Lol...art of the deal...forcing them to secure the border...or else...insult my arse...they feel insulted being compared to Mexico, but nobody calls them racist...about time...rattle their cages Donald!!!
Lol...art of the deal...forcing them to secure the border...or else...insult my arse...they feel insulted being compared to Mexico, but nobody calls them racist...about time...rattle their cages Donald!!!
A dignified response to batshit Trump's tariff trash talks.
The crminals in charge in Canada - Trudeau knwn as the son of Fidel Castro bcause his father was impotent and could not ahv children - while hsi mother spen a week with Casro who helped hrr ot - is the arhenemy of Ford - with the crazy Trudeau on the poit of losing power in Canada is ina ood spot tos top he open bor wih Canada is about to be kicked out ofpower as well. Ford would be able to negoiate with he SA a new eal thatwoud benei both countries,
Lets g back on theissue thouh, bama signed a rad ageement with Canada and Mexico that wa so bad TRump tor it up and egotiate a replacement deal - whuch Pelosi bragded ou as the best ade deal evesigned by the SA. Trudau is on his way ou of pwer and since he did not omply with the Trade deal compliane by all three countries would be implemented.His Pary wi not be aamaged in the exndian lection and has nothing to fear from Trump inofar ss the Trade deal is cncrned/
So ti is anotherchildish case of fearmongering amongst kiddies. , ,
The crminals in charge in Canada - Trudeau knwn as the son of Fidel Castro bcause his father was impotent and could not ahv children - while hsi mother spen a week with Casro who helped hrr ot - is the arhenemy of Ford - with the crazy Trudeau on the poit of losing power in Canada is ina ood spot tos top he open bor wih Canada is about to be kicked out ofpower as well. Ford would be able to negoiate with he SA a new eal thatwoud benei both countries,
Lets g back on theissue thouh, bama signed a rad ageement with Canada and Mexico that wa so bad TRump tor it up and egotiate a replacement deal - whuch Pelosi bragded ou as the best ade deal evesigned by the SA. Trudau is on his way ou of pwer and since he did not omply with the Trade deal compliane by all three countries would be implemented.His Pary wi not be aamaged in the exndian lection and has nothing to fear from Trump inofar ss the Trade deal is cncrned/
So ti is anotherchildish case of fearmongering amongst kiddies. , ,
Lol...art of the deal...forcing them to secure the border...or else...insult my arse...they feel insulted being compared to Mexico, but nobody calls them racist...about time...rattle their cages Donald!!!
The is a hue amout of drugs enterig the USA from Canada nd the number of illegals are increasing as well/ The idioic Mayorkas and he cleless idiot Biden moved e ecury=ityguards covering e Candian border to the Mexicn borer where they were assined o make sadwiches for migran ts and supply cool drinks and Ice cream as well. They were also gien cell phones - but those were raceable so hey ended up in rashcans ofr just lying all over the show.
Easy though the illegals were carted and flown to ther cnters in the USA at government cost and linked up with Antifa and BLM - the terrorist subsidiaris of the Demcoratic Party Beore youget a hissyfit - both organizations were stared by Obama when he was President and both were used in -
* the 2020 riots ; and
* the 2023 and 2024 Hamas riots at collegs,
Both were also fndd by the ame people - George Soros and thePtirzker Foundation controlled b te Governor of Ilinois. In both cases h money ent to he DNC/ who paid he hoteland transpot costs of h e rioter,
During the 2020 riots 46 people was murdered by the rioters and 1 200 police officers suffered seious njuries therou terroriit gunfore and usage of Molotov coacktails and damage to he value of $6 billion was caused. Over 1 500 prisoners was arrested and stil i prison. Days ater his swearig in one his waring in e ordered the release with n bail raised d no ch arges laid afterwards, Even people guilty of murder and tempted murder was reelased. After t e H amas riots causigmajor damage tobuildings were also arrested - but released within 24 hours..
The DP has one really prsistent chracteristic theyptoytc criminals in heiremply ad organizatuiosss from being charged with criminality. I is persiset Mafia xcoad reained bythe Democrats as a matter of honor amongst thieves.
Onc a criminal organization alwaysa criminal organization The criems mentioned is set to take prority under the new trump administraion and that is where the nakes in the DP is already sthitting themselves a prnes i crie i rioting. . , -
"Well Mexico and Canada are not the same. The number of encounters at the border between Mexico and the US is 10 times higher than the number of encounters at the US-Canadian border.
