Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Are We Feeling Liberated Yet? - Trump thread #141

1000 replies

Spandauer · 03/04/2025 19:23

King Donald has bigly new tariffs, First Lady Elmo turns out to be ballot box poison and 'Pick Me Girl' Vance is a meanie to the EU.

(But at least the penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands are wearing suits)

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5297058-trumpmusk-the-doge-and-pony-show-continues-trump-thread-140

Trump+Musk; the DOGE and Pony show continues -Trump thread #140 | Mumsnet

Trump, as out of control as a faulty Tesla, takes an ICE pick to the Constitution. Thanks to *@AcrossthePond55* and *@Jaichangecentfoisdenom *for the...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5297058-trumpmusk-the-doge-and-pony-show-continues-trump-thread-140

OP posts:
Thread gallery
127
JoshLymanSwagger · 11/04/2025 12:57

JoshLymanSwagger · 08/04/2025 18:47

Anyone expecting China to raise theirs to 105%?
🍊

I posted this - mostly in jest - 3 days ago...starting to look a bit more likely now. 🤯

Odras · 11/04/2025 13:41

JoshLymanSwagger · 11/04/2025 12:57

I posted this - mostly in jest - 3 days ago...starting to look a bit more likely now. 🤯

Well you were completely wrong . They raised it to 125% today 🤣

SerendipityJane · 11/04/2025 13:51

I can easily see Trump reversing the China tariffs because "he won". Given that the only messaging that matters is what the MAGA mob will swallow, real world headlines won't count. In fact they will be used as "proof" to the MAGA lot that there is a media conspiracy to do down Trump. A similar dissonance to that you experience when someone well known takes to every possible media platform to complain about being cancelled.

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

ForestAtTheSea · 11/04/2025 15:57

The base commander was probably trying to save the work atmosphere after Vance poisoned it; after all the civilian employees have to work well together with the US force and the poisoned remarks by the US won't have helped that.
However, I think she must have known the administration would react; they already fired many others who stepped out of line or also for no reason.

There was a trade deal between the US and EU under negotiation years ago, but it flopped in the end:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership

One of the reasons was the EU wouldn't cave to unreasonable demands, and there were worries about data safety, too. Doesn't seem likely that with the Musk government anyone would agree to something like this now, either.

I absolutely don't like a closer cooperation pushed with China, their politicians have a similar empire mindset to Russia. I heard TikTok isn't even allowed in China itself, only the Chinese version and it has restrictions for teens and kids and is offline for them at night. It does not sound implausible that the short attention span TikTok creates is a method to do harm to other countries.

edition.cnn.com/2023/03/24/tech/tiktok-douyin-bytedance-china-intl-hnk/index.html

China has also been quietly buying infrastructure like ports, and land abroad, to secure economic leverage and agricultural resources.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 11/04/2025 16:10

That’ll last until he next changes his socks.

Wallaw · 11/04/2025 16:27

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 11/04/2025 16:10

That’ll last until he next changes his socks.

No way he can reach his own feet. That's what Vance is there for.

DuncinToffee · 11/04/2025 16:29

He needs staff at mar-a-lago

Wallaw · 11/04/2025 16:32

DuncinToffee · 11/04/2025 16:29

He needs staff at mar-a-lago

No doubt. The quote of his in that article is yet more bizarre word salad. I guess he thinks the people they've deported should now apply to come back and pick crops and clean toilets?

cakeorwine · 11/04/2025 17:20

So it looks like the bond market is "acting weirdly"

Not that I know a lot about the bond market, except it's important and it affects borrowing costs in the US - both Government borrowing, business borrowing and the costs people have to pay to borrow.

Apparently US Bonds are supposed to be a safe haven when times are tough, but not this time.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/investing/stock-market-dow-tariffs/index.html

"Typically, you’d expect bond prices to rise throughout periods of turmoil. US Treasuries are historically considered to be the safest of safe assets, backed up by the full faith and credit of the US government.

But bonds aren’t rising — they’re falling.

That’s largely because investors have lost faith in US trade policy, and they fear America could get hurt even worse than the countries Trump’s tariff policy is targeting. As JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in his annual letter to shareholders Monday, Trump’s “America First” policy risks alienating its most important partners and the country’s special standing in the world.

