The stock market has cratered because of the trade wars this afternoon, Trump is planning on fining undocumented migrants $998 per day, China is fighting back, so is Canada, and recession fears rise
I still say we need an independent psychiatric evaluation for probably everyone at the WH now. It was just the orange menace but his cabinet has shown a need of some help!! 👀 💙
So the the asshole conservatives barring Amy Barrett are doing the orange shit stains bidding. I think the next protest needs to be against the Supreme Court as well. First off, all immigrants that worked on farms have and are being purged. Second, Apple is not going to manufacture phones here, not sustainable and would be very expensive. Trump is fucking mentally unhinged. When Rand Paul says something that I agree with, than you know Trump is a fucking moron. On the plus side, the market did rally back in the last 10 min because it was down almost 800 points and ended up down only 320 points. And Tesla is down to $221 a share. The POS Musk must be fuming. Love that for him.
Remember, the solution to purging the immigrants that worked the farms was to replace them with kids - before and after school -- TOTALLY INSANE. Where are we going - back to the 1700s? And, how many years would it take for Apple to really scale up to manufacture iPhones and anything else in the US - using only US parts. I will likely be 6 ft under by then!!
Canadian here. Folks are going to start smuggling pricey electronics in from Mexico and Canada. Caught smuggling in an iphone from Mexico - life in prison, off to El Salvador. As to a quart of smuggled in Non-GMO milk from Canada? Same punishment.
First off, parents won’t allow it. Second, they aren’t skilled labor that can put iPhones together. Trump can try that bullshit but Apple will not go along and farmers will not go along with having children work their fields. So maybe everything implodes on Trump and the Republicans. Maybe we have a civil war. But the military will not allow this crazy nonsense to go on if he thinks he can get them to force kids to do this. I have family members in the military and friends with kids that will not go along with this ridiculous notion.
Even in my wildest nightmares, I cannot imagine the Child Labor would be instituted. It is just something that I have seen tossed around. Do I think it would happen? Absolutely not. I have a family, too. Civil War? I agree that the military would not let that happen - even it the Secretary of Defense told them to fight.
Exactly. It just sounds soooio dumb. Republicans in the Senate are waking up but I haven’t heard a peep about any in the House. Are they all as brainless as MTG? I don’t understand what could possibly be going on in their heads.
I think the estimation of retail cost for an iPhone if manufactured in the US was $3400. Whats that, about a 2.5x rate? Who can afford that even with monthly payments
We could be waiting 5-10 years for that once we fix all these problems he created. And it will probably take 25 or more years to repair the relationships with other countries
Dealing with trump is "like playing chess against a seagull. The seagull knocks over the pieces, shits on the board, and flies home and says it won" (Derek Beach, professor)
I'm sold on the fact that we have the dumbest president ever. All of the cabinet is morrons because they don't have to guts to stand up to dumpy pants ti let him know that this is not making America first or smarter.
"Sources say that last week, Trump told Republican senators he's open to the idea of increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans — according to Semafor."
If Trump says something that sounds like a good idea, 99% of the time it's either a lie or he has some plan that twists it into the worst possible option.
"The White House says Trump believes the U.S. has the ability to manufacture iPhones domestically."
Maybe if we had 10 years to build the necessary facilities and setup the necessary trade deals to acquire the rare earth metals used in iPhones (because they don't exist in the USA). All this does is confirm that Trump has never understood how complex a lot of things are, especially the economy and supply chain.
Thank you! When I’m at work, I look forward to seeing your re-caps at lunch so I can look more into things after work! I’ve never felt more anxiety as I do right now with the way the country is moving!
A terrific news roundup, Aaron, which includes things I hadn’t heard about. You’re venturing into Ron Filipkowski territory now, which is high praise.
Can you imagine the psychological report on Steven Miller? YIKES.
I still say we need an independent psychiatric evaluation for probably everyone at the WH now. It was just the orange menace but his cabinet has shown a need of some help!! 👀 💙
Get ready for more nationwide protests on April 19th!!! 🇺🇸🩵
He is wanting a War to instill Martial Law!!!!
This is exactly right. And he's already floating that there will be no voting during 'war time' so that he can remain in office.
Oh but President Zelensky was supposed to hold elections despite a war?