Well. well I would suggest that you so called world leaders on Mud Island and NZ best remain silent as you folks have already screwed up your country or the country of your birth after messing that up as well.
Both the Mexican and Canadian governments are corrupt and led by two idiots who are filling their pockets and are no better that the so called SA government.
President elect Trump will secure the USA border and the Canadian and Mexican will fall in line with his policies as the two countries (to the North - Canada and to the South - Mexico) depend on the USA for just about all their trade.
Corruption at all levels.
Bollocks, I'm sure Doug Ford has more supporters than detractors in Canada.
Ford is the Premier of the province of Ontario and not a national figure.
By the way Ontario does more trade with the USA that the rest of Canada combined so they would likely be the most financially hurt by any form of sanctions from the USA.
Plus he is not a Liberal like the PM.
So he best shut up and keep a low profile with respect to any USA sanctions.
The Pary Fprd represens is a local brnch o he na tionl Pay. Fd is aganst Trudeau who is stil prenier - but utextremely unpopular. So F o's saying on border issues ha as much weight as my dog. The main opposition is fighing to get rid of the Castro pupil at present in charge, It is the latter who decie on border policy and ot Ford. If Trudeau decide the allow free flow of drugs int te U SA an not top human trfickin g he should blame the prent Government and not Trump or he problem/
Well. well I would suggest that you so called world leaders on Mud Island and NZ best remain silent as you folks have already screwed up your country or the country of your birth after messing that up as well.
Already screwed up our countries. How so?
So a lot of "leaders" - some rats and most honest ones are - are running to see Trump at Mar-el-Lago. The latet rat going there is Trudeau - the Canada Premier - whose real claim to fame is that he is Fidel Castro's son - whose other children claim Trudaeau is their step-broher. He was trying to act like Castro as PM of Canada and is just as popular as Scholtz is in Germany/ The next election in Canada is likely to send him the same route where Scholtz is going to go in Germany - ie into political oblivion.
Trump is not going to go to Washington until inauguration day - since the Democrats and their associats are encouraging his assassination by their actions they are announcing about undermining his administrtion. The FBI and CIA the Biden Administration was using to undermine democracy in the USA cannot be trusted since their leadership are going to be jobless on 21 January 2025 - so are most of the army leadersip who disgraced the USA in Afghanstan and the US Defense Deparment. Imagine the Defense Force in their first audit since 2003 the comand cannot account on what $80 billion of their budget were spent on. Not only incompetent - but also corrupt,
So there are a lot of very dangerous scum around who will not have jobs on 30 January 2025 and will have to prepare their defense iro bribery and corruption chsrges which will send them to jail for amongst others bribery and corrption - and lying to Congress under oath the latter incude half of Biden's Cabinet as well. The latter alone carries penalties of 10 years in jail.
So the latest story in Washington is following the Monopoly guidelines of "Go to jail - go Directly to jail - do not pass go and do not collect $200.". So the biggest shredding of document ever in Washington are under way - but there are too much to shred.
By the way the raid on Trump's home to collect documents are now clearer as well. The saviour of the DP - Special Council Smith - laid charges about the issue against Trump with a court in Florida. The Judge was not amused when it came out that two photos the FBI spread iro the documents were fakes and not taken at Trump' home at all, The same photo's were posted on his site as well. The judge then ordered Smith and the FBI to return all documents taken to the Court to allow for insepecion thereof by the Trump Defene team - a ruling that was ignored by Smith and he FBI. After a second ruling to deliver the doscuments - the Jadge gave a warning to Smith and the FBI within 14 days or facing charges of contempt of court and given jail sentences. - so of the 32 boxes of documetns taken by the FBI they returned 21 boxes from which documents were also missing.
So th Judge decided that Smith and the FBI was indeed udermining the Court and ruled that Smith appointment as Special Council was illegal and she threw out the charges as illegiimate. That put Smith in an ugly situation and he ended up appealing the judge's ruling and he applied to the same court to get approval \to appeal e decision of judge in that case. The applicaio led to anher 5 boxes of documents to be dliverd and a promise that the rest would be supplied as well. However, before he court could decid on that one - Smith withdrew the appeal.
Smith also is wiihdawing the January 6 charges against Trump and he is peparing to flee from office before Trump take over the Presidency, Another $62 million of fruitles expenditure incurred by the Biden Government. entirely as an election strategy to get Trump out of the election. It did not work out.
