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Ferrets are Cool

(22,713 posts) Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:50 AM 10 hrs ago

What if it was all part of the plan? Re: tariffs

Enact tariffs>corps raise prices on goods to compensate>consumers fucked>tariff lawsuits>SC overturns tariffs>corps sue for compensation>compensation paid to corps>prices never go down>consumers fucked.

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What if it was all part of the plan? Re: tariffs (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool 10 hrs ago OP

Could be just another part of Trump's market manipulation, personal enrichment scheme. sop 10 hrs ago #1

Everything's a personal enrichment scheme Captain Zero 10 hrs ago #2

He's... 2naSalit 6 hrs ago #3

sop

(18,195 posts)

1. Could be just another part of Trump's market manipulation, personal enrichment scheme.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:56 AM

10 hrs ago

Captain Zero

(8,842 posts)

2. Everything's a personal enrichment scheme

Reply to sop (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:09 AM

10 hrs ago

2naSalit

(101,679 posts)

3. He's...

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:36 PM

6 hrs ago

Pocketing the tariff $$ and that is why he won't pay any of it back.

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