I mean, in what other way would he do it, than the single dumbest way imaginable?
That would be the funniest outcome, the entire bubble pops because the idiots in charge still have not figured out how a supply chain works, or what the effects of tariffs are.
Trump accidentally does the right thing for the worst reasons possible.
Everything trump does is done in the single dumbest way imaginable.
Not necessarily - he isn’t bright enough to be that consistent. Sometimes he does something okay like a blind man playing darts will occasionally hit the dartboard.
Name one example?
He hasn’t name the Earth into Planet America. Yet…
There’s a TV show on the ABC in Australia called Planet America that analyses presidential elections for Australians. Since Demented Don’s ascension it hasn’t stopped yet. Just too much to discuss.
AI industry says
I don’t care.
They funded his campaign. Serves them right.
AI industry says
Aww, did a wittle wepard eat your pwecious wittle face off?
While I’m sure the end result will be worse for us in a lot of other ways, one thing i found oddly positive is how his stupid decisions are going to fuck things up:
Most absurdly, given the priorities of Trump’s AI Action Plan, that tariff approach would cost the US about $90 billion annually in GDP losses and cause about 20 percent of data center projects planned through 2030 to be delayed or canceled
Trump is literally demented but the ghouls around him are not.
The plan is plainly obvious.
The big guys will bribe him and get exceptions which means their competition who can’t pay are at a detriment.
Trump gets bribes.
They both juice the market knowing the above.
Epstein class when they’re raking it in:
“This is amazing”.
Epstein class when you try and take a small portion of their wealth away:
“This is terrible and I hate it.”
(PS. I hate Trump but this is essentially what’s happening here)
I’m not sure how higher tech prices for you and I are a good thing, but sure. Because that’s what is going to happen here, it’s simply expanding tariffs on more items.
higher tech prices for you and I
Not for me. You know some of us don’t live in US, right?
And I wasn’t passing comment on whether or not it was a good thing. I merely pointed out that the reason the tech bros were upset was the fact they were being taxed.
Not sure if you haven’t noticed, but go try to by tech right now. Ask Apple how much they are raising prices regardless of where it’s being sold at. Tariffs in the US absolutely will and do harm global prices, and you’d be completely out of touch to not think that. But thanks for the ‘hurr hurr I am not from the US’ excuse.
But thanks for the ‘hurr hurr I am not from the US’ excuse
Its not an excuse, I’m not American. I live nowhere near US, thankfully. I’m not even adjacent. Why would I be subject to tarrifs applied to goods imported to the US?
And FYI the current (global) price of tech is because of the rapid expansion of datacenter compute. Fuck all to do with tarrifs.
Where did they suggest that they thought that it was a good thing? Mind the quotation marks
Have you read the comments in the thread, everyone is suggesting this is a great thing.
That’s… Not what replies are for…
Trump shitting on the AI industry has a certain poetry about it
Donald might accidentally do something good. I don’t think it will happen though.
Could always be a cash grab. Announce stupid thing, get paid to stop stupid thing.
I mean he’s destroying US influence abroad, including some of the most critical military bases. That’s a net positive :)
I read about a guy whos dad believes Trump was sent by god to bring death to America.
I think about that a lot, it seems its happening
I just wonder how the US will balkanise in the after times.
Has the AI industry tried bribing him more? That usually does the trick.
My bet is on exactly that being the plan. Stocks go down, tech companies pay to bribe him, next Tuesday a reversal of tariff plans, stocks go up, rich people make more money. Rinse, repeat
