https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/118055/
The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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More delusional tariffs!
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Started by metmike - Sept. 14, 2025, 5:51 p.m.
I like it because I like just about any decision that takes power away from the power hungry dictator wannabe DT. The stock markets like this and bumped up some as a result.
Agreed, Larry!
There are no economists for tariffs which are just a tax on American companies and on the American people, despite Donald Trump lying about them.
They are bad for our trading partners. Bad for our relationship with trading partners. Bad for US companies. Bad for US consumers. But they do increase revenue for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ironically at a time when Trump's Big Ugly Bill does the exact opposite and he threatens to give people a tax/tariff rebate check that exceeds the tariff revenue and pretend that it's all thanks to his wonderful tariffs.
Unfortunately, in Trump's unhinged mind, this big tariff loss decision makes it more likely that he will start an unprovoked war with Iran because he knows that he can win that battle.
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https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/118055/#118056
so the R's in congress could grow a set and work with Trump and mostly what Trump has been doing. And as Beans has somehow nearly reached their high basis the March that would. be impossible according MM. So where is the logic of beans being down today.
Wow maybe just maybe the countries that have been abusing the US have finally figured out Rubio's brillant speech in Europe. And the absolute logic in that speech.
Thanks, mcfarm!
Most articles and sources that I read, other than MAGA stuff was anticipating this decision based on the Constitution and common sense.
So this was just a confirmation.
It may seem to be “impossible” from the MAGA perspective but not so much for those following what is actually happening.
I‘m thrilled for our high risk taking producers to see soybeans so strong in recent weeks
right!! I suppose those well placed sources also told you exactly what the supremes ponificated on what we were supposed to do with the 175M we have already taken in? Guess that once upon a time great thinker Roberts never mentioned that. Does not matter anyway as Trump has several avenues round this venture. What the smart people seem to saying is there was little legal ground for them to intrude. Late news is 10% across the board and more revunue and some of the countries tariffs will actually increase.
Thanks very much for the MAGA take, mcfarm.
And right you are about where Donald Trump is trying to take this.
Please tell me why you think that tariffs are a good thing?
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/trump-global-trade-tariff-supreme-court.html
Asked at the press briefing about that time limit and about getting congressional buy-in, Trump said, “We have the right to do pretty much what we want to do.”
Trump also declared that all the tariffs active under statutes known as Section 232 and Section 301 will remain “in full force and effect.”
"lowering costs for consumers."
Advice for meteorologists forecasting weather in the Donald Trump Universe.
1. Heavy rains cause droughts. Turn on your irrigation system to prevent excessive rain damage.
2. Wear your heavy Winter jacket during heat waves.
3. Turn the air conditioner up after an Arctic blast hits
4. Never admit that a weather forecast was wrong. Meteorologists are always right.
5. Bad forecasts were caused by foreign interference and fraudulent sources trying to make Donald Trump look bad.
6. Severe storms and tornadoes are caused by the radical left
7. The NWS is being renamed "Donald Trump's Atmospheric Clairvoyance "
8. Hurricane's will now only get names of members in the Trump family or those authorized by Donald Trump.
9. If any employees of the new "Donald Trump's Atmospheric Clairvoyance" don't swear allegiance to Donald J. Trump, they will immediately be replaced by people that are on board with the Donald Trump agenda to…….. "Make the weather great again"
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump illegally stole 134 billion from American Companies and American consumers, how do we make that right????
What a mess!
Donald Trump refusing to abide by the decision, making PERSONAL ATTACKS on the Supreme Court and their families and instead, using a never before used law to impose NEW tariffs on EVERY country (including ones that we have a positive trade balance with) based on a FAKE emergency, are actions/words that speak for themselves.
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Donald Trump lost big after the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land ruled against him.
A smart, sane person would realize that they lost, then move on as soon as possible so that people would forgot their loss and remember better things about them.
Instead, Donald Trump did the 180 degrees diametrically opposed, polar opposite of that.
He took an obscure rule to impose 10% tariffs on every country on the planet that WILL expire in 150 days.
Thinking himself clever and Fox News/MAGA tonight insisting that he just outsmarted/beat the Supreme Court, he just shot himself in both feet.
Now, his huge loss over tariffs will linger and linger and linger in everyone's minds while we spend an ADDITIONAL 150 days with this as a top news story.
Then, at the end of 150 days........the tariffs go away and Donald Trump LOSES AGAIN!!!!