US Treasury yields, which trade in opposite direction to prices, have surged in recent days to 4.4%. They were under 4% earlier in the week. That represents a massive move for the market. Higher yields could hurt America’s economy, as a number of consumer loans are closely tied to those rates"

Trump has 90 days to do 150 trade deals. Financial markets aren’t buying it | CNN Business

President Donald Trump and his advisers said this was the plan all along: Scare the bejesus out of the world by announcing astronomically high tariffs, get countries to come to the negotiating table, and — with the exception of China — back away from t...

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/investing/stock-market-dow-tariffs/index.html

SerendipityJane · 11/04/2025 17:35

As JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon

And well known supporter of Donald Trump ...

said in his annual letter to shareholders Monday, Trump’s “America First” policy risks alienating its most important partners and the country’s special standing in the world.

He can go fuck himself with a rusty fork.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: 'I'm a patriot' so I'll help Trump - Popular Democracy

https://populardemocracy.org/news-article/news-and-publications-jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-im-patriot-so-ill-help-trump/

SerendipityJane · 11/04/2025 17:40

.

Are We Feeling Liberated Yet? - Trump thread #141
JoshLymanSwagger · 11/04/2025 18:02

Briefing from the WH shortly...then I guess he's off to golf. ⛳

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 18:15

Golf is probably the best thing he could do for the country. Imagine the damage he could do if he worked weekends too.

DuncinToffee · 11/04/2025 18:15

I saw somewhere that he is having a medical today?

Wallaw · 11/04/2025 18:17

SerendipityJane · 11/04/2025 17:35

As JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon

And well known supporter of Donald Trump ...

said in his annual letter to shareholders Monday, Trump’s “America First” policy risks alienating its most important partners and the country’s special standing in the world.

He can go fuck himself with a rusty fork.

Oh, yes, warrior man Jamie Dimon who quite literally ran away when a janitor who cleans his buildings asked in public why he was against raising their salaries from $8.35 to $10.00 an hour.

He's so brave 😥

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 18:17

No point. It’s my going to come back with him having the best health of any president ever with a perfect BMI. Not like that senile sleepy Joe guy.

Wallaw · 11/04/2025 18:20

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 18:17

No point. It’s my going to come back with him having the best health of any president ever with a perfect BMI. Not like that senile sleepy Joe guy.

Why yes. Who could dispute that?

Are We Feeling Liberated Yet? - Trump thread #141
RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 18:39

That’s just a bad angle.

What was it he allegedly weighed in his last medical they released? Something hilariously lower than photos would suggest.

cakeorwine · 11/04/2025 18:41

Interesting explainer on bonds

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/11/what-are-bonds-and-why-have-they-spooked-donald-trump

I was surprised by this

"The bond market is the world’s biggest securities exchange, worth almost $130tn (£99tn), with the US market accounting for about 40% of debt worldwide."

$130 TRILLION. That's massive

The economy and how it works - and all the exchanges there are is fascinating.

What are bonds and why have they spooked Donald Trump?

The reason the US president had to back down on tariffs once investors started dumping treasury bonds

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/11/what-are-bonds-and-why-have-they-spooked-donald-trump

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 18:58

Found it.

He was 79 inches tall and 239lb last time giving him a BMI of 26.9.

TooBigForMyBoots · 11/04/2025 19:04

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 18:58

Found it.

He was 79 inches tall and 239lb last time giving him a BMI of 26.9.

Trufax!

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2025 19:08

Yeah. I’m assuming Dr Jackson’s scales weren’t working properly that day. No way he was 239lb even then.

heldinadream · 11/04/2025 19:15

239 lbs of 🍊💩

DuncinToffee · 11/04/2025 19:19

https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lmkjvmmfw22h

🚨BREAKING: Four more Big Law firms join the ranks of Trump collaborators. A&O Shearman, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thacher all capitulated.

In a sign of growing inflation, each firm agreed to $125m in Trump approved pro bono. Shameful.

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)

🚨BREAKING: Four more Big Law firms join the ranks of Trump collaborators. A&O Shearman, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Simpson Thacher all capitulated. In a sign of growing inflation, each firm agreed to $125m in Trump approved pro bono. Sha...

https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lmkjvmmfw22h

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is not accepting new messages.