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... Tomorrow, the clock runs out on the two-week window that Trump gave Russia to reach a cease-fire with Ukraine. The president has been upset by his inability to end the war. Without an agreement, he has said, he will impose sanctions on Russia. But doing so would represent the first time in his decade in politics that he has truly punished President Vladimir Putin. ...

The other deadline is Trump's latest vow on tariffs, which go into effect today for 60 nations, with rates ranging from 10 to 41 percent. This time, Trump appeared to relish declaring that there would not be another TACO moment, writing on social media last night, "IT'S MIDNIGHT!!! BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TARIFFS ARE NOW FLOWING INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" Since the panic triggered by Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement in April, Wall Street has learned to shrug off Trump's scattershot statements.

But the economy has shown new signs of weakness, with stubbornly high prices potentially set to rise again because of the tariffs and, most potently, a recent jobs report poor enough that Trump lashed out against the bureaucrat who compiled it; last week, he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, claiming, without evidence, that the jobs numbers were bogus.

That unprecedented act of petulance risks undermining Wall Street's confidence in the economy and undercutting Trump's campaign pledge to give the United States another economic "golden age."

Those geopolitical and economic headwinds have been joined by forceful political ones. Since going out on August recess, Republican lawmakers have been heckled at town halls while trying to defend the president's signature legislative accomplishment, the One Big Beautiful Bill.

And some of those same Republicans, in a rare act of rebellion, have questioned Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter, a scandal that the president, try as he may, simply has been unable to shake. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-09 05:49 PM | Reply

@#1 ... "IT'S MIDNIGHT!!! BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TARIFFS ARE NOW FLOWING INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" ...

And, for the record, tariffs are paid by Americans.

So there is no money "flowing into the United States" via or because of tariffs.

Any money that is flowing is going from Americans to the Federal coffers. Much like taxes flow.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-09 05:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3


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#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-09 09:13 PM | Reply

As James Carville once said ~ "It's the economy, stupid!"

Trump's genius response to bad numbers "YOU'RE FIRED!"

#4 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-08-10 07:50 PM | Reply

Zelensky is not invited to the peace negotiations with Putin because Putin doesn't want him there but the desadline for sanctions has arrived without sanctions!. Trump looks clueless and pathetic.

#5 | Posted by danni at 2025-08-10 09:05 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

The------------- has used his presidencies to enrich his crime family to the tune of $3.4 billion.

politicalwire.com

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-08-11 07:58 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Zelensky is not invited to the peace negotiations with Putin because Putin doesn't want him there but the desadline for sanctions has arrived without sanctions!. Trump looks clueless and pathetic.
#5 | Posted by danni at 2025-08-10 09:05 PM"

If President Trump wants to set the tone for his meeting with President Putin, he should implement the sanctions as scheduled.
THAT would be 'Art of the Deal' and would send a message that stalling is not an option.

#7 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2025-08-11 09:43 AM | Reply

And, for the record, tariffs are paid by Americans.
So there is no money "flowing into the United States" via or because of tariffs.
Any money that is flowing is going from Americans to the Federal coffers. Much like taxes flow.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-09 05:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Hmmm, not according to importers.
Sorry Lamp but you have been praying that the Tariffs ruin our economy, you said shelves would be empty-Wrong, you said prices would spike-Wrong, you said the stock market would tank-Wrong, you said we would be in a recession months ago-Wrong.
And I'm sure you still believe there is a pee tape.

#8 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 12:56 PM | Reply

#8 And before you tell me that those tariffs are passed on to the consumer that was your prediction to begin with and didn't happen. Importers and exporters are eating them and lowering their profits.

#9 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 01:01 PM | Reply

#9 - The tariffs are still being fully paid by Americans.
The manufacturer or wholesaler can take a hit on the sell price to preserve market share and hope they can hold on - but the tariff is 100% still paid for by the American importer, consumer, buyer.
Not only are the prices going up - but the price for American made products are going up, too, because? Can you guess why?

#10 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-11 01:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Importers and exporters are eating them and lowering their profits.

#9 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Then explain inflation going up.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2025-08-11 01:09 PM | Reply

"Then explain inflation going up."

Easy. That's because of Joe Biden.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-11 01:11 PM | Reply

#11 It's 2.7 you idiot. GDP rose to 3%. Would you rather go back to the Biden standard of 9%?

#13 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-08-11 01:14 PM | Reply

#11 It's 2.7 you idiot. GDP rose to 3%. Would you rather go back to the Biden standard of 9%?

#13 | Posted by fishpaw

Wait'll the tariffs fully kick in and Americans are paying more and spending less. Idiot.

And of course you fail to mention *ahem* the economy CONTRACTED by 0.5% in the first quarter.

#14 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-11 01:18 PM | Reply

"GDP rose to 3%"

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, and June), according to the advance estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased 0.5 percent.
www.bea.gov

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-11 01:18 PM | Reply

#11 It's 2.7 you idiot. GDP rose to 3%. Would you rather go back to the Biden standard of 9%?

When you gotta lie maybe you don't have much of a point.

#16 | Posted by YAV at 2025-08-11 01:29 PM | Reply

Importers and exporters are eating them and lowering their profits.

#9 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

Explain why prices are going up on most everything, eh?

I just paid substantially more for the exact items I bought a month ago at Home Depot. Thanks, tariffs.

Grocery prices are rising too:

I think it's outrageous': Grocery prices are rising, and new tariffs could soon make it worse

Tariffs will impact nearly 75% of U.S. food imports, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit. Higher prices are expected for liqueurs, spirits, baked goods, coffee, fish and beer, which account for around 21% of total food imports. Fresh produce will initially be 7% more expensive, before prices stabilize at 3.6% higher, according to the Budget Lab.

Price hikes for fruits, vegetables and meat will likely hit shelves first, said Mr. Faucher.
"Produce turns over really quickly," he said. "We're going to start feeling the effects there any day now."

www.post-gazette.com

There's some reality for you, dumbass.

#17 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-11 01:33 PM | Reply

Fishcunt is a lying sack of MAGAT shit.

#18 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-12 12:41 AM | Reply

FISHPAW is a know-nothing moron

Businesses surveyed by the Financial Times in the Midwestern city of St Louis said their suppliers had hiked prices for a broad range of products in recent weeks, sometimes by as much as 30 per cent, leaving them with little choice but to pass the increases on to customers.

www.ft.com

#19 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-08-12 12:53 AM | Reply

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