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https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/118055/#118057
2-21-26: Donald Trump has been in a huge battle with the FED over lowering interest rates. He wants interest rates MUCH lower. The FED has been hesitant to do that because interest rates TOO low, stimulate the economy TOO much which increases inflation and one of their priorities is to control inflation.
The best thing that Donald Trump could do to create an economy that's favorable for the FED to lower interest rates is to REMOVE HIS TARIFFS! Donald Trump is completely sabotaging his own objectives with his ruinous tariffs.
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https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/trump-administration-tariffs-iran-news-02-21-26
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/trump-administration-tariffs-iran-news-02-21-26
President Donald Trump could be spurred on to strike Iran to “divert attention” away from the latest Supreme Court ruling that he violated federal law in his implementation of global tariffs, an international relations professor told CNN today.
“This is the most significant American military deployment in the Middle East since the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003,” he said.
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Any attacks on Iran will be extremely against International law. According to Donald Trump last Summer, his previous unprovoked military attack on Iran had "obliterated" their nuclear program. Now, less than 1 year later he has a massive military build up with threats of more military strikes and a war against Iran because of the nuclear program that he told us was obliterated?
Not a good look for Mr. Peace who has been supposedly ending all the wars(8 so far) and insisting that he deserved the Nobel PEACE prize for it.
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Fortunehttps://fortune.com › 2026/02/21 › trump-tariff-hike-1...
16 hours ago — Trump's plan B to impose new tariffs is also illegal because a balance-of-payments deficit doesn't exist, trade experts say.
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https://fortune.com/2026/02/20/what-will-trump-do-on-tariffs-now-supreme-court-ruling/
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https://fortune.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-illegal-makes-dismal-fiscal-situation-worse-crfb/
The Supreme Court ruled a large swath of the Trump administration’s tariffs was unconstitutional on Friday. It might make the average American consumer happy, but the decision could amount to trillions of dollars in lost government revenue over the next decade, and eventually come back to haunt the country’s fiscal stability.
“On the trade balance, which we know is going to be a deficit, we’re expecting a number around $58 billion,” Santelli said on Thursday morning (1). As he read through the Commerce Department’s update, his tone shifted. “Buckle up, this is unreal! The movement in this number: -$29.4 billion — we cut it basically in half! We cut it in half!”
October’s $29.4 billion trade deficit didn’t just come in well below economists’ forecasts — it marked a 39% drop from September’s $48.1 billion gap (2).
“Just consider this: In March it was $136 billion. Right now, it’s a whisker under $30 billion. We haven't been that small in a long time — I don't have enough records here to go back that far!” he said.
“The U.S. appears to be winning the trade war with tariffs curbing the imports of foreign goods, but America’s trading partners are not holding any grudge as they continue to buy more American goods and services,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at Fwdbonds (3).
“So far, the forecasts for a U.S. recession are coming up dry as productivity continues to backstop growth.”
Recent data backs up that assessment. U.S. GDP grew at an annual rate of 4.3% in the third quarter of 2025 — the strongest pace since late 2023 and well above economists’ expectations for a 3.2% increase (4).
FN; @CNBCtelevision (1); Bureau of Economic Analysis (2), (4); CNBC (3), (7), (8); Reuters (5); @ntdtv (6)
Thanks, cutworm,
You cherry picked 1 outlier month back in October, 2025!
The trade deficit went UP to 53 million in November, the next month after your cherry pick, then exceeded all estimates by a lot in December with a trade deficit of over 70 million, well over double the number of your cherry pick.
I’ll have the authentic data for ALL of 2025 and previous years when back on my computer!
That last number in December is back up to where it was in most of 2023 and 2024 under Biden. It’s also more than 50% higher than any month under Trumps 1st term.
So no, tariffs are NOT doing what Donald Trump says other than stealing money from US businesses/companies and consumers for the Federal government…….which he claims is coming from foreign countries when they pay his tariff THAT WE PAY!
2+2=4 in the math world and in the REAL tariff world.
MAGA tariff math of 2+2=7,8,9 or 10 is just made up by Donald J Trump and accepted with the faith of a religion by his followers.
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You also cherry picked the 3rd quarter GDP and intentionally left out the most important, last quarter after that quarter GDP plunged to 1.4%.
cutworm,
Do you think that I’m not smart enough to realize what you just did?
I respect your intelligence a great deal. I still do. However, it would be greatly appreciated if you would treat everybody else here with the same respect of their intelligence.
mcfarm doesn’t know any better and sincerely believes everything that he posts but you’re one of the sharpest people we have here.
