This recent poll claims that most want Trump to have limits on tariff authority:
https://wislawjournal.com/2026/02/05/poll-majority-want-limits-on-presidential-tariff-powers/

Trump tariffs have always been used for leversge in negotiarion. So far so good. I think Trump has even surprised himself how far that reavh

Exactly.    He uses them as leverage to gain or get what he wants in trade negotiations and policy.  

His approval rating on inflation is a horrendous 36%! Only in the village of Orange Man Great would that number be considered "good." smh

Look how much more it's costing the American consumer. Look how badly American businesses are doing especially small businesses. Look how our former allies are striking deals with China and others. Look how much chaos and confusion there is worldwide. Yeah it's really going great. Dumbass.

I dont think ive chatted with maybe 2 or 3 people on this forum that could actually explain what a tariff is used for and how it has effect on them.  

Trump said prices would start falling on day one. They have gone UP since he took office. Was he lying or just wrong?

I think that if you believed that, you probably think the stripper likes you too.  

You couldn't answer so you changed the topic. You aren't doing your master any favors. lol.

What are you going on about? I didnt change the topic i asked you to look at your perspective.  

Really???   Please tell me the COSTS that is happening?   I am a small business owner.   I dont see it.   Talked with other small business owners.... they dont see it.    So please tell me how it is "badly" hurting small business?    

Name all the prices that have "gone up"......

Good to know that you, like trump, are pro-tariff.  You must think that the vast majority of economists who oppose tarrifs are all wrong. Your knowledge of tariffs must be so superior to theirs.  I sure hope your knowledge of economics is better than your writing ability and your command of the English-language. Bravo, sir. We are all in awe. Dumbass.

Inflation is up which means, wait for it….PRICES are up. Nothing to with the media at all. It’s the federal government stats AND consumers both saying prices have risen under Trump. Please remove head from sand.

Let me know when you even attempt to answer my question, Mr Econ professor lol

Me asking you to change your perspective and it going over your head tells me that you cant handle this.  

Prices rising couldnt have anything to do with Bidens printing cash spree, could it?

No, it doesn't. Not in 2025 or 2026. That's all on trump. If you're going to bring up Biden's 2021 $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan act don't forget to add in trump's 2020 $2.2 trillion CARES act. Dumbass.

Biden printed more than any other president and he only had 4 years. The effects from that surely would be felt beyond his presidency.

The topic is price and inflation rises under TRUMP. Just try and address that lie by him. Oh thats right. I already asked you and you struck out. lol.

I get it. If i were to tell you that fiscal and regulatory policies, such as large spending bills or supply-chain changes, often take years to fully work through the economy. Therefore, dumbshit, inflation observed early in a new term may reflect decisions made under prior leadership....

You want to blame Biden's COVID spending bill but not trump's. That hypocrisy. You won't blame trump's tariffs when economists universally agree tariffs cause further inflation. That's stupidity.

I dont put as much weight in what he has done because not enough time has passed to realy see what effects have taken place.  

Trump said prices would come down on DAY ONE. We are on like day 380, at this point, which, since you dont do math, is WELL beyond day one, but keep defending the indefensible. You are VERY good at that at least. lol.

Son, class is over for the evening.  

This clown is a troll.

This guy has been whooping on all of you so sit the fuck down icky

This guy has been whooping on all of you so sit the fuck down icky

Talk about triggered.
So easy to play.
So predictable.
Such a troll.

Class will be on a delay today but teacher will still be teaching.  

You can dance around it all you want but its just proving youve met your match.  

Have you really convinced yourself you're winning?
Your need to always have the last word is also apparent.
Please take it and then go suck some TS dick. Since most of your reviews are of trannies, you must really love that. Do you also felch? SwallowMeat would love to know. And I simply can't bear to actually read any of your reviews.

Actually Namblaa Nick, you seem to need to have the last word. Its your ocd acting up.  

I knew these bozos couldnt have an actual debate regarding tariffs. Its only shit slinging and durr trump so bad.  

Actually trump added twice as much to the national debt than Biden. Keep living in that right-wing MAGA bubble.  

His tariffs will lower the national deficit. Give it time kid.

His charts are all data based.

Can you form your own opinion or do you just parrot what the guy says?

I talked about how the auto industry has FUCKED UP with the huge shift they did for EV's.   (see attached for 1 example).

How about them apples! Now, do you agree or disagree with Rattner. Why and what are your sources?

-- Modified on 2/6/2026 11:36:57 AM

What is correct on specifically and what factors do you agree with that led to these conclusions?

Ickypus the biggest…well actually the only  homophobe on TER
Ickypus puts his homophobia on full display, for all to see.
He exhibits and broadcasts his seething hate and destine for a part of the community.

And of course, arch-hypocrite that you are, not a word about ReadyForCock's blatant homophobia. All while flaunting his tranny love. We also know you love him because, like you, he revels in felching.

