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How tsf makes money off tariffs. (Original Post) KS Toronado Sep 2025 OP
Exactly. And when he says tariffs are good for the economy, he means *his* economy.... unblock Sep 2025 #1
Tariffs benefit Trump in quite a few ways: Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #2
Not on top of the desk, but under the desk. Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #3
Nah, no point in discretion or subtlety anymore. It's all out in the open. eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 #5
Absolutely is receiving bribes regards to tariffs Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #4

Irish_Dem

(82,293 posts)
2. Tariffs benefit Trump in quite a few ways:
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:35 PM
Sep 2025

1. Foreign countries kiss his ass and grovel.
2. Foreign countries pay him cash and grant him and the Trump crime family all kinds of favors.
3. Trump can humiliate and demean foreign countries.
4. Destroys the US economy and the dollar which thrill his employers, China and Russia.

eppur_se_muova

(42,493 posts)
5. Nah, no point in discretion or subtlety anymore. It's all out in the open.
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 07:11 PM
Sep 2025

He was doing this in his first term. Remember the exemption for "printed religious materials" ? That came in handy when he had the "Trump Bible" printed in China for ~$3-4 and was spared the expense of a 30% tariff. That might have cut into profits from that $60-75 dollar retail price !

Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)
4. Absolutely is receiving bribes regards to tariffs
Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:48 PM
Sep 2025

But the entire GOP does not care, if it went to the Supreme Court somehow or any court they won’t care either.

Not any court but eventually you’ll get to a court that says he’s untouchable they don’t care

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