Quote from: Seti on April 06, 2025, 09:50

Quote from: stoker2014 on April 05, 2025, 08:55

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Quote from: Stockhome Syndrome on April 04, 2025, 18:53

For those of you in countries other than the USA, how many Chevys, Cadillacs, or Ford vehicles do you see on a daily basis?  Know why you don't see as many as Toyotas or BMWs? Because your county has had outrageous tariffs and/or crippling regulations on the USA for years, causing American-made vehicles, as an example, to be outrageously expensive compared to the Volkswagens, Hondas, or Audis.

Bro's never been to Europe. Majority of the US cars are simply too large for Europe's roads and cities. And they consume way too much gas - not a problem in the US with cheap gas, but a huge deal in Europe. Basically only Tesla is producing cars suitable for Europe - and surprise, they were happily selling cars in Europe, until Elon went into nazi mode a few months ago.

The tariff + VAT when importing a car made in the USA to the EU is about 30%. This is banditry, parasitism and theft of money from US citizens. Only the Democrats supported such a parasitic EU policy.
At the same time, when exporting cars to the USA, the Americans took only 2.5% tariffs from the European parasites.
Only thanks to the US patriot Trump, today the US introduced 25% tariffs on cars exported to the USA. And I think that this is very little, it is necessary to introduce 30% to 40% tariffs.
And there is no need to talk here about how American cars are bad or big and that all the cities in the EU are very narrow, etc.

What a BS comparison. We pay in EU 19-20% VAT on ALL cars. And what? You pay no VAT in the US on cars?

There is no such tax as VAT in the USA.
Therefore, the budgets of the Euro countries receive income from both the tariffs they impose on the USA and the VAT that US enterprises are forced to pay when exporting products to the EU.

A good way to make a fortune if you are an insider.

Chris Christie: "Don't allow the showmanship to obscure the facts".

Quote from: stoker2014 on April 10, 2025, 03:01

Trump has imposed a 90-day pause on tariffs for parasites. Communist China remains under tariff sanctions.
I think the pause is connected with the protests of cowardly Democrats, liberals and communists in the US. The tariffs will be resumed in the summer, when all this scum will go on vacation and it will be hot in the US.
Personally, I don't like this pause, it can increase oil prices, which will strengthen the Russians. I think that policy should be consistent. But Trump knows better.

His hand was forced. By his own government. The US bond market was about to collapse so he was asked to back down. If it had collapsed it would have had disastrous consequences for not only the USA economy but global finances around the world.

I think you don't understand the depth of this phrase.

Elements of currency and trade policies are also related in both Trump terms. Thus, the theses on the need to weaken, that is, devaluation, of the dollar are well-known. Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance are of the opinion that a strong dollar is harmful to the US economy, as it makes imports (from various countries, in particular from China) cheap and accessible, and exports from the US, on the contrary, more expensive. This �destroys the industrial base� of the US and causes an increase in the trade deficit. There are intentions to try to force US trading partners to revalue their own currencies (following the example of the Plaza Accord of September 22, 1985 during the time of Ronald Reagan � when five developed countries agreed on a controlled devaluation of the dollar to reduce imbalances in international trade).

https://zn.ua/ukr/macroeconomics/tramp-2025-chi-nastane-zolota-doba-dlja-amerikanskoji-ekonomiki.html
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This is an article from the Ukrainian press.

**** DISTURBED RETARD TROLLING THE FORUM - PLEASE IGNORE *****

Quote from: stoker2014 on April 10, 2025, 03:01

Trump has imposed a 90-day pause on tariffs for parasites. Communist China remains under tariff sanctions.
I think the pause is connected with the protests of cowardly Democrats, liberals and communists in the US. The tariffs will be resumed in the summer, when all this scum will go on vacation and it will be hot in the US.
Personally, I don't like this pause, it can increase oil prices, which will strengthen the Russians. I think that policy should be consistent. But Trump knows better.

**** DISTURBED RETARD TROLLING THE FORUM - PLEASE IGNORE *****

The Russian troll zeljkok is active in the topic. I think he is either Russian or influenced by Russian propaganda. I have been ignoring him for a long time, so I do not read or comment on him.
A good Russian is a liquidated Russian.

danielvisuals, I also add you to my ignore list, on a mutual basis. It's a pity that I have to do this, considering that people who shoot videos practically do not communicate on this forum. But since you added me to the ignore list, I am forced to add you to my ignore list too.

zeljkok, come here, you Russian bas.tard:

Quote from: danielvisuals on April 11, 2025, 03:17

Thank you! It seems we're all on the same page with this.

Let's ignore the trolls.

Could you please refrain from reposting each of his posts? Doing so exposes me to his content even though I've already chosen to ignore him.

Thanks!

That's a good point daniel.  I was hoping to attract attention of someone that moderates this Forum, but whoever that either hasn't been coming here for a long time or simply considers this form of entertainment.

I will stop now, as you suggested.  But retard will erode the Forum if this is allowed to continue;  remember that Asian scam on Shutterstock Forum that eventually led to Forum closure.  Same thing is happening here.