PROVE what prices have gone up dramatically???  

Printing cash isn't the main reason.

Right, I understand that in theory but the issue as far as I see it isn't about how it effects the economy in the short term but what happens in the long term. See right now leveraging our trading partners aggressively is working because of dependency. But no one likes to be leveraged.. are we not risking sending the rest of the world more aggressively towards China? It's already started happening. Besides.. what exactly about these tariffs is targeted to you? I was in favor of tariffs to an extent.. ironically so was Biden who added/kept some tariffs from the first admin. But now we have seemingly reckless tariffs on Canada and other countries that we already had trade agreements with.. why is he leveraging Canada when he's the one who made the trade deal with them four years prior.. explain that to me..

Selectively looking at tariffs on countries that we already had some tariffs on is great... but please explain Canada to me.... how does Tariffs on Canada and Mexico make sense when Trump made deals with them 4 years prior... like seriously it's not remotely logical and republicans refuse to even question their own leadership.

I don't see tariffs as inherently good or bad but I really wish republicans could at least acknowledge that Trumps execution is rather reckless. Not a single person on here has explained why tariffs on Canada make any sense and every explanation is less intelligent than the last. You're right, tariffs can be an incredibly effective tool BUT only if they are used strategically. Just placing tariffs on every country with seemingly no direction is spray and pray economics and while that will certainly give you some things to cheer about when making your points it will also give you consequences that we really cannot predict and will bear out over the next ten years. I mean this guy raised Tariffs on Canada because he didn't like their commercial quoting Reagan! I guess all I'm saying is I wish republicans would be self critical of their president when he does dumb shit instead of defending everything assuming he must have some grand plan. I know I certainly criticized Biden when the dems were in power and I criticize Obama all the time. Just because you support someone doesn't mean you have to swear fealty.

No, they won't.  They won't even come close to making a dent in our $38 trillion national debt. Meanwhile, tariffs are being passed on to the American consumer while foreign nations introduce retaliatory tariffs and expand trading with other countries.

Weak and obedient. Saying what you masters order you to say.
I Won’t speak for anyone else but since Trump took office I’m  
Paying about $0.65 less per gallon  of gasoline and noticeably less for groceries.

Fool,

Katie,

Yes I am paying noticeably  less for gasoline (especially) and most all food items since Trump took office.

Katie,

tariffs on canada....  Trade imbalance.   Yes it is that simple.

YEP.... did you not see where I said things are not going like he thought with some of his actions with the EU countries.    

Hey, Mr. Charisma,

LOL.... love how you try to bring up single instances and I can keep batting them down.

https://www.whatjobs.com/news/florida-tourism-collapse-how-trade-war-with-canada-erased-280000-jobs-and-52-billion/

Katie,

So it wasn't that many of the "vacation" areas were wiped out by hurricanes?   They are rebuilding and need to rebuild before tourism jobs come back.

You are conveniently ignoring the fact that Trump himself renegotiated and settled on a new trade agreement during his first term.... then ran on a platform that we made bad deals with Canada when in fact IT WAS HIS DEAL. Why didn't he raise any of these issues when he negotiated the first time?

I notice he doesn't try to defend much that he throws at you though.

and there will be little relief until then but don't hold your breath that the price in the store will drop off much in 2 years.  The processors will do all they can to keep the prices elevated.  

The price of bacon has dropped! This from The US Inflation Calculator:
"Bacon Prices By Year And Adjusted For Inflation

These guys cant defend any of it without ai prompts and presenting links.  

This is what you do when you're only capable of making broad, unsupported bleatings and just HATE it when someone posts actual facts.
Your continuous whining is really comical.  
Here's something you can't say...

Weve got NamblaaNick following me around like a lil yapping Chui, posting lame gifs and thinking hes a big winner.  

Regulation and weather over the last several yeas and Diesel at almost $6/gal in 2022 have so much more to do with this industry than anything Trump has done.  This is an industry that has been under attack since barrack HUSSEIN obama was in office.

Wow. I whooped up on yall in this thread.  

That's a sure Tell he knows he's a loser. AGAIN.
As Laffy used to say, "Wave that White Flag high and proud!"

Yes he did renegotiate and there was a termination/expiration date.   They was also things he didn't get the first time around and wants to get now.

.....

Sweetheart 1,

....BIDENFLATION that has destroyed the purchasing power of the vast majority of Americans.

The post-COVID hyperinflation was a worldwide phenomenon.  It had little if anything to do with Biden [ I can hear the outrage coming from the right-wing already ]. Whomever was president would have had the same inflation to deal with.  The U.S. recovered from this inflation faster than the rest of the world.  

Well you are partially correct.     Whom ever was in the white house would have been hit.    BUT it was what happened after the start of the stabilization of everything that hurt the USA a little more.    the "printing of money" and hand outs (yes Trump even did some during) was the issue.   The spend spend spend... of our government when they shouldn't have been doing it.    The market would have corrected earlier.    Biden himself wouldn't have had the extra huge inflation and it would have stabilized sooner.  Not just in Biden's last quarter or what ever.  It would have happened in the middle of his term.

