He proclaimed himself the "shopkeeper" today and the US a "luxury store"

[senseandsensibility]

But as Ali Velshi and Chris Hayes are pointing out now, WE ARE THE BUYERS. WE CONSUME the worlds' goods. And that is actually a good position to be in.

Making the imports so expensive or not available at all will only hurt us. And we are not a "luxury store" that can provide the entire country's needs as well as everyone else's.

I thought his previous non understanding of tariffs was bad. It's gotten worse. It really looks like he just doesn't know or care that Americans need things we import and will suffer if we don't have them.

[dchill]

1. "Shopkeeper" my ass. He's a looter.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Also, in the Oval presser w PM Carney, tRump said "I'm a very artistic person". . . .nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Econ comments: tRump said "By not trading we're losing nothing. We're saving a trillion dollars": Aaron Rupar clip

Trump on China: "By not trading, we're losing nothing. So we're saving a trillion dollars. That's a lot."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-05-06T16:22:11.074Z

[senseandsensibility]

4. Except our access to food, medicine, personal hygiene products,

transportation, clothing, but who needs any of that? He's not even trying to hide that he couldn't care less.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. I saw report this evening on Nicole Wallace that most of the trade surge was pharmaceutical precursors

... precursors, chemicals used to make pharmaceuticals. They were front loaded to beat the tariffs. Little of the surge was consumer goods. And now the regular flow of consumer goods is drying up, down about 30-50%. This is showing up (not coming in) at the ports this week. It will be about a week or less for warehouse / distributor inventory flows to dwindle, and there might be about 4-6 weeks of inventory on hand. So absences of consumer goods may start this week and get deeper in the coming weeks.

[rickyhall]

5. He's never needed anything but attention.

[Vogon_Glory]

6. I think this is an important historical marker

Donald John’s latest statement marks the end of Republican Party competence at running businesses or managing the economy.

Think of it. Most of us have some knowledge of how poorly Donald John ran his businesses. Dubya needed help, to say the least. The last Republican president who could successfully run a business was George H.W. Bush, and he hasn’t been President since January 20th, 1993 (He has since passed away). There’s a gap of over 30 years between George-the-father’s and Donald John’s inauguration.

That is not only long enough for a pattern to form but also to lock in.

[senseandsensibility]

7. From your lips to God's ears

That's one reason I am always on the press to report the truth so that people will see that R's NEVER help the working class or the middle class.

[Vogon_Glory]

8. Or the independent contractors or small business owners.

I don’t think that Clem and Lester and the other MAGA Magoos have noticed that.