Bad days for the rats - both inside and outside of the USA, So after Trudeau who else is pleading for an intervie with Trump at Mar-el-Lago? My bet is on Starmer creeping up the stairway in the House will be next. New Zealand and Ireland will not be conidered. Trump has too many real issues to be dealt with and they will not meet the basic requirments for interviews.
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All these bogus prosecutors and judges are sweating Bullets. Bondi must go after these scumbags!
Ireland is a very moral country….except:
DUBLIN—The Irish government is rolling in clover like never before.
The country currently has so much money it pumps cash into not one but two sovereign-wealth funds. It is so flush that the budget watchdog doesn’t warn about not having enough money but rather that the government is spending so much that it could overheat the economy.
In Dublin, authorities are building what might become the world’s most expensive children’s hospital. There are plans for a motorway to link Cork and Limerick, new flood defenses in Shannon and floating wind farms off the south coast. Outside the parliament sits a new bike shed that cost around $350,000, houses 36 bikes and doesn’t keep out the rain. The state is spending $10 million to get children off their phones at school, including mass-buying magnetic pouches to lock the devices away so they don’t get distracted.
“The good times are back,” says Pat Woods, as he stretches his arms out over the red leather banquette of his pub, the Dame Tavern, in central Dublin. “Everything is flying.” Standing in a nearby street sucking on a vape, a local hairdresser marvels at what is unfolding. “The spending is wild,” he says.
Helping fund this largess is the U.S. tax system and an unexpected side effect of a global clampdown on corporate tax dodging. The U.S. government and the European Union spent the past decade changing laws and pressuring big multinationals not to book profits in offshore jurisdictions, such as the Cayman Islands, where they have no operations and pay no corporate tax. So now many U.S. companies are doing the next best thing: parking their international profits in low-tax Ireland where they employ some people and pay some tax. Among those known to use Ireland are Apple, Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft and Pfizer.
The result is a vast windfall for a country of 5.4 million people. Ireland, which now offers a headline 15% corporate tax rate to big companies compared with 21% in the U.S., expects in 2024 to have raked in 37.5 billion euros, equivalent to $39.6 billion, in corporate tax revenue, up from €4.6 billion a decade earlier. That works out at around $7,300 per person. In the neighboring U.K., corporation tax generated around $1,300 a head in fiscal 2024.
A country that was once famed for mass emigration—and nearly went bankrupt 15 years ago following a banking crisis—is now importing workers to build everything from wind farms to houses amid surging demand, a shift in economic fortunes almost unimaginable a generation ago. “Historically Ireland had loads of people and no money,” says Seamus Coffey, chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. “Now we’ve loads of money and not enough people.”
If Trump gets his tax cuts, some of these companies will move back and pay their taxes in the USA...
Who'll ultimately pay for Herr Trompf''s tariffs ?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ll-pay-highest-cost-trump-220248515.html
Donald Trump’s tariffs will likely take the biggest toll on Texas, multiple economics experts told Newsweek.
Last week, the president-elect announced plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods imported from China, Canada, and Mexico “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”
While Trump’s tariffs on Mexico are expected to cause consumer prices to soar for a number of imported products, they would have far wider adverse effects on the U.S. economy. Specifically, they will make life tough in Texas, where a majority of the residents voted for the tariff-touting incoming president.
Ray Perryman, the CEO of the financial analysis firm The Perryman Group, told Newsweek that the negative effects of Trump’s tariffs will likely hurt the Lone Star State the most “because of its proximity to and integration of supply chains with Mexico.”
“Texas would see a disproportionate impact, which we estimate to be about $46.9 billion in yearly gross state product (about 1.7 percent of the total) and approximately 370,000 jobs,” Perryman said.
Perryman warned that, if implemented, 25 percent tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada would result in an estimated loss of $250.6 billion in annual national GDP and approximately 1.97 million jobs, amounting to nearly one percent of the U.S. GDP.
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told Newsweek that he agreed that the proposed tariffs would “severely impact” Texas.
“Not only all those avocados, mangos, beer, tequila etc. becoming more expensive to Texas consumers, but the decline in cross-border truck and rail traffic will throw a lot of Texans out of work,” he said. “Then there is the loss of Texas sales of consumer goods, cattle, gas, petroleum and electricity to Mexico. Thrown in a decline in Mexican tourism in Texas.”
Tony Payan, the director for the Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, told the Texas Standard that the “stakes could be high for both Texas and Mexico” when it came to Trump’s proposed tariffs.