Exactly! 😂
Martial
So the the asshole conservatives barring Amy Barrett are doing the orange shit stains bidding. I think the next protest needs to be against the Supreme Court as well. First off, all immigrants that worked on farms have and are being purged. Second, Apple is not going to manufacture phones here, not sustainable and would be very expensive. Trump is fucking mentally unhinged. When Rand Paul says something that I agree with, than you know Trump is a fucking moron. On the plus side, the market did rally back in the last 10 min because it was down almost 800 points and ended up down only 320 points. And Tesla is down to $221 a share. The POS Musk must be fuming. Love that for him.
Remember, the solution to purging the immigrants that worked the farms was to replace them with kids - before and after school -- TOTALLY INSANE. Where are we going - back to the 1700s? And, how many years would it take for Apple to really scale up to manufacture iPhones and anything else in the US - using only US parts. I will likely be 6 ft under by then!!
Canadian here. Folks are going to start smuggling pricey electronics in from Mexico and Canada. Caught smuggling in an iphone from Mexico - life in prison, off to El Salvador. As to a quart of smuggled in Non-GMO milk from Canada? Same punishment.
First off, parents won’t allow it. Second, they aren’t skilled labor that can put iPhones together. Trump can try that bullshit but Apple will not go along and farmers will not go along with having children work their fields. So maybe everything implodes on Trump and the Republicans. Maybe we have a civil war. But the military will not allow this crazy nonsense to go on if he thinks he can get them to force kids to do this. I have family members in the military and friends with kids that will not go along with this ridiculous notion.
Even in my wildest nightmares, I cannot imagine the Child Labor would be instituted. It is just something that I have seen tossed around. Do I think it would happen? Absolutely not. I have a family, too. Civil War? I agree that the military would not let that happen - even it the Secretary of Defense told them to fight.
Exactly. It just sounds soooio dumb. Republicans in the Senate are waking up but I haven’t heard a peep about any in the House. Are they all as brainless as MTG? I don’t understand what could possibly be going on in their heads.
TESLA went down? Good...i thought i read it was back up!
It was up earlier in the day but then went down over $12. It’s up $.12 cents right now but the market is down so it will go down again.
Money is the only thing these people understand
I think the estimation of retail cost for an iPhone if manufactured in the US was $3400. Whats that, about a 2.5x rate? Who can afford that even with monthly payments
I don't doubt that it could be manufactured in the US, however there are materials that are required which are only available abroad (like cobalt).
So is that what he is trying to get from Ukraine and ? Greenland
I think most of it is in Africa, but maybe.
I can barely afford mine now, and truthfully, I probably can't afford it, but I have it just the same.
Then they’ll give you monthly payments options for 60 months, just like a car.
No one can afford that kind of payment for a phone. Especially one that would never last 5 years
Trump is doing all this for no othwr reason than personal insanity.
A very successful strategy for the insane - always keep them guessing. Well, he has achieved that!!
All the attention is like oxygen to him.
Not insanity personal gain
I'll be glad when all the chaos comes to a halt!
We could be waiting 5-10 years for that once we fix all these problems he created. And it will probably take 25 or more years to repair the relationships with other countries
It's going to be a while. Possibly a LONG while. :(
Trump will have to die in office before there is any chance of that.
Dealing with trump is "like playing chess against a seagull. The seagull knocks over the pieces, shits on the board, and flies home and says it won" (Derek Beach, professor)
I'm sold on the fact that we have the dumbest president ever. All of the cabinet is morrons because they don't have to guts to stand up to dumpy pants ti let him know that this is not making America first or smarter.
MALW -- Make America Last and Worse!!!
I thought I keep a good pulse on the ongoing events of the day, but you show me different. We'll done Aaron. Safe travels!
"Sources say that last week, Trump told Republican senators he's open to the idea of increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans — according to Semafor."
If Trump says something that sounds like a good idea, 99% of the time it's either a lie or he has some plan that twists it into the worst possible option.
"The White House says Trump believes the U.S. has the ability to manufacture iPhones domestically."
Maybe if we had 10 years to build the necessary facilities and setup the necessary trade deals to acquire the rare earth metals used in iPhones (because they don't exist in the USA). All this does is confirm that Trump has never understood how complex a lot of things are, especially the economy and supply chain.
Safe travels, and thanks for the updates!
All of this is horrible news 🥴
Everyday is just a nightmare
Is there any way to help or join your team Aaron? I'd love to help in any way I can.
Thank you! When I’m at work, I look forward to seeing your re-caps at lunch so I can look more into things after work! I’ve never felt more anxiety as I do right now with the way the country is moving!
Agree. At work, I take breaks too, to look for these emails from Aaron. :)