Yet FL found the difference and that is what you were talking about was FL.     Other countries picked up where canada left off.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-dollar-decline-impact-consumers-business-money/

You only fall under the 1st so far but maybe they'll grow on you.  Although, you generally show up again even after you tell the world that you've finished discussing the topic.   Weird that one feels compelled to announce a departure from the discussion but even more weird that you're so easily drawn back in.

The American Rescue Plan did cause inflation and was managed like a fucking college keg party but his highly flawed Inflation Reduction Act did little to curb it and for many reasons exacerbated the crisis.  

JD Vance, right?  JD whored himself out to become Trump's running mate.  This is the same JD who was a Never Trumper, who called Trump "unfit" for office, who called Trump an "idiot," and who called Trump "America's Hitler."

Trump’s Economic Approval Rating Hits Record Low of 34%

Hey Hopeful,

The Austrian Alps are too cold. I prefer the South Pacific.
You've got to be carefully taught.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPf6ITsjsgk

Do you just post without researching?

Thank you for starting my day with this!

Crickets.  

Small businesses are being crushed by Trump’s tariffs

Trump tariffs are helping drive U.S. beef prices to new highs

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/a-year-in-review-how-the-trump-administrations-economic-policies-made-life-less-affordable-for-americans/

You keep ignoring the fact that your original post was about FL....  and FL showed other countries picked up the slack when Canadians didn't show up.

Your routine is very stale. You always post the same shit. We are "ignoring the facts", we "move the goalposts", and we are a "typical liberal". Get some new material. You are boring us.

Well if you quit moving the goal posts and ignoring the facts it wouldnt need to be said.

One Mile At a Time reports that research firm Tourism Economics has changed its forecast from an expected 8.8% increase for 2025 to a projected 5.1% decline — a 13.9% shift in demand.

Tariffs Block Volkswagen’s US Expansion Despite Cash Rebound

Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group

https://medium.com/@edmondthorne/floridas-tourism-trouble-record-numbers-but-business-is-down-5df33c07ba9a

placing Tariff's on foreign beef but at the end it says the farmers are screaming at him for making a deal with a foreign country to bring beef into the US.  Oh....I get it now, it's an opportunity to bring out the Argentina deal to smash him over the head with some more....

So it blames Trump for tariffs and then blames him for making deals with Argentina for beef.   Farmers are never happy.   Especially ones who get interviewed by CNBC.... they look for the anti trump ones.    

For over a decade, a group I am in have been buying 8 calves in the spring, raising over the summer and finishing with a local hobby farmer.  We haven't the last two years because it's gotten ridiculous.  Too bad, I had arranged this years ago with a southern MN rancher that has a great herd they've spent decades perfecting...

BINGO.... these people on here that want to blame TRUMP for anything and everything have no clue.    

Last year, the US labor market posted the weakest job growth outside of a recession since 2003, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.

Trump’s economy marked by ‘soggy consumption, weak job gains and a sour public mood’

Thousands of farms set to go bankrupt

A key factor causing concern over sales is the extent to which producers are having to pass higher costs on to customers in the form of raised prices. These concerns appear most prevalent in the consumer goods sector, though is a common thread across all manufacturers, with higher costs continuing to be overwhelmingly blamed on tariffs.

Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Columbia University are reporting that, through November 2025, 90% of the economic burden of trump's tariffs fell on U.S. companies and consumers.

An article from September.....     Trump has since made deals with other countries who are buying AG Products.

FROM YOUR ARTICLE:

Analysis shows that the world is moving closer to China, as Trump’s isolationism rears its head at the United Nations

Hopeful,

The Treasury may need to borrow an extra $1.6 trillion to cover the hole left by tariff ruling and pay a further $400 billion in debt interest

Trump’s Economy Grew Slowly Last Year—While Inflation Rose

Analysis-From 'buy America' to 'bye America', Wall Street exodus gathers pace

https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/trumps-canada-trade-war-hits-jack-daniels-and-jim-beam-with-a-devastating-143-million-loss/91313385
Trump’s Canada Trade War Hits Jack Daniel’s and Jim Beam With a Devastating $143 Million Loss

U.S. Was Only Major World Destination Where Tourism Declined in 2025

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/31/aluminum-worlds-dumbest-tariff/

Millions of Americans paid billions in tariffs later ruled illegal — and they won’t see a dime back

France Pulls All Gold Out of US Federal Reserve
https://www.newsweek.com/france-pulls-all-gold-out-of-us-federal-reserve-11792591

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-04/iran-volodymyr-zelenskyy-gulf-strait-of-hormuz-macron-merz/106511122?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/sp-500-heads-worst-quarter-since-2022-iran-war-rate-worries-rattle-wall-street-2026-03-31/