I‘m calling you out as your friend not as an adversary.
10 years: This bar graph shows the widening trade imbalance with time, which peaked in 2022, BECAUSE OF THE STRONG US DOLLAR that makes US goods MORE expensive and foreign goods LESS expensive to US customers.
After that, the trade imbalance dropped off a bit with the slightly weaker but still very strong US dollar in 2023/2024.
The huge spike higher for the 4 months, D-J-F-M 2025 was US companies STOCKING UP ahead of Donald Trump's tariffs. The plunge after that was in a big part from those companies being stocked up and having several months worth of inventory as well as the US Dollar collapsing lower.
The bounce back at the very end is especially concerning because it happened with a MUCH LOWER dollar which should be helping to fix this imbalance a great deal. No telling how bad it would have been if the US dollar had not dropped so much.
Note the 1 outlier month, 3 bars from the end, the smallest bar by far on the graph in October 2025 that cutworm posted to represent Donald Trump's tariffs working to reduce the trade imbalance.
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US Dollar below:
10 years: As described above the US dollar spiked higher in 2022 which made our good more expensive to the world and the world's goods cheaper to us, resulting in a new record for the trade imbalance.
After the dollar dropped a bit, the trade imbalance stabilized below the record but still at high levels in 2023/24.
Since Donald Trump took office, the US Dollar has plunged to the lowest level in 4 years which is clearly helping to reduce the trade imbalance. After dialing in the benefits of the lower dollar(a weakening dollar to improve the trade imbalance is not a bad policy) the impact of his tariffs is hard to discern.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/currency
Donald Trump also wants much lower interest rates(which would likely increase inflation, along with his tariffs which is why the FED won't do it).
Lower interest rates would lower the yield on US denominated assets and cause the US dollar to fall which would improve the trade imbalance even more.
But ironically, it's Donald Trump's tariffs that have prevented the Fed from lowering interest rates by even more because they, like every economist knows what tariffs do to the cost of goods in the United States as US companies pass on their higher costs they paid for foreign goods.
If Donald Trump had not added the 15% tariffs back, the Fed could have seen an opportunity to lower interest rates that Donald Trump wants. It's insane that he's been unable to grasp these indisputable economic laws that can't magically go away with the wave of a MAGA wand that turns the real world into Donald Trump's manufactured MAGA world.
MAGA world works extremely well to generate block buster ratings on Fox News and other far right news outlets. It's in its own element at Donald Trump rallies where Trump religion is worshiped and adulated with enthusiasm and faith even greater than the authentic religions(which he blatantly violates all day long in numerous ways).
On the GDP below:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth
1. 5 years: The higher numbers on the left were mostly from a recovery from COVID in 2020 and the OVER stimulated economy from all the stimulus money injected into the economy from 1 trillion in free money from the US Treasury. This is what caused massive inflation too.
The last 4 bars were under Donald Trump. The highest bar, is the one that cutworm cherry picked to represent the economy under his tariffs. Lots of volatility and LOWER on average than Biden's last 2 years(and part of why Harris lost was the economy/inflation).
2. 10 years: We can see what COVID did in 2020/2021!!! The last bar, on the far right, Donald Trump's last snap shot picture of the economy, 4th quarter was 1 of the smallest/lowest on the chart. However, variations from quarter to quarter are less important than trends and longer term averages, which was DOWN in 2025 compared to 2024.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/5640090-donald-trump-economy-inflation/
Since you brought it up, cutworm let's help to make this discussion even more comprehensive discussing Donald Trump's economy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump_(second_term)
Though Trump claimed in early December 2025—before November numbers were released—that "inflation has stopped", the consumer price index (CPI) began increasing in the months following his April 2025 announcement of tariffs.[116]
Though Trump on December 9, 2025 rated his economy as "A+++++", the unemployment rate had increased during his second term.[117]
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Upon imposing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression (called "Liberation Day" in April 2025), Trump claimed that "jobs and factories will come roaring back". However, manufacturing employment declined every month for the rest of the year.
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metmike: Those are the authentic facts. No cherry picks. Just old school, honest, objective facts from independent sources using empirical data.
Basically everything that a person would want to know in order to understand and judge the Donald Trump economy.
The only thing that supports Donald Trump's version of his A++++ grade for his economy is Donald Trump's delusional and manufactured descriptions of the economy and everything else in his world.
