this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2025
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Donald Trump's White House had grandly promised "90 deals in 90 days" after partially pausing the process of levying what the US president called "reciprocal" tariffs.

In reality, there won't even be nine deals done by the time we reach Trump's first cut-off date on 9 July.

The revealing thing here, the poker "tell" if you like, is the extension of the deadline from Wednesday until 1 August, with a possibility of further extensions - or delays - to come.

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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You know if they had just focused on problem countries with unfair labour laws I bet they could have achieved something

But when they go after everyone at the same time it becomes obvious that all you have to do is say no and wait for the American corporate machine to eat this administration alive.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

That's the game everyone is playing. Just stall and run out the clock. There's no point in working on a deal, because he'll break it the moment it's convenient.

Put up a show of negotiating with the US, and work more with other countries. The public in the US seems to forget that the rest of the world are not NPCs in their own internal struggle.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ok, yes, sure... but - and stay with me here - what should you do if you're the single most incompetent and confident person on the planet, surrounded by morons you chose solely because they would agree and amplify everything you say? What then, Mr. Smart G- I mean, Pancake?

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

I would probably misunderstand companies buying raw materials for cheap and turning them into high priced commodities as a weakness.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Trump is a pedo

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 14 points 3 months ago

Aside from all of them being aggravating, the ones that truly infuriate me are the ones like he's using against Brazil... Mother fucker already corrupted the "justice" system in the US, now he's using economic terrorism to corrupt the justice systems of other fucking countries.

I can't wait to be able to piss on his grave.

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] catty@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

this meme has always irked me. It should be "off and then back on again"

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago

Good ol TACO

[–] unabart@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

TACOs for dinner again! 🌮🌮🍚🫘

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

On the plus side his English is great. I wonder where he learned to speak it.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Just watch him turn the screws on the first country that capitulates.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

This dude can't even stand up to other country's saying no and he's supposed to be the grand fascist leader??

This really is a pathetic ideology.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

lol king taco