“The amount of trade between the two countries is $800 billion a year. Half of that—$400 billion—is essentially what we could call intra firm trade,” Payan said. “That is, trade that occurs between manufacturing firms—the parts that come from Mexico or come from the United States into Mexico to complete the cars and to complete the goods that are traded.”
Payan added that he wasn’t sure Trump would “make good” on his promise to impose tariffs and ultimately he believed the president-elect would realize just how “integrated” the two economies had become.
H ere's th normal propaganda BS to be expect from DP. The media has no idea as to what si going to actyually happen uner Trump and is now writing doomsday tales. in US Economics around him and they will lead the economic dvelopment in the USA on an honest and acceptable basis.
Trumps mere fact to impose tarifs on drug and people smuffling are already let to the Cndain Premier running to Mar-el-Lago to creep before Trump and promise to close the Canadaian border to drug and people smuggling and the Mexico Govement reversing their policies to what was keepig peple in Mexcico until their appications for moving to the USA have been considerd and approved. in practice Mexico will jsut close heir own bordes to prevent influx and people and drug smuggling by the cartels,
So whaever tariffs the USA will force the countries cconcerned to take responsiblility for their ow actions. In ther words Trump is using threats to get the countries cncerne to stop people and drug smuggling through and by the theatene countries, and they will rush to oney what he wants.
Stop ducking & diving ................. who pays for Trompf's tariffs ?
It's a bargaining tool...in the end the consumer pays the tariffs, so it should only be used sparingly to prevent the dumping of produce which destroys local industries...we'll see what happens...
Blo
Apple's boss came to Trump and complained that if they were to pay his proposed tariffs they'd not be able to compete.
Trump told him that Samsung was doing most of its production in South Korea and they're the Android market leader by a country mile.
Trump then told him that Apple could get a 1 year pass, after which the tariffs would be imposed.
Apple built a factory in the USA.
Does that sum it up for you?
Spot on
Apple's boss came to Trump and complained that if they were to pay his proposed tariffs they'd not be able to compete.
Trump told him that Samsung was doing most of its production in South Korea and they're the Android market leader by a country mile.
Trump then told him that Apple could get a 1 year pass, after which the tariffs would be imposed.
Apple built a factory in the USA.
Does that sum it up for you?
Correction Apple did not build a new factory in the USA. They expanded an existing one in Texas. .
Now its correct to say Apple where considering shifting production of the Mac Pro from the plant in Texas to China but decided to stay put after receiving tariff exemptions. But the expansion of the facility in Texas was not to create additional production capacity.
But you could still say that was a win for Trump right, after all he prevented Apple from moving the manufacturing of the Mac Pro from the US to China.
But why was Apple considering shifting manufacturing in the first place? Because of Trumps trade war with China and the tariffs placed on the required imported components from China driving up the cost of producing the Mac Pro in the US.
Trump solved a problem he himself created.
Stav
How does any company elarg a facrory and not expand it while no increasing production. That must be te biggst BS ever.
Trump created no prblem by fircing Apple's hand - they were planin g to move production to China and stopped it ebcause hreatened them with tariffs - plain and simple,
Stop living in lala land - and sop spouing BS pleae. The major US companies movd out of th USA because labor is cheap elsewhre and there are no rade unions that cn force the and of the companies in aying fair wages. If you do not know that by now you are one confused person.
Your big story about Canada misfired too. rudeu realizded he was i shit and wen to Mar-el-Lago to find a solution to the border problem with potenial migants go to Canada with the aim to enter the USA and drugs being smuggld by Canada criminals and hat is the end of the story Trudeau realized Canda will suffer and ebcame reasonable quickly.
Now a frther insult to Biden by Macron/ He invited Trump to the official opening of the renovated Notre Dame in Pris - wheere strings of oe heads o tate will also be. No Biden because he ould not have habitual farters and a mentally eficint idiot .
The above indicates what it means to have a strong leader in the USA and nnt idiotic shit like Biden.
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"But why was Apple considering shifting manufacturing in the first place? Because of Trumps trade war with China and the tariffs placed on the required imported components from China driving up the cost of producing the Mac Pro in the US.
Trump solved a problem he himself created"
Bollocks
Trump may have contributed in some way towards this approach from Apple, but he did not create this environment that was forcing Apple to move their manufacturing to China... far from it.
