You might be wondering if the headline means that he displayed historic levels of illiteracy, or that he was illiterate regarding history. The answer is yes.
V-r1taS on
One could make a strong argument that a very successful way to become an expert on tariffs would be to assume the opposite of everything he says is true.
Come to think of it, I’m not sure I would restrict that to the topic of tariffs…
vaxick on
Lucky for him, his worshipers are illiterate on what a tariff is as well.
ParadeSit on
“Trump delivers historically illiterate lecture…” could be the beginning of the sentence for any topic with this asshole.
Negative_Gravitas on
He’s just never right about anything, ever. When he’s not simply wrong, he’s lying. It’s both remarkable and horrific in its consistency.
ChowMeinWayne on
Dumb. The word is dumb.
Riftreaper on
In 1964, Trump enrolled at Fordham University. Two years later, he transferred to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics.
Guess he missed the lecture on tariffs. Hahahahhahaha
sid_ated on
*”a lifelong megalomaniac who lacks a basic understanding of government will somehow become amenable to reason is, at best, optimistic.”* Optimistic is as backwards as dumpydon’s stupid comments. The man’s an idiotic lowlife moron who will never see the reins of power again.
AV8ORA330 on
“Trump either doesn’t mean it when he presents tariffs as an economic cure-all or that they can talk him out of it after the election.“ And this clown is tied with Harris for President. Says things he doesn’t mean or someone will talk him out of it. Yikes…
BrilliantCorner on
And his stupid followers just shrug.
ThickerSalmon14 on
Concerning his idea to impose 1000% tariffs on imports in his speech today:
Coffee is ground in the United States, and the country is the world’s largest consumer of coffee/
While the US drinks more coffee than any other country, most of the coffee consumed in the US is imported from countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Switzerland. However, coffee is grown in some limited areas of the US, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and California.
Harris, please make an ad where you show what the cost of coffee will be after his 1000% tax increase? Yes 50$ coffee here we come!
> Many Republican elites believe that Trump either doesn't mean it when he presents tariffs as an economic cure-all or that they can talk him out of it after the election.
> Trump would have unilateral power to impose tariffs through executive action; he does not need Congress.
This guy, who has no fucking clue, is going on ruin our economy.
OldBoots on
Truth doesn’t matter with MAGA. Pseudo facts are a MAGA tool that are used to fit into any narrative that they need to convey. They know that their minions have been propagandized, and this technique is very effective in motivating them.
BLU3SKU1L on
Okay MAGA, I’m about to tell you what’s going to happen if Trump gets elected.
He will be in office 6 months before Vance and his Project 2025 cabinet pulls the 25th Amendment and then Project 2025 begins in earnest.
Ken Paxton will be in the cabinet. ready to ram through a nationwide abortion ban.
Clarence Thomas and Alito will retire and two
Federalist Society judges will be seated at SCOTUS, denying any challenge to the extreme and un-American Project 2025 agenda.
Trump has been a useful tool for the Heritage Foundation, a means to achieving what they’re worked towards since the 1950s. And no matter how much Trump tries to distance himself from Project 2025, there’s nothing he will be able to do to stop it.
TL;DR Trump will be tossed out of office via 25th Amendment and President Vance will implement Project 2025.
DepressedDriver1 on
It’s frustrating hearing him insult a city, in front of its people, ramble on about something he has no understanding of, and they still cheer him. For the love of god stop appeasing him.
juslex002 on
Tariffs would certainly have saved my life when my electric boat sank and sharks began circling; sadly, cancer-stricken whales — victims of windmills, were too weak to come to my rescue! Solar powered Coast Guard helicopters were unable to respond because it was night time…if only there had been an Iron Dome: beep, beep, ding, whooosh!
It has been proven time and time again since 2015 that Trump does not understand tariffs.
Cheesewheel12 on
> Many Republican elites believe that Trump either doesn’t mean it when he presents tariffs as an economic cure-all or that they can talk him out of it after the election. But Trump would have unilateral power to impose tariffs through executive action; he does not need Congress. And the idea that a lifelong megalomaniac who lacks a basic understanding of government will somehow become amenable to reason is, at best, optimistic.
The 2016-2020 amnesia is infuriating. There were so many people who were billed as moderating influences on trump, and they all ran out screaming. Of course he’ll just do what he wants – when it doesn’t work he’ll blame communists and single mothers or whatever.
chatrep on
This is the one lie that I can’t believe media doesn’t constantly correct. I think to this day, because of his repeated lies, people think foreign countries pay tariffs.
I have worked for companies that imported goods and had several start-ups. Import tariffs are dictated by US Customs and as a small business I PAY the tariffs. Foreign company didn’t care what my tariff was. They charge the same. I had to factor in tariff’s and shipping to get my landed cost and then add my needed margin on top of that.
US businesses pay tariffs. It absolutely gets passed on to consumers.
Now, if Trump was playing 3D Chess and thinking about the long term shift towards more domestic manufacturing over decades by raising tariffs, that is a different argument. But no, he is saying that tariffs are paid by the foreign company. Just flat out wrong.
Reverb20 on
Tell me if I’m wrong, please, but did he contradict himself in the same train of ‘thought’ (I use that phrase lightly)::
>Our greatest wealth probably proportionately was in the 1880s.. we had so much much money all from tariffs… then you had the depression. A lot of people said tariffs caused it. They didn’t, tariffs came in 1932 after the depression.
Captnlunch on
Historically illiterate is a hallmark of Trumpism.
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You might be wondering if the headline means that he displayed historic levels of illiteracy, or that he was illiterate regarding history. The answer is yes.
One could make a strong argument that a very successful way to become an expert on tariffs would be to assume the opposite of everything he says is true.
Come to think of it, I’m not sure I would restrict that to the topic of tariffs…
Lucky for him, his worshipers are illiterate on what a tariff is as well.
“Trump delivers historically illiterate lecture…” could be the beginning of the sentence for any topic with this asshole.
He’s just never right about anything, ever. When he’s not simply wrong, he’s lying. It’s both remarkable and horrific in its consistency.
Dumb. The word is dumb.
In 1964, Trump enrolled at Fordham University. Two years later, he transferred to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in economics.
Guess he missed the lecture on tariffs. Hahahahhahaha
*”a lifelong megalomaniac who lacks a basic understanding of government will somehow become amenable to reason is, at best, optimistic.”* Optimistic is as backwards as dumpydon’s stupid comments. The man’s an idiotic lowlife moron who will never see the reins of power again.
“Trump either doesn’t mean it when he presents tariffs as an economic cure-all or that they can talk him out of it after the election.“ And this clown is tied with Harris for President. Says things he doesn’t mean or someone will talk him out of it. Yikes…
And his stupid followers just shrug.
Concerning his idea to impose 1000% tariffs on imports in his speech today:
Coffee is ground in the United States, and the country is the world’s largest consumer of coffee/
While the US drinks more coffee than any other country, most of the coffee consumed in the US is imported from countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Switzerland. However, coffee is grown in some limited areas of the US, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and California.
Harris, please make an ad where you show what the cost of coffee will be after his 1000% tax increase? Yes 50$ coffee here we come!
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-tariffs-detroit-economic-club-history-revenue-smoot-hawley.html) reduced by 83%. (I’m a bot)
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> Trump proceeded to tell his audience that, contrary to popular belief that the U.S. imposed a tariff that worsened the Depression, in fact tariffs only came into use in 1932.
> Many Republican elites believe that Trump either doesn't mean it when he presents tariffs as an economic cure-all or that they can talk him out of it after the election.
> Trump would have unilateral power to impose tariffs through executive action; he does not need Congress.
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Could have stopped at illiterate
This guy, who has no fucking clue, is going on ruin our economy.
Truth doesn’t matter with MAGA. Pseudo facts are a MAGA tool that are used to fit into any narrative that they need to convey. They know that their minions have been propagandized, and this technique is very effective in motivating them.
Okay MAGA, I’m about to tell you what’s going to happen if Trump gets elected.
He will be in office 6 months before Vance and his Project 2025 cabinet pulls the 25th Amendment and then Project 2025 begins in earnest.
Ken Paxton will be in the cabinet. ready to ram through a nationwide abortion ban.
Clarence Thomas and Alito will retire and two
Federalist Society judges will be seated at SCOTUS, denying any challenge to the extreme and un-American Project 2025 agenda.
Trump has been a useful tool for the Heritage Foundation, a means to achieving what they’re worked towards since the 1950s. And no matter how much Trump tries to distance himself from Project 2025, there’s nothing he will be able to do to stop it.
TL;DR Trump will be tossed out of office via 25th Amendment and President Vance will implement Project 2025.
It’s frustrating hearing him insult a city, in front of its people, ramble on about something he has no understanding of, and they still cheer him. For the love of god stop appeasing him.
Tariffs would certainly have saved my life when my electric boat sank and sharks began circling; sadly, cancer-stricken whales — victims of windmills, were too weak to come to my rescue! Solar powered Coast Guard helicopters were unable to respond because it was night time…if only there had been an Iron Dome: beep, beep, ding, whooosh!
Trump IS historically illiterate
We’ll all pay more for toilet paper and Totinos pizza rolls. [pizza rolls](https://youtu.be/2lPX5b9m7ro?si=9ADYtAtpYPuY2sEa)
donolds brain is wind
It has been proven time and time again since 2015 that Trump does not understand tariffs.
> Many Republican elites believe that Trump either doesn’t mean it when he presents tariffs as an economic cure-all or that they can talk him out of it after the election. But Trump would have unilateral power to impose tariffs through executive action; he does not need Congress. And the idea that a lifelong megalomaniac who lacks a basic understanding of government will somehow become amenable to reason is, at best, optimistic.
The 2016-2020 amnesia is infuriating. There were so many people who were billed as moderating influences on trump, and they all ran out screaming. Of course he’ll just do what he wants – when it doesn’t work he’ll blame communists and single mothers or whatever.
This is the one lie that I can’t believe media doesn’t constantly correct. I think to this day, because of his repeated lies, people think foreign countries pay tariffs.
I have worked for companies that imported goods and had several start-ups. Import tariffs are dictated by US Customs and as a small business I PAY the tariffs. Foreign company didn’t care what my tariff was. They charge the same. I had to factor in tariff’s and shipping to get my landed cost and then add my needed margin on top of that.
US businesses pay tariffs. It absolutely gets passed on to consumers.
Now, if Trump was playing 3D Chess and thinking about the long term shift towards more domestic manufacturing over decades by raising tariffs, that is a different argument. But no, he is saying that tariffs are paid by the foreign company. Just flat out wrong.
Tell me if I’m wrong, please, but did he contradict himself in the same train of ‘thought’ (I use that phrase lightly)::
>Our greatest wealth probably proportionately was in the 1880s.. we had so much much money all from tariffs… then you had the depression. A lot of people said tariffs caused it. They didn’t, tariffs came in 1932 after the depression.
Historically illiterate is a hallmark of Trumpism.