This is why MAGA is like a religion. Unwavering FAITH in things based on the words of the leader(s). But its much, MUCH worse than the authentic religions.
Nobody can prove that Jesus did not rise from the dead. Or the visions of the prophets in the Old Testament were not really messages from God.
However, I just proved indisputably that MAGA religion based on what Donald Trump is claiming about the economy is full of blatant lies. Using empirical data and the most reliable measures known to humanity.
But this will make no difference to anybody in MAGA reading it. Faith in Donald Trump is unwavering and transcends the real world in which we live. It transcends authentic empirical data. It even transcends the belief system of the authentic religions MAGA members believe in.
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Just another reminder, I voted for Donald Trump in 2016(anti Clintons) and 2024(anti Biden, only after his ruinous policies/leader ship) believing DT would end the war in Ukraine fast.
I adjust my opinions based on empirical data and don't rely on religious faith from party tribalism and defending a previously flawed mentality.
Ok I was played. I did not intend to cherry pick. It looked factual. However, I could not read most of the articles you posted. Headlines aren't always factual. Thank you for the data.
I found the stock market reaction to the Supreme Court ruling interesting.
Here we are waiting for a huge consequential decision and when it comes down the market was very quiet and then began slow move higher for the day. I expected more volatility than that.
And now, Trump is doubling down with MORE tariffs. The market gives back Friday's gains, which makes sense I guess. But again, very mild on the downside.
Gold on the other hand was up Friday on the. SC ruling and also up tonight on the Trump combative posture.
Not sure what to make of things. The stock market is now sideways for 5 months. Especially the Nasdaq. That is not typical bull market action.
Can't help myself... I'm bearish.
cutworm,
That response is exactly why I respect you so much! I totally believe you!
On the Fortune articles. You and me both have to pay for the entire articles(although, for some reason I can get them on my Ipad). The objective was just to show the titles which communicated the main points.
joj,
Yes, this was extremely odd. I think it's just another example of the stock market being a massive Ponzi Scheme and self fulfilling prophesy that has become DETACHED from profound realities that, in the past would have, at the very least resulted in spikes up and down.
I have never traded stocks because I'm not smart enough so take that with a speculative grain of salt.
However, I will try to provide useful information for those that do trade stocks and share different chart formations as well as other stuff that is educational and entertaining........at no cost to the majority of people that really enjoy following different markets because we love the challenging analytical elements which are more than random and sometimes predictable and always fascinating!
Personally, I'm shocked that the stock market has continued up near the highs and even making new highs.
So the thing to do when you are surprised(not expecting) certain things is to figure out what your previous analysis had wrong about the Composite Man" from Wyckoff.
Many months ago, this led me to a different analysis about the stock market for it not dropping the way it should have over and over.
The rich people controlling it know that Donald Trump is putting them #1 and constantly bragging about how important the stock market is to him. When you have the most powerful man in the world, blatantly abusing his power with impunity in some realms in your corner, it's a pretty strong incentive to stay with his most important realm.
The stock market can't hold up forever. Before the Rs lose the House in November, the stock market is going to have to recon with Trump's demise. If he even makes it to his own impeachment investigation and hearings.
It's seems impossible to conceive of the stock market not crashing from this loss of Donald Trump. He is NOT going to finish this term!
Ironically, the Supreme Court's decision was the best thing that could have happened to Donald Trump the Rs and the economy between now and the elections.
It was a gift that some Rs actually appreciated.
However, as has happened so many times before, Donald Trump makes a bad situation even worse.............instead of acknowledging the truth or a loss and moving on in a positive direction after putting it behind him.
He has numerous character flaws but one of the worst is that one. He is still trying to convince people that he won in 2020 for Pete's sake. Wasting so much time, money and resources in 2026 to convince the country that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Even after every single investigation, challenge, recount and so on proved that he lost and the biggest fraud came from..............Donald Trump trying to overturn his big loss.
Anyways, sorry for that political example but its meant to demonstrate how this same mentality is how he;s currently thinking about tariffs.
Just try to imagine what will happen/how he will behave after the Ds open the impeachment investigation????
'It's the right result,' one House conservative granted anonymity to speak freely said
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Many in the GOP, especially those in battleground states, are happy to see the blanket tariffs go in a heated election year. Trump has already pledged to bring them back.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/20/tariffs-trump-gop-midterms-00791591
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Speaker Mike Johnson and other key GOP leaders did not immediately weigh in on the ruling Friday.
