy.  People should only buy what they need, not what they want.  And Trump will tell them what they need.

Trump is leading the US to victory over its allies trade enemies and the victory will be glorious.

/Frank's Mental Health Retreat.

SadKangaroo wrote on Aug 11^th, 2025 at 3:59pm:


frank stumbles getting out of bed

SadKangaroo wrote on Aug 12^th, 2025 at 4:33pm:


Strange. Now where have we heard that before?

FD? You've been rather quiet of late.

Please explain?

SadKangaroo wrote on Aug 12^th, 2025 at 1:31pm:



You are talking absolute rot, again. Probably lying on purpose for rhetorical purposes, playing to the gallery of equally retarded woke toddlers. Nobody is as stupid as to not know that [b]tariffs are NOT boycotts,[/b]. A tariff does not mean that the product is no longer available as before. Tariff do not make supply any slower. No 'bleeding through'.

Trump is NOT doing what China did to Australia (great, trustworthy free trade partner that it is...) when it BLOCKED Australian products from the Chinese market.

Frank wrote on Aug 13^th, 2025 at 9:46am:


You dumb ass, that's the version of my post singing from your song sheet, you know, for your mental health retreat.

And you're still triggered by it.  WTF mate...

Seems like you just want to argue with me, even if I agree...  Rent free innit...

Oh right, my bad again:



Of course tarrifs aint boycotts, they Trumps big win plan. He make imports cost more, yeah price go up for american people but its other countrys payin not us.

Them prices just prove how much more them other countrys payin.

Americans can just buy local stuff no tarrifs on that. Everythin made in USA so we good.

Local factorys dont gotta worry bout tarrifs on they supply chain either cause other countrys pay it.

Its the art of the deal, Trump makin billons for america from tarrifs other countrys paid. That money helpin people thru ICE an cuttin all the junk we dont need.

Its perfect system gonna make more wallmarts open so more stuff, more jobs, econmy go up unless biden messed with it with more plants spewing fake numbers!

I aint tired of winnin yet this is awsome!

Frank wrote on Aug 13^th, 2025 at 11:16am:


By the way, what I said, even though it's been twisted to give you a break because you're acting like a perpetually triggered toddler, was dead on.

Trump's tariffs are blanket, indiscriminate sledgehammers. They're not designed to help struggling local industries. In most cases, there aren't even locally manufactured alternatives, and where there are, those supply chains are still hit with tariffs.

It's the only "king-like" power he wields without needing congressional approval, which, even with his party controlling both chambers, he seems too gutless to pursue.

So now he's trying to wield tariffs like some sort of magic fix for every problem, shamelessly taking credit for anything remotely positive, and sacking anyone who dares expose, even with cold, hard facts, the catastrophic fallout of his policies.

Look, tariffs do have a place. They can prop up faltering industries or help nurture new ones, provided there's actual government backing.

But Trump? He's doing none of that. No targeted tariffs, no meaningful support, just a reckless tax on everything, making prices skyrocket and lying about who pays it.

We're even seeing Walmart shutter stores in low-income areas because people simply can't afford to buy enough to keep them afloat.

That's more jobs lost, more smoke-and-mirrors number fiddling that will be needed to hide it over at BLS now Trump got rid of those telling the truth.

And that's just scratching the surface. Take Vegas tourism plummeting or Ford's 64% dive in net income in Q1 2025.

Everywhere you look, it's going pear-shaped.

And it's overwhelmingly because of these tariffs.

I know it's a bit off-topic since we're discussing where Trump got this moronic idea, but it sure as hell underlines how utterly stupid it is, to anyone not blindly wearing a red hat, at least.

Oh and blah blah blah , I feel like it's not necessary with this post, nor can I be buggered, you're just going to make your own reality and ignore what I've said anyway. 

Just create your own safe space like you normally do.

What am I this time, a gasious waffling teapot again?

Anything to run and hide from the truth huh...