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We buy coffee from Brazil. We sell them NO coffee because we produce NO coffee. Trade deficit 100%. Large tariffs. This was ABSOLUTELY STUPID. It wasn’t about trade deficits, it was the willful attempt to destroy the American economy.

Now I want Chili's.

The ONLY reason Canada has a trade deficit with the US is because of oil sales. The US used to have a trillion dollar deficit with Saudi, but after 911 the thought was to not finance terrorists. Enter Canada, a safe, friendly trading partner selling oil at a huge discount.

What we really need to protect is vanilla beans grown in Mississippi! […] Wait — they’re not? Alabama either? Okay then: we’ve trariffed Madagascar but we can still get vanilla beans from Mexi— […] They’re tariffed too? AND chocolate? Crap.

It's good even right wing publications are pushing back. That should help.

I'm hoping the Senators can read. Not optimistic about the House, reading may not be a thing with them.

that photo of Trump! that's some serious shade right there.

He knows. He has not forgotten. He’s cruel. He is implementing the plan laid out before him to crash the world economy. We are being set up for another economic depression. He told MAGA to prepare for pain and they are for it. They don’t realize it’s them too. 🤦‍♀️

The last one gave Democrats power for 60 years.

no more trade deficits and we will all be rich! all we gotta do is farm our own food, herd our own cattle, teach our own kids, run our own business, build our own house, build and fix our own cars, build our own phones and microchips... ITS EASY! 😆

Lesotho exports diamonds but the people there can’t afford anything America exports. So there’s a trade deficit. But is Lesotho “ripping America off?” No, it’s not. The tariffs serve no purpose except to sink a poor country into more poverty.

Also charge the dumpster a 10% charge for using it. Just in case.

Well, that too.

It’s called a free market for a reason.

Most second graders understand the implications of tariffs. And they lead to trad wars. And nobody wins a trade war. Final Score: Second graders 1 - Trump 0.

Cokechugula maybe.

Or perhaps the brunch special: Dent corn polenta, dent corn tortillas, & mash white lightning mimosas?

Well obviously you should make Chili’s start charging you more.

I did an experiment yesterday, I made an account on foxnews and commented on basic economics eg. I asked if people were willing to buy the pricier alternative to support domestic productions. You can probably guess the answer, my conclusion is that the cable 'news' makes thoughtless idiots.

This quote seems relevant now. It should remind us what effective use of simple slogans with an undereducated, angry group of people can lead to.

I always spell it with two r's and one f, because that's how it should be spelled, as that is how it's said. Then I correct it to the right spelling. My Spellcheck is very confused.

That's why democrats need a good PR firm!!! You can't win an intellectual argument with the obtuse no matter how correct you are.

And they deeply understand the concept of getting ripped off. Too bad a narcissistic conman was able to convince so many people that they were being robbed.

They like pictures, they're easier to read.

The top line may not matter to the X-bar American, but if you're an American contributor to it like a farmer it sure matters.

Trump is a true moron no amount of education will affect him. He has zero understanding about economics. Something got through his skull that tariffs will put more money in US coffers, that was all he had to hear then to scheme to steal it.

JFC these simple minded people.

Canada here. You have 10X the population. You buy more from us. Of course you do.

True

AGAIN....THE EMPEROR IS NEKKID AS A JAY BIRD.

😂😂

Chilis and Applebees have been on the comeback. Good margs 🤣

So what food are you selling, you know, in case I get hungry? I do cookies…

Anyone ready to work 12 hour days in a sweat factory again.

Excellent depiction. And exactly why tariff based economy has never worked.

Sadly, there's a bunch of people in Congress that know this but they still are letting it happen.

Please say this on Fox News and Newsmax for the people that need to hear it.

Run for president in ‘28 with someone like AOC as your VP. Unite the country. ✊🏽

The Market Crash Monday will prove your point... #FeloniousTrump

Dude, just stop eating at Chilis! If they are not buying your barbequed hot wings in return, they are not only missing out on some great food, they are holding back your God-given culinary leadership! It's what I learned from our Great Leader on Liberation Day!

This is the party that you supported for all those years. Sure, they are way more extreme now than ever before, but these are similar policies to what your party has always supported. I'm glad your eyes have been opened (woke)

Especially when you consider what rampant consumers Americans are. We buy so much shit. We go into debt to buy stuff. We should have trade deficits with other countries. Make complete sense.

The damage is going to be severe........for the US. youtu.be/lIqh8bYQT_Q?...

Not anymore.

Even conservatives say the math is bad. www.axios.com/2025/04/06/t...

No, that would have required the White House to engage with economic experts, and Fat Nixon won't accept that he isn't the most Experty Expert who ever Experted, no one has ever seen anything like it.

My 3 year old understands it. It’s not difficult.

And having a surplus does not make us richer or better. Ask any country that has a trade surplus with us if they would like to trade their giant surplus for higher standard of living, more buying power, and a stronger currency.