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The majority of Rs can't possibly want Trump to impose another 15% tariffs for the next 150 days.
It will only cost them more votes in November. They MUST be talking behind closed doors about the best way to get rid of Donald Trump.
If this was a medical situation, this is what the Rs are currently facing. Donald Trump is an infected limb on the R body that can't be rehabilitated/cured or even treated because the infection is spreading to the rest of the body and their is no longer enough blood flow to the injected limb to make it better. The infection is growing by the day and making the patient sicker and sicker as the toxic bacteria multiplies at the sources and transports more and more to the rest of the body.
The limb must be removed ASAP to save the rest of the body. We know already that enough infection has spread to kill the R majority in the House this November. There's no stopping that train which left the station many months ago.
Impeaching Trump now would actually help the Rs more than the Ds!
https://www.clevelandclinicabudhabi.ae/en/health-byte/health/save-the-limb-or-the-life
The pause is the latest fallout from the Supreme Court's ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed emergency tariffs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/europe-halts-trade-deal-trump-tariffs-rcna260231
The additional confusion coming up because of Donald Trumps additional tariffs can be cleared up pretty quickly if Congress just did their jobs.
Vote to stop the tariffs with a 2/3rds veto proof majority.
That would put a complete stop to this nonsense which IS DAMAGING THE Rs not the Ds which is why they should vote with the Ds and DO THEIR JOBS.
The right to impose or take away tariffs in the Constitution belongs to Congress.
The Supreme Court just ruled that Donald Trumps application was illegal.
His new attempt to use a trick that doesn't apply here will be ruled illegal again by the courts. While we wait for that or while we wait out another 150 days with more ruinous tariffs.
All the while, the governmental body with the actual power in the Constitution to impose and remove tariffs remains spectators, afraid of what Donald Trump might do to them if they do their jobs and go against him.
Ironically, as he destroys their chances in the next 2 elections.
What do they have to lose in 2026 by opposing Donald Trump?
Fact is, at this point in time, the Rs have nothing but things to GAIN by opposing Donald Trump.
It’s becoming increasingly more obvious.
I think that once they realize and embrace that, Donald Trumps descent could be fast and furious.
And he still has the power of embargo. Tiny little tidbit you might want to check out.
Do not see why this issue cause such a stir. Trump did what the President is allowed and what congress allowed. The court did what they thought was allowed. Now Trump will use 2 other perfectly legal way to tariff....301 and cannot remember 221 maybe. At any rate the 15 will be allowed foe 150 days. All this talk and seems eveyone is doing what the founders intended.
Thanks very much, mcfarm for the MAGA view.
I can assure you that this is the 180 degree, diametrically opposed polar opposite of what the founding fathers intended.
You didn't answer my previous question.
mcfarm, why do you think that tariffs are good for the United States or for any country?
I showed the stats earlier on the trade imbalance. In case you're buying that whopper from Trump let's fact check and bust that even more below. Since we KNOW that isn't working, why do you, mcfarm from Indiana like tariffs so much?
https://www.bea.gov/news/2026/us-international-trade-goods-and-services-december-and-annual-2025
2025 was a very volatile year, however. US companies loaded up their purchases of foreign goods/imports ahead of the tariffs. Then for 6 months after that, with their inventory built up from early year pre-tariff purchasing their purchases were greatly reduced. After their inventory ran out late in the year, they returned to similar buying as in most of 2024.
However, considering that the US Dollar dropped over 10% from its high around when Trump was inaugurated in January 2025(now the lowest in 4 years), which made our goods/exports 10% cheaper and foreign goods/imports 10% more expensive, in the absence of that, the 2025 trade imbalance would have been much worse and clearly, there was no significant change in the trade imbalance from tariffs.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/currency
So the question is, mcfarm who grows crops in Indiana, why are you for tariffs?
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/
One of President Trump’s stated goals of imposing tariffs is to shrink the US trade deficit. However, a country’s balance of trade is not solely driven by trade policy, but instead, reflects broader macroeconomic balances between saving and investment and net lending and borrowing with the rest of the world.
In the United States, domestic investment outpaces domestic saving, requiring a capital inflow from the rest of the world to close the gap. The capital inflow represents net lending to the United States from the rest of the world to finance business investment as well as the government’s budget deficit. Because tariffs do not directly change the balance between domestic saving and investment, tariffs cannot permanently change the trade balance.
