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Trump's sweeping new tariffs take effect against dozens of countries
Date: 8/7/2025 Original Source: BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23jmvn5yzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)
TONY SAYS:
So, listen up, you got this… this Trump fella, right? The guy’s a goddamn whirlwind, a hurricane in a toupee. He’s slapped tariffs on, what, ninety countries? Ninety! Like he’s playing some kinda global game of whack-a-mole, only the moles are entire nations and the mallet's a billion-dollar tariff. “Billions of dollars flowing into the United States!” he tweets. The guy thinks he's running a goddamn casino, only the chips are countries' economies.
He hit India with a fifty percent tariff – fifty percent! Unless they stop buying Russian oil. It’s like, “Hey India, either you play ball our way or we’re gonna squeeze you like a… a really juicy fuckin’ lemon.” You get it?
And the computer chips? A hundred percent tariff. Hundred percent! The guy’s practically declaring war on electronics. He’s squeezing Apple, threatening them into bringing production back to the States. Apple, these guys are smarter than they look – they coughed up a hundred billion dollars in investment. A hundred BILLION. They're probably thinking, "Better to give him a hundred billion now than face a hundred percent tariff that could cost us ten times that." Smart move, Apple – remember this, you little guidos out there, sometimes you gotta pay the fuckin' protection. It's cheaper in the long run, capisce?
This whole thing’s been a rollercoaster, a fuckin’ Tilt-A-Whirl of trade wars and deadlines. He gave these countries until August 7th to kiss his ass and make a deal, or else. Or else what? Or else they get the full brunt of this "reciprocal tariff" bullshit. Sounds like some kinda high-falutin’ mafia term, right? But it's just his way of saying "You fucked with us, now we're fuckin' with you."
Southeast Asia got absolutely hammered. Laos and Myanmar? Forty percent tariffs. Forty percent! These guys are practically begging for scraps. They shoulda seen this coming, these countries are practically China's lapdogs. Trump's using this as a way to put the squeeze on China – a little side-game of chess, he's playing them both at once. Smart, in a ruthless, power-hungry kinda way, you know what I mean?
But this Hofman guy, some economist, says this is supposed to be "it." Like this is the final word. “Now you can start to analyze the impact,” he says. Yeah, right. Analyze the impact of what? Of this guy running around like a goddamn bull in a china shop? The impact is already felt, this ain’t no fuckin’ slow simmer; it's a pressure cooker about to blow.
England, Japan, South Korea, they all made deals, got themselves some kinda discounts. The EU, even they got a framework deal. Fifteen percent tariff, they got lucky. Taiwan, our little buddies over there, got hit with twenty percent. They shoulda sent me some fuckin’ pineapple cakes as a bribe, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
It's all a game of power, see? Trump's reshaping the global system, says he’s making it fair for America. Bullshit. It’s just a different kind of unfair. He’s using his power, his leverage, the way I’d use mine to… let’s say “persuade” somebody to pay up. The difference is, I don’t have the power to slap tariffs on whole goddamn countries. Though, if I did… chuckles darkly… things would be a whole lot different. You understand? It's all about the bottom line. And this guy Trump? He's playing the game better than most, even if he is a complete fuckin' clown. A very dangerous clown. So remember that.
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