vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoMark Cuban rips Trump threat to hit John Deere with massive tariffs: ‘Insane’thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down13
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkMark Cuban rips Trump threat to hit John Deere with massive tariffs: ‘Insane’thehill.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd Trump fails to understand, again, that it’s not Mexico or John Deere paying the tariffs, it would be American consumers. Farmers would buy the gear, paying the tariff directly, then recoup costs by raising the prices on farm goods. Way to go, asshole!
minus-squareYurkshireLad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months agoIt doesn’t matter. To his uneducated supporters, it sounds like he’s doing the right thing and punishing John Deere and Chiiiiiiiiina by imposing tariffs.
And Trump fails to understand, again, that it’s not Mexico or John Deere paying the tariffs, it would be American consumers.
Farmers would buy the gear, paying the tariff directly, then recoup costs by raising the prices on farm goods.
Way to go, asshole!
It doesn’t matter. To his uneducated supporters, it sounds like he’s doing the right thing and punishing John Deere and Chiiiiiiiiina by imposing tariffs.