The last time the United States ran a trade surplus was in 1975; every year since, the United States has run a trade deficit. That the United States has consistently run trade deficits for decades is not an imminent economic problem. Net imports, another term for a trade deficit, can reflect the strength of the US economy in attracting foreign investment and in serving as a safe, reliable haven for foreign capital. When net imports finance the capital stock, it allows the US to enjoy a higher level of productivity and growth than otherwise would occur.
In 2025, the trade deficit fell by just $2.1 billion compared to 2024. The reduction in the trade deficit was due to an increase in the trade surplus of services, as the goods deficit actually increased by $25.5 billion year over year.
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This is what I've been saying for the past year. Donald Trump does not understand the indisputable economic principles of global trading between rich countries(that can afford to buy much more) and poor countries(that have very low labor/costs and can make stuff cheaply). You cannot wave a magic MAGA wand, impose tariffs and make that go away because Donald Trump says it. Those rock solid fundamentals will always rule and must be accepted.
we could end all of this right now MM. All tariffs go to zero. China would guarantee to quit cheating and screwing the US from a to z. Wonder who would reject that proposal quicker. This is a long term fix, Been explained before nothing much short term was ever supposed to be easy or curative,,,,,no matter what the historical revisionist say.
Guess I could ask why you said 100% bean price would cellar forever and dow would crash, recession and depression to follow, America would never bring factories back and the sun would never rise again. Damn so far I would say Trump is one of the few to stick to his story while the rest of you ran around with your hair on fire claiming the sky is falling.
and this drug cartel business in Mexico best not turn out to be left wing bullshit that they have planned to cross the boarder with more dark soros money all to dirty up Trump just like the last several years hoax after hoax. Add this possibililty to what the left has pulled the last several years and we might be related to 2 parties again....the R's and the independents
Thanks, mcfarm for responding but you never answered the question.
Instead, you attacked me and completely made up things that I never stated, which is no big deal because I think that's just the way that you communicate and I accept that.
"Guess I could ask why you said 100% bean price would cellar forever and dow would crash, recession and depression to follow, America would never bring factories back and the sun would never rise again."
mcfarm,
I did not attack you or make up things about you. I just asked you, respectfully to tell me in YOUR words why you think tariffs are good for you and the United States.
Would you like to try that again, or should we just go on with me accepting that you're never going to answer the actual question...........which I'm perfectly ok with.
It's possible that maybe your answer was to have tariffs to punish China for cheating but tariffs punish US companies and consumers more than other entities and they don't do anything to change the trade imbalance.
With the new 15% tariffs on every country, does this mean the entire world is cheating?
I won't linger on this point since it's clearly counterproductive and I really do enjoy you expressing your MAGA views here and encourage it.
As well as your other views on farming and other stuff that we agree on.
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mcfarm,
If you want to use one of my real predictions, use this one.
In November, the blue wave that hits the voting polls will flip the House control to the Ds. It will have to be pretty bad for the D's to have the majority in the Senate too but they will gain seats there too.
I don't belong to either party, however Donald Trump and his enablers in Congress make it impossible for me in 2026 to see the R side of things.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/economy/us-ppi-wholesale-inflation-january
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2+2=4
Consumer Prices +Tariffs = Higher Consumer Prices
Thanks very much, mcfarm.
cutworm was tricked by that same cherry picked headline IN THIS VERY THREAD!
Which I already corrected with the authentic data in this thread.
The important lesson to learn here for ALL readers is that people just don't fact check things that THEY WANT TO BELIEVE!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Supreme Court rules against Trump's illegal tariffs
By cutworm - Feb. 22, 2026, 1:09 p.m.
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Supreme Court rules against Trump's illegal tariffs
By metmike - Feb. 22, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
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Re: Supreme Court rules against Trump's illegal tariffs
By metmike - Feb. 22, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
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Re: Re: Supreme Court rules against Trump's illegal tariffs
By metmike - Feb. 22, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
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By metmike - Feb. 22, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
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Re: Supreme Court rules against Trump's illegal tariffs
By cutworm - Feb. 22, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
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Re: Re: Supreme Court rules against Trump's illegal tariffs
By metmike - Feb. 22, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
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mcfarm,
Please let me know what you think after you read the fact check/authentic data above correcting your post.
Thanks,
metmike
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/february-2026-jobs-report.html
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This will obviously cause inflation pressure:
Market opens tonight, 3-1-2026/crude
By metmike - March 6, 2026, 9:30 a.m.