In fact there are many very valid business reasons why Apple wanted to move their manufacturing to China, so for you to now blame this on Trump is just absolutely naive and ridiculous
DA
The whole argumne of Stav is weird, Apple expanded their factory in Texas - but they did not pand their product producers They throw in money into a project - but want thing in retuirn. That is how scialist things and Stav apparently believe al the Socialist BS the Guardiaan dished up. It happeneed before that in 2017 factories decided to make their manufacturing to Mexico told them they are going to siffer idf they did that, They quickly learn that when Trump businessman himself read them the riot act and they stayed in the USA. Apple wanted to move production to China to save costs and Trump told them straight out do that and you will not be able to sell your products in the USA. - it will be priced out of the amarket,
You may have note that Trump nominated a lon g pof top business to manage the finances of the Fderal Govrnment. Trump pickd those people to ensure that sound financial management is ensured and the money the Government get in - plus the savings of D oge will not nly the balance the budget - but will make sure that enough money is pmped into the econmy to ensure the working class and poor will have much better lives then they are at present.
In the past gav taax breaks to e3verybody - but the conditions for teh rich was that they are pumping money into imvstmet to expand their bussinesses to ensue job growth. The Univesity pofessors believe their own ideas about economics ad that enails Government control of everything that means total control of Government over the private sector.
The only people that would suffer are the tens of thousands of Public Servnts who have never done a days proper work in their lives and may now have to find work where they actually have to work and not let people suffer as a result of their conduct.
Bollocks
Trump may have contributed in some way towards this approach from Apple, but he did not create this environment that was forcing Apple to move their manufacturing to China... far from it.
In fact there are many very valid business reasons why Apple wanted to move their manufacturing to China, so for you to now blame this on Trump is just absolutely naive and ridiculous
So its just coincidence that Apple decided not to move production of the Mac Pro to China right after they got a tariff exemption on certain components imported from China like logic boards and power supply units? Tariffs that where only there due to Trump putting them there.
The whole argumne of Stav is weird, Apple expanded their factory in Texas - but they did not pand their product producers They throw in money into a project - but want thing in retuirn. That is how scialist things and Stav apparently believe al the Socialist BS the Guardiaan dished up.
LOL, Mike ever consider the possibility that Apple need buildings to do things other than manufacturing like housing such thing as the sales, engineering and R+D departments? Socialism and the Guardian, LOL.
"Trump solved a problem he himself created. "
Nonsense.
The point was to show Blob how Trump's idea is to get more production happening in the US.
And I don't see that as a problem.
And what is the difference between building a new factory on its own grounds or building a new factory near other factories?
Tariffs that where only there due to Trump putting them there. Wh n did hose ariffs come into effect and who gave the excempyion?
Could not eTrump ince he is not in power yet and Bin is toos tupid to realize what is going on.
Just onme thing unlike your media s you Trump is not an idiot, He is a busiessman and so is aa whole lot of his nominees. He wants the pblic service to operate on a businss basis and that il determine whether tariffs should apply or not.. What is going to cost the owbers a firtune is whn factories is moved out of he USA
Trump will ensure that the working class and or benefit from his policies
Factories ar enot enlarged ts eve sales ad display cneers. Suh centers ae in t main bussins area in cities - while factories are in inditrusrial zoned areas, Due to ecurity resons cusomers ar enot allow into industrial sites and builings anyway.
The point was to show Blob how Trump's idea is to get more production happening in the US.
And I don't see that as a problem.
There can be a very large difference between intended affect and actual affect.
And what is the difference between building a new factory on its own grounds or building a new factory near other factories?
It wasn't a new factory. Aside from the presence of per-existing company infrastructure in a location may influence the decision to build new infrastructure at the same location.
Te problem relaes t zoning of develoments which is used in all civilized countries in the orld. If a compny wants to bild fcories it depends on infratructure provision to zoned areas nd if omany owned a site nt oned for indutril usage that factory will never be approved. That is normal in all counries -but with corruption on the level it operaets in the U SA it might be possible.
"So its just coincidence that Apple decided not to move production of the Mac Pro to China right after they got a tariff exemption on certain components imported from China like logic boards and power supply units? Tariffs that where only there due to Trump putting them there"
No it's not a coincidence
As I said, Trump must have contributed to it in some way, but there were a lot more valid business reasons why Apple did what they did.
I believe Apple's actions with keeping the Mac Pro production in Texas was a very calculated response to a complex mix of economic incentives as well as political pressures that were put in place by Trump's trade policies.
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