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Jerry2144

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5. Not only that but the equipment and machines and furnaces

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Thu May 8, 2025, 11:26 AM

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Inside a steel foundry are probably made overseas and will take many months to build, skip, install, test, then operate. Will his stupid idea of tariffs apply on the equipment you actually do the manufacturing here in the US?

It’s not like the Helpful Hardware Folk have blast furnaces on sale with a BOGO, let alone in stock

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Wait! Did I just that steel and aluminum is among the things the US.... [View all] imanamerican63 Yesterday OP

That dumbass has absolutely no idea what he's doing. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #1

Yep, like steel and aluminum plants are going to materialize instantly here... brush Yesterday #2

Not only that but the equipment and machines and furnaces Jerry2144 Yesterday #5

Word! We have a moron for a president who doesn't understand economics... brush Yesterday #9

72 % of US aluminum comes from Canada bc we have hydroelectricity. He put 25% tax on it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #6

The resident has no clue Aluminum requires a ton of electricity Lithos Yesterday #7

The MFer knows how to promote junk deals and make it sound like he's saving us from famine and painful death. Silent Type Yesterday #3

Their own charts are saying $6 B and $5 B, which is a drop in the bucket. Prob over-optimistic too. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #8

What choice did they have? Baitball Blogger Yesterday #4

He lied twice, 2 whoppers: $1.1 trillion trade with China, repeated lie that no trade equals no loss. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #10

Sure let's make a deal across the pond when steel and aluminum is on their doorstep in Canada Bev54 Yesterday #11

All Trump needed was to be able to say the word "deal." MAGAs will lap that up. Details aren't important. Doodley Yesterday #12

About 1% of US aluminium imports (by value) come from the UK; about 1.5% for steel muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #13