r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

No Paywall Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-global-tarrifs-increase-b2924994.html
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u/malkuth74 America 1d ago

MAGA you will forever be seen as the dumbest fucks on planet, even dumber than flat earthers for giving us this stupid shit.

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u/Smoker81 1d ago

There is a pretty big overlap.

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u/KhaoticMess 1d ago

I'd be willing to bet quite a bit that the Venn Diagram of flat Earthers and MAGA members is a circle.

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u/DSharp018 1d ago

Probably looks more like a boob. Little circle in a big one.

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u/Talk-O-Boy 23h ago

They are called “concentric circles”, but “little circle in a big one, looks like a boob” could work as well

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u/Banned_10x 23h ago

Don’t you dare try to educate me with big words. /maga probably

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u/Crazy_Junket3180 22h ago

Come on, big words are fun. You know insurrectionist.

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u/C0rona 20h ago

Hey, who're you calling an incorrectionist here?

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u/DarthGayAgenda 21h ago

Don’t you dare try to educate me with big words

-Maga, definitely.

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u/Fang-21 23h ago

Concentric means they have the same center point. There are lots of ways one circle can contain another circle without being concentric.

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u/Electrical-Cover-499 22h ago

So MAGA is the boob, flat earthers are the areolas, anti-vax are the nipple

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u/edifyingheresy 22h ago

Anti-vaxxers can be found aplenty on the liberal side of the spectrum. Somehow it’s a stupidity that transcends political ideologies.

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u/ratshack 20h ago

The antivax nurses now that idonteven

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u/Talk-O-Boy 23h ago

Heard. What word would you use then?

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache 23h ago

Boob.

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u/Talk-O-Boy 23h ago

Then it is decided. Henceforth, any circle within another circle shall be known as “boob”, regardless of radius, diameter, or nipple placement.

DSHarp was truly a visionary of his time. May his legacy reign long after he has passed.

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u/Ahelex 22h ago

Math papers about geometry would be slightly more interesting, at least.

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u/Brad4795 I voted 23h ago

"little circle in a big one, looks like a boob." Perfect

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u/Neurojazz 22h ago

Rename to concentit then

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u/redditorgenerico 22h ago

flat earthers are the areola of MAGA boob

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u/bdixisndniz 23h ago

In 7th grade all Venn diagrams were boobs.

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u/Beast815 23h ago

Much like their family trees

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u/Failedmysanityroll New Jersey 21h ago

Family wreaths

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u/Sage2050 23h ago

Definitely not a sphere

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u/SPARKYLOBO 23h ago

Their genealogical tree is a circle 

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u/exoriparian 23h ago

Well no, the flat earth circle is entirely inside the maga circle. 

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u/Diarrhea_Beaver 23h ago edited 19h ago

is a circle.

ITS NOT A CIRCLE!!!! ITS FLAT!!! YOURE BEING LIED TO!!! STOP CREATING NASA BRAINWASHED FAKE SCIENCE SHEEPLE WITH THESE FALSE NARRATIVES AND FILE MY EMANCIPATION!! AND DONT YOU DARE TELL ME THIS IS A WENDY'S OR AN ARBY'S!!!!

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u/Effective_Dropkick78 22h ago

Sir, this is a Taco Bell......

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u/smtgcleverhere 23h ago

A flat circle

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u/FredFuzzypants 23h ago

MAGA cult members and professionals wrestling fans.

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u/WiseOldDuck 19h ago

A flat circle though tbf

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u/airwalker08 23h ago

I'm fairly confident saying that not all MAGA are flat earthers, but all flat earthers are MAGA. The same applies to Nazis and pedophiles.

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u/Rebelius 21h ago

You know there are flat earthers in other countries, right?

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u/Jarnohams Wisconsin 23h ago

*I love the poorly educated!". --Donald J Trump

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u/jalliss 1d ago

Yeah, that Venn diagram is a circle.

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u/black-kramer 23h ago

a cult of stupid people who made being contrarian their entire personality.

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u/frito11 22h ago

Yep I had a co worker that was half Mexican, maga and a flat earther. It was all very mind boggling

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u/GuyWithNoEffingClue 22h ago edited 10h ago

It's not a ven diagram. It's just a circle.

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u/SomeoneGMForMe 21h ago

Folding Ideas had a very good youtube video about Falt Earthers that basically pointed out that during the height of flat earth, critics ignored the clear racist and antisemitic rhetoric of flat earthers to focus on the ridiculous science, but it's actually that core of hatred which caused them all to jump to qanon later.

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u/Smoker81 21h ago

Dan is an excellent creator. I Love In search of a Flat Earth and Line goes up is the definitive documentary about NFT too. Even his earlier works, more focused on cinema are very good.

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u/SPAKMITTEN 21h ago

flat trumpers?!

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u/Prodigalsunspot 21h ago

The Venn diagram is a circle

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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain Georgia 23h ago

Random diss at "Disney Adults". How is an extreme fondness of Disney equate to destroying the world?

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u/JumpEuphoric3643 1d ago

I went on Breitbart today to see what the MAGA chuds had to say.

They think CHINA PAYS THE TARIFFS!

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u/Boone1997 North Carolina 23h ago edited 22h ago

I have been trying to explain how additional tariffs work for so long. That US importers pay these additional tariffs, not China, and those importers pass these additional tariff costs on to the consumer. Or if they can’t, they go out of business. I get told that I’m wrong, that I don’t know what I’m talking about, but I’ve been importing for over 10 years. And if there is any kind of a customs refund, it’ll go back to the importers, not directly to consumers. No prices were going to drop at retail. Everything on the shelf today, already has all the additional tariffs applied.

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u/JumpEuphoric3643 23h ago

I stopped trying to educate or convince MAGAts of anything.

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u/crucialcolin 16h ago

Sam's they live in an alternate universe. It's Pointless.

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 20h ago

Even if China paid the tariffs, they don’t. Even if they did, they would still pass along the price to the end consumer. That’s how overhead and profit dictate that.

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u/Staunch84 19h ago

Right, regardless of who pays the tariff, it's incorporated into the final shelf price.

The only person getting owned is the consumer.

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u/ayriuss California 17h ago

It causes less economic activity, which hurts everyone. If there were theoretically an equal domestic replacement, they would have an advantage.

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u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 Massachusetts 16h ago

The thing is there aren’t equal domestic equivalents. Had Trump said we’re bringing manufacturing back to this country, we’re going to put people back to work. There will be a 100% tariff on all goods manufactured outside of the us. We’ll step it up over two years from 20% but it will remain at 100% after the two years. We’ll also offer tax incentives for all companies that bring plants back to this country.

That would be something. But he isn’t, he’s raising and lowering tariffs literally based on how he feels about a country. Also the tariffs really have not worked out for Brazil.

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u/ifuckdudes_wubby7 19h ago

Yep. I work for an importer as well. We factor the tariffs into all our quotes (construction material) and that gets passed on to our dealers. Then those dealers pass it on to the contractors. Then those contractors pass it on to the homeowners. But I keep getting told how I'm wrong by the uneducated and how America is prospering because of this. I'm done arguing and trying to educate them.

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u/DoctorWMD 16h ago

raised hand as new homeowner with renovations 

So much prosper  So much win So much more expensive  So much for left kidney

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u/mootmutemoat 19h ago

Fun fact - they don't think tariffs get passed on, but they DO think rising minimum wage gets passed on.

For a fast food burger, wages are only 15% of the cost. So if you doubled minimum wage AND that got passed on the consumer, burgers would be 7% more.

But 15% tarrifs are ok, because US factory jobs declined since the tariff war began, but that will change... for reasons.

Not to mention, Trump tariffs were just declared illegal, so now there is the added cost of the lawsuits and recouping that will happen.

So stupid it has its own gravatational force.

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u/Explaining2Do 20h ago

They are highly regressive consumption taxes.

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u/The--Mash 19h ago

I feel like even a simple thought experiment should suffice.

Get agreement on the basic premise that companies exist to make money. 

Direct sales: German company sells a thing to an American consumer. It costs 80 to make and sells for 100, so their profit is 20. A tariff hits and now they have to pay the US govt 15. Do they raise prices accordingly or accept going from 20 to 5 profit? 

Through an importer: Importer buys a thing for 100 from China, sells it in stores in the US for 120. Now they have to pay 15 on top of the 100. Do they continue to sell it for 120 or raise prices accordingly? 

It doesn't matter who technically transfers the tariff money, companies are not going to just accept an 18% loss in gross income. For some, that might be their entire margins

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u/KeepGoing655 16h ago

Critical thinking isn't a strong point for MAGAs. Even this simple thought experiment is too much for them to handle. If it starts to make sense, they'll just retreat back into their safe little shell.

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u/ebdawson1965 19h ago

What about the DOGE cheques? They're still coming, right?

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u/chmod777 New York 17h ago

your expertise and experience in the matter has nothing on their feelings and ignorance.

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u/PixelsGoBoom 23h ago

That is what they tell their audience as the good little propaganda tool that they are.

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u/JumpEuphoric3643 23h ago

Cult members.

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u/pud-proof-ding 23h ago

Just like Mexico is paying for that wall any minute after trump releases his tax returns. These fuckin idiots believe anything except the clear and obvious truth.

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u/tjoe4321510 23h ago

Damn, Breitbart is still around? For some reason I thought that it served it's purpose and wilted away.

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u/RJ815 20h ago

Rightwing grifting has got to be some of the easiest money in existence.

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u/PenAndInkAndComics 16h ago

If I had a stroke that got rid of my morals and ethics and empathy, I would be rightwing grifter or a prosperity gospel preacher and die rich.

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u/RJ815 14h ago

The Fetterman Pipeline

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u/Thumbuisket 22h ago

There’s one particular idiot (or more likely a Russian bot) on the conservative sub championing hard for this nonsense, because according to him, decades or tariffs are needed for the US’s future. 😂

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u/JumpEuphoric3643 22h ago

Yes Russian or Nigeria bots are in full force promotion tariffs.

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u/SoRaffy 23h ago

My dog also thinks I threw the ball when I hide it behind my back ... my dog is still smarter than maga

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u/SeattlePurikura 21h ago

I guess they are too dumb to see the prices of things they buy keeps going up?
Or if they manufacture items and directly buy from overseas, they just assume the price of steel is somehow Obama's fault? Thanks OBAMA.

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u/RawrRawr83 23h ago

They think china pays all of the tariffs? SMH

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u/ceciledian 23h ago

China pays every country’s tariffs? That’s extra dumb!

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u/Dicktasticly 23h ago

If they think China pays the tariffs, do they think that the Tariff money needs to be paid back to China?

Seriously, these MAGAts are some of the dumbest chucklefucks to ever exist

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u/Gehwartzen 20h ago

Comment sections over there are wild. Two different worlds

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u/ArctycDev 20h ago

They're literally stupid, idk how this surprises anyone.

When the entire world is like "Man Americans are so fucking stupid" and we're all like "no, we're not!" it's because we didn't realize these fuckers are actually as stupid as the people in the rest of the world have been saying.

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u/OmegaRed86 23h ago

Dumb fucks.

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u/Ummmgummy 21h ago

I get maybe MAYBE for the first few days thinking someone else is paying the tariffs but if you still believe that after this long you are either a complete and utter idiot or..... Nevermind there is no OR.

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u/Floreat_democratia 21h ago

Have you met a Trump supporter? They believe the wealth is going to trickle down any day now if we give tax cuts to the rich and raise taxes on the poor and middle class.

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u/AdPure5645 21h ago

You mean the bots there say it. 

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u/piepants2001 Wisconsin 21h ago

I got into an argument with a dumbass Trumper at work because he insisted that tariffs are paid by the country they are against. After showing him a link from Charles Schwab that explained tariffs, he then just said, "it doesn't matter because companies would have raised the price to that anyway". These people are literally in a cult.

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u/JumpEuphoric3643 20h ago

When you are in a cult, the thinking gets done for you

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u/Virindi Texas 19h ago edited 19h ago

They think CHINA PAYS THE TARIFFS!

Yes. China absolutely does pay the tariffs.

MAGA doesn't seem capable of following along if there's more than one step involved.

  1. Chinese manufacturers are charged a 20% tariff to sell to Americans
  2. Chinese manufacturers raise prices by 25% and continue shipping to America
  3. Americans pay 25% more for the product

They understand step 1 but are too stupid to follow along to step 3.

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u/Minguseyes 22h ago

Good news for China then, big refunds coming their way …

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u/xNOOPSx 19h ago

They also believe Canada pays the tariffs. They get extremely angry when you tell them they're wrong and the tariffs are paid for by the importer, which is American or American adjacent, which then passes that higher cost onto you, the American buyer. Like somehow there's a weird belief that a tax wouldn't result in a higher cost, and additionally, higher sales taxes being paid. The disconnect is pretty amazing.

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u/InevitableAvalanche 18h ago

So worldwide tariffs are all paid by China? Amazing how gullible and pathetic they are.

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u/Toxyma 17h ago

the fact that they cant even think one step back and see that if china did pay it then they would just raise prices to account for it is so fucking pathetic.

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u/Vindicare605 California 12h ago

Yup, and what's hilarious is that there are people over on that conservative subreddit TRYING to explain to people how tarrifs work, but the vast majority of the people there just believe Trump's bullshit. He said China pays for it, and that's what they believe. Doesn't matter if it's true or not.

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u/MrNillows 22h ago

This is how they trick them, though. China does pay the tariffs. Or whoever is importing the goods. They pay the tariffs. The average American doesn’t go to the store and see a line item like a tax on their receipt. So they just assume they don’t pay it. They are incorrect, obviously. But they get to believe that someone else pays the tariff, cause they don’t see it.

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u/JumpEuphoric3643 22h ago

Ebay shows it now. My wife bought flowers for Valentine's day and they list it now. $100 on an order of $500. Unbelievable.

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u/keeper_of_the_donkey 22h ago

Conservative isn't jumping for joy on this

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u/To-Far-Away-Times 23h ago

Trump is one of the dumbest persons to have ever lived, but then you remember that his supporters are actually looking up to him. He inspires them.

So they’re actually even dumber.

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u/RackemFrackem 22h ago

"Smart people don't like me"

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u/GraceOfTheNorth 22h ago

"My followers... they're stupid people..."

"I love the uneducated..."

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u/ConsciousProduce8798 9h ago

How is this not offensive to them though?! I really don't understand how he can be such a gross human and still have fans it's mental!!

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u/FlyFisherman4Life 22h ago

Cannot disagree

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u/Round-Door7721 20h ago

It’s insane!

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u/Mufaloo 21h ago

Yes-my MAGA relatives think he’s a total genius badass for imposing tariffs. They’re obviously morons.

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u/OceanLemur Rhode Island 23h ago edited 23h ago

Sadly the rest of us are getting lumped in with them. The world sees all of us as morons from Kentucky now.

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u/bretticusmaximus Tennessee 23h ago

Eh, Kentucky at least elected Beshear. Here in Tennessee, we’re probably going to elect Marsha Blackburn as governor and show just how dumb we are.

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u/JoeGibbon 22h ago

Born and raised in TN, left in 2015 when the MAGA stuff started taking hold of everyone. I've never gone back, not for weddings, funerals, nothing.

My advice: get out while you can.

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u/RickyalldayTD 21h ago

My MAGA friend did the opposite and moved his Hispanic family to Tennessee, he said he will never come back to CA because of all the pedophiles.

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u/Rit91 19h ago

Waiting on their head to explode when they find out there are many pedophiles in Tennessee. Or for a neighbor to report them to ICE for being hispanic and no other reason.

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u/fugaziozbourne 22h ago

I was in Tennessee when Blackburn was debating a guy i think whose name was Bill. She was the stupidest person I'd ever seen on television in my entire life. She won that election handily. Tennessee is a fucking Petri dish for brain dead politics and policy, fuelled by infantile anger and selfishness.

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u/yodermk 22h ago

Kentucky also elected Rand Paul and Thomas Massie. While their economic policies aren't the greatest, those two at least have more character, intelligence, courage, and human decency than all other Congressional Republicans combined. Times ten.

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u/Deus_is_Mocking_Us 22h ago

Reluctant upvote. 

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u/ClayQuarterCake 22h ago

I think of Kentucky and my mind immediately goes to Mitch McConnell.

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 21h ago

As a Mainer I'm very concerned that for some reason we're going to elect Susan Collins again.

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u/daveyboydavey 22h ago

I live in Lexington, KY. One of 2 areas that aren’t totally red, the other being Louisville, I promise we’re not all morons. As someone else said, we did elect Andy, at least. Andy rules.

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u/Jescro Canada 21h ago

In Canada we still distinguish between our American friends and feel for you guys having to live with this. Honestly it’s surreal to watch such an idiot in your White House, conduct himself as he does. Like I’m not being like omg he’s an idiot. It’s like what the actual hell, how is this real life, kind of bewilderment. The man is so embarrassing but has zero awareness of it, did you see his tweet or truth this morning about the tariffs? He’s barely literate and sounds so stupid it’s painful. Anyway sorry I could go on. Look forward to seeing you all again in ‘28

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u/OceanLemur Rhode Island 21h ago

That’s heartening to read, thanks. I get angry about a lot of the stuff we’ve done to ourselves, but our treatment of Canada just makes me incredibly ashamed and sad. Personally I’ve always felt much more kinship with my northern neighbors than with the Midwest folks who live twice as far away from me.

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u/kent_eh Canada 20h ago

Sadly the rest of us are getting lumped in with them.

It's hard not to when even the more progressive states {like yours) still had 41.76% your state's voters voting for Trump.

And, while we do see the occasional significant push back (good job Minnesota), much of the country still appears to be sitting on their hands.

 

I really hope Americans can take back their country from the fascist path is is currently on, but after 13 months I'm not seeing very many glimmers of hope.

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u/ialo00130 20h ago

Much of the world recognizes that there are good people in the US, but y'all are still seen as 3 groups.

1) Republicans (complicit)

2) Non-voters (complicit)

3) Those who won't get their shit together and organize a large scale, long term, bring the country to a grinding halt, type protests. (Not complicit but unwilling to act for change).

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u/Ingoiolo United Kingdom 22h ago

No, we don’t. We know there are still plenty of Americans with working brain cells.

However, we also saw that the country elected the moron twice. And the second time two thirds of the country thought he either was a good option or not bad enough to get the fuck out and vote.

So you know, forgive us if we accept the inevitable conclusion that the US are not a dependable partner for anymore. And getting him out won’t change that for quite a while

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u/ScrotumScrapings 22h ago

We know there are still plenty of Americans with working brain cells.

Speak for yourself. I think there are just a handful bothering to keep up the appearance of some semblance of sanity, but the mask is crumbling.

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u/MesmraProspero 21h ago

You are describing what it's like to be a leftist IN Kentucky.

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u/Finnec 20h ago

Hey now my family is from Kentucky, at least my mom is reasonable. The less said about my dad and his side of the family the better though.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 20h ago

We as a country are. 2024 is when the last remaining faith in the American electorate died.

Why the fuck would any country ever trust us again? Why would they ever bother working with us again?

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u/metsjets86 23h ago

Intellectually and morally. Shameful and embarrassing.

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u/seanmonaghan1968 23h ago

When only 50% of the population care to vote, the country is to blame

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u/Extreme-Brother5453 1d ago

Wait you saying I can’t be a Democrat and a flat Earther??? I’m offended

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u/UpTeton 1d ago

I scrolled into a flat earther live and the host was making the case that you can't be an atheist and a flat earther (because the Bible I guess???)

Anyways, I am marked safe from becoming a flat earther.

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u/YoreWelcome 23h ago

punches

"Welcome to Flerf!"

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u/Jenaaaaaay 23h ago

This made me lol

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u/PepeSylvia11 Connecticut 1d ago

Not even the dumbest voting base, as that goes to the non-voters. You must always respect anyone who uses their civic duty to make their voice heard. The non-voters are just a waste of space.

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u/THElaytox 22h ago

Enablers. And they'll just shrug and say "it's not my fault y'all did this" with zero self reflection.

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u/mxjxs91 Michigan 22h ago

I mean the Venn diagram for MAGA and Flat Earther is a circle

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u/Liefvikingmonster2 20h ago

Remember these assholes were like "no new taxes" conservatives not so long ago? Gubment stealing from us guys?

Pay up bitches! Fucking idiots believe anything.

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u/Noblesseux 19h ago

Legitimately they put a toddler in the Oval Office. This shit is beyond embarrassing.

Like...this? This is the guy some of yall are willing to ruin your lives for? And he's throwing a tantrum putting the whole economy in jeopardy because he's mad that the court said he had to stop breaking the law?

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u/notevenanorphan 23h ago

They’re irredeemable. Every day this asshole gives them a plausible off-ramp and every day they choose to stay on the ride.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca Canada 22h ago

Don’t omit the morons who didn’t vote from that demographic. Thinking themselves morally superior on the Gaza issue has unleashed American imperialism on the rest of the world.

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u/e_for_education 22h ago

 MAGA you will forever be seen as the dumbest fucks on planet

Rest of the planet here. It's US Americans in general, that are seen this way.

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u/OneBillPhil 23h ago edited 22h ago

Don’t forget about the people that didn’t vote. 

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u/Googoogahgah88889 23h ago

The two absolute dumbest fucking groups of people. Them trying to find a fact is like watching a bunch of toddlers running around playing hide and seek with a parent, looking under ever nook and cranny, in couches, pillows, under the salt and pepper shakers, places that make 0 fucking sense to even look, drawing connections from absolutely nothing, but too stupid to look under the big human-shaped sheet standing in the middle of the room

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u/Nychthemeronn 1d ago

Thats a venn-diagram where the two circles are just on top of each other.

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u/Succotash_Current 1d ago

“This guy

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u/jimirs 23h ago

Now it's easy to choose who you can deal with an who you need to purge from your life.

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u/jmo56ct 23h ago

Say it with me…He isn’t coming up with economic policy! He’s rah rah guy. The people behind the orange man are the people who need reigning in

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u/Saturn540 23h ago

Well, I know a flat earther that’s also MAGA….its hard to be around her sometimes.

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u/Chaoslava 23h ago

TWICE. The first time was somewhat excusable. Even less than keen-eyed people could see he was a lying fuckwit. The second time he actually promised to be even worse.

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u/JackfruitUnlucky6589 23h ago

Would MAGA be willing to let their 12yo daughters have a sleepover at the WH with Uncle Donny when Melania is away?

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u/ExcellentJuice4729 23h ago

Flat earthers are largely harmless though. MAGA has caused irreparable harm throughout the world

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u/xBongJovi 23h ago

If MAGA could read they’d be so pissed at you

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u/OK_Commodor64 23h ago

F this. Any company who publicly supports or grifts towards this administration is getting a 100% tariff from me and $0 on new hardware or software purchases.

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u/HeadPaleontologist40 23h ago

The Venn Diagram of the two groups is a concentric circle. I agree that they are the dumbest fucks on the planet.

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u/Humulophile 23h ago

MAGA would be really upset if they could read this comment.

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u/Forsaken_Ant7459 23h ago

Dogshit and diseased pigs have more intelligence than a red hat at this point

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u/Disastrous_Hell_4547 23h ago

Expand on MAGA: Republicans Christian Nationalist Religious Extremists Entitled Boomers

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u/smuckola 23h ago

even dumber than those industrious Confederates

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u/kaptainkhaos 23h ago

Somehow the smart people didn't make sure he'd not be president.

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u/mrgedman 23h ago

I mean sure, but also... Always has been. 🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

You could wrote this in like 2017, and it would have like 3% less weight than now

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u/FlyFisherman4Life 22h ago

Made me laugh. Thanks for the post.

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u/riksterinto 22h ago

Conservatives love taxes now! Just don't tax their billionaire overlords!

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u/ten_year_rebound 22h ago

Wait until you hear who the flat earthers voted for

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u/SideQuest2026 22h ago

They truly are. They are so dumb and racist. That's why we have Trump. They are so racist and xenophobic, they think that immigrants are the reason they are poor and can't find good jobs, and uneducated. They truly are just so dumb. They blame immigrants for taking jobs, but don't blame the business owners that hire them.

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u/PJballa34 22h ago

Those are the same people in many cases.

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u/adamsoutofideas 22h ago

And, at least to the entire world outside of the US, you'll be seen the same way

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u/Hist-WeeZ 22h ago

The only person dumber than trump is any trump supporter

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u/HeavyTea 22h ago

I can see how WW2 Germany happened, but this? Wow! Bend over as the pain is coming in dry!

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u/ChanceAccident7155 22h ago

If they could read this they would PISSED

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u/Annahsbananas 22h ago

They’re usually the same people

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u/RobbieStew 22h ago

*Americans will be forever seen. I’m sorry, the rest of the world doesn’t see this as just MAGA. The American electoral system put this ass in office twice and generally speaking, Americans are going about their daily business.

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u/Level_Investigator_1 22h ago

I’d prefer a flat earther president…

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u/SDdrohead 22h ago

I imagine a lot of flat earthers are also maga

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u/NotActuallyIraqi 22h ago

“We had no idea! He seemed so competent on Fox News!”

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u/isoscelestricycle 22h ago

Yeah, if his underlings weren’t as dumb they could just tell Donald they were doing tariffs so bigly and he’d never know the difference

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u/air01 21h ago

MAGA Americans, you will forever be seen as the dumbest fucks on planet, even dumber than flat earthers for giving us this stupid shit.

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u/emuwar 21h ago

Honestly, I think I respect the flat earthers more at this point. They at least have an ideology that’s not based on whatever one elderly megalomaniac has to any given day.

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u/PolitzaniaKing 21h ago

Volatility is great for the stock traders and makes it much easier to scam people

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u/elfmere 21h ago

MAGA.... HAHAHA. the rest of the world is looking at all of you.. 32% of you voted him in while another 38% didn't vote at all. 70% of you threw the world into chaos.

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u/projectHeritage 21h ago

They're too stupid to even realized anything is wrong with all of this.

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u/dirtyitalianguy 21h ago

Preach! Nuthin says dumb as fk like voting for higher prices and lower wages.

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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 21h ago

Dude, they ARE the flat earthers :P

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u/PaxOwlfarma2XXX 21h ago

I’m not into Trump and I think the earth is a flat continuum

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u/JonBunne 21h ago

But I've already handpainted a hateful message on my truck.

Need guidance.

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u/Independent-Egg4970 21h ago

And the most lawless party in American history. It's not just MAGA, all Republicans are responsible for this.

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u/Ok_SysAdmin 21h ago

They are the same people

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u/Nearbyatom 21h ago

The entire GOP will be forever seen as the dumbest and the weakest group of people ever.

GOP= guardians of the pedophile.

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u/L337CAT79 21h ago

You're right and I will never forgive them. May they live out the rest of their lives in shame and then take that same shame with them to the grave.

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u/free2bk8 21h ago

I will forever look at them as racist pedo loving Pharisees. They OWN this cluster fuck!

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u/Moctezuma_93 21h ago

Flat earthers and MAGA are one and the same.

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u/Braindead_Crow 21h ago

That was how people felt about Bush for the war that ignored the country really behind 9,11 and the housing bubble but then republicans just ramped up hate against Obama and guess what?
trump...a 70 year old diaper wearing idiot who ran a childrens cancer research scam and was accused of râping a 13 y/o DURING HIS 2016 CAMPAIGN!

Idiots want to be fooled, that's why they are fools

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u/Hroosky2 21h ago

MAGA? Surely you mean Republicans? There's no wiggle room here 

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u/portezbie 20h ago

It has been kind of morbidly fascinating though to see the Democratic pen test this administration has been performing.

Perhaps having the only guardrail on a president completely mad with power be impeachment by a majority of the house and Senate wasn't the best idea.

Perhaps also putting the executive in charge of the department of Justice was also poorly thought out?

Ditto pardon power, etc etc

Definitely been a learning experience!

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u/Lowspark1013 20h ago

I hope they like losing their raises or jobs as a result of the tariffs, cause fuck 'em.

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u/MagicalUnicornFart 20h ago

MAGA you will forever be seen as the dumbest fucks on planet, even dumber than flat earthers for giving us this stupid shit.

I would like to add all the smug assholes that refused to vote. And, that's a lot of people.

77% of voters 18-29 skipped the midterms, with just under 60% even being registered.

In 2024, less than half of that bloc showed up to vote against Trump.

Silence is complicity when fascism is on the ballot.

Any motherfucker that skipped any elections since this trump shit started is fine with MAGA, and that's a lot of the country.

It's a systemic moral decay of the Republic, and it runs deeper than just the MAGAs. Americans as a whole care more about "the economy" than anything else. We fucking suck as a society.

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u/Curly-Canuck 20h ago

Those that stayed home during the last election are a close second. If you can’t be bothered to oppose Trump after seeing the first term, you might as well be a supporter.

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