Featured Trump tariffs put the US auto industry in disarray

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Gokhan, Jun 20, 2025.

  1. Iron Man Prius

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    stuck in a dorm room? Probably not, you still went to the waterin' hole and ate a steak dinner after work...they didn't.
     
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    Amending the Constitution is not as easy as using auto pin.
    See any High School civics class for details
     
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    I mean, it's "him" the guy who beat all the scandals..and umpteen charges in federal court, impeachments, etc...nothing would surprise me at this point.
     
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    Speak for yourself bitch. I did this while in school, between layoffs and all the way until I scored the final good job years later...with 2 children and a Wife...who also works. Don't presume to know me or project yourself on others Sir. I earned my stripes. FWIW...I still like peanut butter and crackers...and fried bologna.
     
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    I do wonder why US countries aren't also held accountable for using forced labor of any sort, be it in the USA or another country.

    Apple should know where they get their iPhones from. This is one reason why I don't buy Apple products.
     
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    To Segway back on topic, the notion of how tariffs - according to the OP - have destroyed USA, even as markets soar to record highs - & you can drive around discovering we are not living in the world of Mad Max as chicken little's proclamation seems to be - it's hilarious if not disengenuous. Chicken Little needs to extinguish it's hair on fire. To chicken little's chagrin & hope, the nation wasn't destroyed by the nation's current ceo via tariffs.
     
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    Maybe not a Chicken Little scenario, but the job statistics for July were even lower than projected, and it was projected to be kind of low. So the presidente Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics accusing her of manipulating the numbers.

    So, either the tariffs aren't working as well as planed yet (since we have fewer jobs, not more jobs) or things are great but people are making up wrong figures to make tariffs look bad.
     
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    Gains were divided - tens of thousands in government workers getting canned?

    June 2025 Labor Market Review: Steady Growth, with Signs of Cracks

    yet the country continues to hum right along.
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