@tagesschau Irgendwie ist das die Taktik aller Faschisten bei jedem Skandal. #trump #musk #afd #kickl #lepen

“Monstrously destructive, incoherent, ill-informed tariffs based on fabrications, imagined wrongs, discredited theories and ignorance of decades of evidence. And the real tragedy is that they will hurt working Americans more than anyone else.”

~ Economist Justin Wolfers

#Trump #Musk #tariffs #economy #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #StockMarket #destruction #chaos
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-sham-and-a-scam

@tagesschau Die Amerikaner haben dafür gewählt. Jetzt sollen sie nicht rumheulen, wie #Musk! Wenn sie den Niedergang der US Wirtschaft aufhalten wollen, sollen sie #trump und seine Clowns loswerden!

"It's going to be huge. We're going to be liberated from friends and allies. We're going to be liberated from reasonable prices. We're going to be liberated from rational relationship between trade policy and the economy and other foreign policy interests. And dammit, we're going to be liberated from the need not to be assholes."

~ Benjamin Wittes

#Trump #Musk #tariffs #economy #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #StockMarket #destruction #chaos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9JFa7kCf88&t=3s

"Are you ready to be liberated from rising wages, massive foreign direct investments, a growing economy, and friends worldwide?"

~ Veronique de Rugy

#Trump #Musk #tariffs #economy #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #StockMarket #destruction #chaos
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https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/liberation-day-is-here/

"Trump calls it liberation. It’s destruction. The only thing we’re being liberated from is our prosperity."

~ William Kristol, Andrew Egger, and Jim Swift

#Trump #Musk #tariffs #economy #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #StockMarket #destruction #chaos
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-calls-it-liberation-its-destruction-tariffs-economy-markets-trade-ffs

"But as with the simultaneous destruction of American science and medicine, research and development, and civic and governmental capacity, taking away things in order to extort more power, privilege, and baubles remains the best explanation for Trump’s rampage. There is no public good, only what is good for Trump."

#Trump #Musk #tariffs #economy #LiberationDay #recession #inflation #StockMarket #destruction #chaos
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“They’ve got some very bad things going on in South Africa,” #Trump goes on a #ConspiracyTheory based tangent when he outlines the reciprocal tariff against that nation. Trump & #Musk have repeatedly amplified false claims about the persecution of #white Afrikaners in #SouthAfrica, & made an exception to his refugee ban to screen Afrikaners for #refugee status. Trump included in his tangent a typical criticism of the #media for how it covers South Africa.

@briankrebs

>> "President #DonaldTrump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that #ElonMusk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington #hatchetMan."

The Flight and Fall of #Icarus

"Why are they so enthusiastic? Not only can they make fortunes, but crypto advances their long-term aim of shifting financial controls out of a democratically elected government and into their own hands. ...

Trump and his family stand to gain substantially. The rest of the economy — including, increasingly, large Wall Street banks — will be subject to large and unregulated risks. Beware."

#Trump #Musk #crypto #bitcoin #corruption #scam #oligarchy
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"As economist Paul Krugman has said, their market value rests on nothing but 'technobabble and libertarian derp.'

They also use huge amounts of energy — especially for Bitcoin mining.

Eric and Donald Jr.’s mining project is the third major crypto venture that the Trump family has started over the past year. ...

The richest people in America with huge power — the oligarchy, including Elon Musk and Trump — are enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies."

#Trump #Musk #crypto #bitcoin #oligarchy
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