Only sounds compelling if you just take their word for their idiotic reasoning. We consume more than anyone not only because we are a big country but because we are basically hoarders. We have so much crap we need to rent storage ,most peeps don't do that.

It's very expensive, I live in the PNW and Vancouver, BC and Canada in general is very expensive

Chefs kiss* Perfection in reply form. Elegant, no notes needed.

Best thing I've read today. Thank you for the smile (from one science need to another).

TRUTH!!!

then there's this 'tax deficit'. There were years when billionaires(the orange felon included) paid zero taxes, whereas the regular joe or jane had to cough up a few thousand dollars for "not paying taxes enough"

Excellent example. Well done!!!

Chilis??

Bee-yoo-tee-ful metaphor!! Simple and accurate. I wish I’d said it!

Not so sure the US is at much less risk of nefarious influence than Taiwan is.

I should clarify. Some strategic ores have been excluded from the new tariffs, but not the trade deficit calculation. This ia a good summary of what is, and is not exempted. heatmap.news/sparks/criti...

So many critical minerals are in the same (import) boat.

The way trump works it with Australia is we buy 50billion of stuff of the US and the US buys 17billion of us but we're ripping YOU off and we get 10% tariff despite having a written agreement we will not tariff each other.

Great way to put it. But Trump unfortunately doesn’t believe in win-win. If someone else wins, he thinks he lost. In reality, the prior success of our country came because of an abundance mentality: we can spread prosperity to everyone. So disheartening to abandon that belief as a country.

But Trump didn't win anything. So you and the store have to pay him something for MAGA to be appeased.

absolutely...

Good move… they’ll realise you showed them! We should all do this while we can afford to.

🤣

Invent a foreign threat, and present yourself as the hero.

They excluded services, USA exports a lot of services, so this created deficits where there were none. You have deficits because you are so rich. You can buy more goods from countries that can't afford their own goods. But we are still wondering what you are buying off the penguins?!?!?!?!

I always thought it was the US taking advantage…of cheap labor in other countries, rather than paying our workers a fair wage and benefits. We can be selfish…love inexpensive stuff, but we are also generous when others need us. It’s never an exact tit for tat; it’s give and take that works for all.

Oh thank you! Michael Scott can now understand…. But I’m sure MAGA will still need puppets to get it.

Love your analogy, Adam.

But you don’t starve / spend all your time growing your own food!

The new tariffs are not trade police or economic policy. They are extortion, trying to get other nations and businesses to bend to the president’s will. They are unnecessary. Import tariffs are being paid by U.S. businesses and consumers, to our detriment.

Of course, Trump has a 4 a.m. freakout and feels compelled to take immediate, brash actions.

Pretty sure your stomach is in some sort of deficit with your bowels if you ate at Chili's.

we are inundated with "buy buy buy" messages. an endless stream of "sales". holidays are now promoted as days to purchases mattresses? WTF? It's veterans' day, but a mattress. How many people buy cars on a holiday? STOP FUCKING SPENDING MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE. It weakens you. Poor = Weak.

My local gas station owes me hundreds of thousands of dollars. I’m tariffing those assholes 200%

Haha

If it’s Chili’s then I’d say they owe you

I tried coming up with an analogy. The best I could do was my cleaners. They come to my house twice a month and I never get invited to theirs. It’s just an abuse of the relationship, don’t you think?

BUT BUT BUT ADAM, the far right doesn't know how to argue without strawmen! (Trust me, I grew up Evangelical, and I know....;))

Cooountryback pleeeease 🎶

Yes Bringing this one to the next protest. I'm a singer with a big mouth, a leader, and organizer I love this 😀 ❤️

If you just made this up, 🏆🏆🏆

He doesn’t know anything about anything at all - other than how to manipulate and hurt people. Once you know that he is a malicious 9 year old throwing a temper tantrum in a man’s body, everything else makes sense.

We’re by far the richest country in the world, so whos ripping us off? Whomever it is, keep that shit up

The idea that USA expects poor countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam to buy as much from USA as USA buy from them is ludicrous. USA does get alot of bang for its buck buying from poorer countries.

Adam, you are one of the few republicans that I value. May not always agree with policy differences but thank god you are not a maga. The rule of law and our democracy is of importance to you. So thank you. Scary times! I am a blue dot in my town and own a small business here so I keep my opinions 🤫

You have to get Chilis buying from you, or they're taking all your money. The United States should have a closed economy, so that no money leaves the country.

OK. So what does that have to do with trade and tariffs?

You are like Europe. We support and give discounts on: defense, goods, services etc. while you pay next to nothing and screw us in return. Not anymore! Either the world treats us equally with tariffs or we give the sane back to them. America First, last and always!

Yep

"It will trickle down in return to me? Oh, wow..."

Only if you stop eating at Chillis, at which point you won’t be paying yourself back anymore…. 🤔… This is a very illustrative analogy.