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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) is issuing a stark warning to fellow Republicans that Trump’s tariff policies could lead to a generational political loss.

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GloriousGbola:
@ijebos you missed one thing

that screenshot is from 6th febuary

somehow mr developer could not post a real time picture of his work. he posted a picture that was two months old

you know who has screenshots of coding on their pc?

low tier entry level remote workers on a leash

because our poor mans scammer reached out to another lazy friend to give him a poorly done screenshot

Ha. 2 months ago aright.
But I did see the date and quickly checked the weather on that date to make sure it wasn't unseasonably/freakishly warm that day.
Nope.

But, not sure why anyone would take full screenshots of their coding projects and then save them.

cococandy:
He’s too egotistical to admit that millions of Americans gathered in thousands of cities to protest his epic failure.

5 million people got 100 million dollars each according to Trump.

This is who’s making financial decisions for you guys. Someone who clearly doesn’t understand the concept of money. Judging by his 6 bankruptcies and stupid comments such as above.

This is your president 😭🥲

I wonder what foreign leaders think when they read this stuff.
Or even when they saw the formula for "tariff" he used to crash the global economy.
We are very weaker for it.
If Americans can't be trusted to vote intelligently, I'm sure other countries won't rely on us much longer.

cococandy:
These are the Americans that are supposedly thriving and happy with Trump’s govt according to his supporters in this thread. Like we always said, you guys exist apart from reality.

Everyone's clearly happy..

cococandy:
Yep. The media have cowered and kissed the ring. They can’t report on the truth anymore or face Donald’s wrath. He’s doing it to the law firms as well. Anyone who feels unjustly targeted for exercising their freedom of speech will find a hard time getting competent legal representation because the law firms are cowering in fear of retaliation from him. That’s the textbook definition of fascism. That’s the greatness we were told to anticipate.

This isn’t the first all state protest against him btw. All 50 states protested against him last month (not to this degree) but there was statistically significant representation in all states. Major news outlets didn’t carry the story either.

This is his definition of unbiased media. Media that only speak what he wants them to. Like a 16th century king of some sort.

I hope the amount of protests in the streets gave everyone a different perspective about cotowing to Trump.

FoolishBoy419:
I got second-hand embarrassment after seeing that from him 😂😂😂

basilico:
Budaatum.
Your globalists want no challenge to their authority.
Two men are to play in pool finals in the women's category in UK.
Thank the globalists for that

Do you thank globalist when a republican grabs women by the pussy?

cococandy:
Right. And they all got 100 million dollars each. 🤡🤡.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1908559749253390421

Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
🚨 HAPPENING TODAY 🚨

An Anti-Trump protest in Washington, D.C., organized by the 50501 Movement, is busing protesters into the city on what they call “high end busses”. According to the protest’s website, alcohol is permitted on board the buses.

The protest is called “The People’s Veto: Hands Off!”

The purpose is to protest
@elonmusk
and
@realDonaldTrump
, and the invite openly calls for the protesters, who organizers are trying to GET DRUNK on the busses, to TAKE TO THE STREETS.

Organizers are using the ride share all RALLY to get these protesters to the Washington Monument today.

Proof the radical left is BUSSING IN PROTESTERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CAUSE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON DC.

As I exclusively reported back in February, the 50501 movement traces back to the Democrat’s fundraising platform ACT BLUE, as well as a group called the “political revolution”, which was born out of the
@BernieSanders
campaign.

@LoomerUnleashed
is on the ground in Washington DC today to cover these Bussed in protesters.

Go through the extensive link . Else you will continue wallowing in ignorance and misguided notions.

They’ve always thought we were dumb Americans.

Now we opened our mouths and confirmed it.

IjeBos:
I wonder what foreign leaders think when they read this stuff.
Or even when they saw the formula for "tariff" he used to crash the global economy.
We are very weaker for it.
If Americans can't be trusted to vote intelligently, I'm sure other countries won't rely on us much longer.

ItooWorWor:
Totally!

It’s like they have a special ticket to the Delulu Club! Or who wouldn't want to live in a world where angels delivers pizza and facts don't matter But atleat we get to stick to reality while they do their thing.

It's still surprising to me that millions of people voted for a degenerate convict who lies whenever he opens his mouth, told them tariffs were tax cuts and couldn't even explain the rest of his policies.

But what bothers me even more is that Republicans in Congress can easily stop this by taking back their powers, like the tariff power.
But instead they cower and rationalize it, though they are smart enough to know most of what Trump says is BS.

And for once, we can see what happens when the Dems have no power and can't be the Adults in the room.

feedthenation:
Shared from an economics and commodities website:

This is one of the best explanations I’ve seen on tariffs, by my economics colleague Tim Salmon.

Trump claims his tariffs will do two things: (1) raise $6 trillion paid by other countries, and (2) spark a manufacturing boom and create high-paying jobs. But both outcomes can’t happen. If we collect $6 trillion, it’s because we keep buying foreign goods—no manufacturing revival. If we revive manufacturing and stop buying imports, we don’t get the $6 trillion.

Could there still be a manufacturing boom with job growth? No and no. The idea that we “don’t manufacture anymore” is false—U.S. manufacturing is at record highs. But jobs are down because automation took them, not Mexico or China. More manufacturing won’t mean more jobs—it’ll mean more robots working overtime.

Even if you wanted to build a factory now, you’d hit problems. All the components are now tariffed, making it more expensive than before. Your inputs are more expensive too, and you’d struggle to hire: we’re near full employment, and immigration is being cut.

So what about that $6 trillion? Everyone knows tariffs are paid by importers—us. Could foreign countries bear some of that cost? In theory, yes—if we had cheaper alternatives. Say Canadian steel is tariffed and we can buy cheaper Chinese steel, Canada might lower its prices to stay competitive. In that case, Canada absorbs some of the tariff burden. But Trump tariffed everyone. No alternatives. So we pay. A lot more, for a lot less.

Can’t we just buy American steel? We don’t produce enough. And with demand up and competition reduced, U.S. producers will raise prices. Again: we pay more, get less, and don’t create jobs.

There’s no coherent argument for this policy. If you’re thinking “give the guy a chance,” know this: the economics are clear and the historical record is long.

Why is Trump doing this? I can’t say. But it fits a pattern: punishing those he thinks wronged him—law firms, universities, states, and now countries. This is not economic policy. It’s a protection racket.

If you can make a case for how this could achieve its stated goals, I’d love to hear it. So far, no one in the administration has. If you’re wondering about fairness—“don’t other countries tariff us?”—that’s a fair question, but it’s complex and deserves its own post. (Short version: the U.S. has spent decades lowering global barriers to trade and shaping rules in our favor. That’s part of why other countries resent us.)

Finally, this post isn’t about party politics. It’s just math. Republicans long opposed tariffs; Democrats started shifting under Clinton. Before Trump, it was largely GOP orthodoxy to oppose this kind of policy. It’s not ideological—it’s economic fact.

We need competence in policymaking. If this trade war escalates, it could rival the 2007 collapse in global damage. The tragedy? It’s preventable. Republicans: please rein him in. The world needs you.

Good post!

budaatum:
Do you thank globalist when a republican grabs women by the pussy?

When you are rich and successful, these A-List femmi fatale types can do anything for you including letting you grab them by the pussy.

Correct me if that never happens in real life

cococandy:
They’ve always thought we were dumb Americans.

Now we opened our mouths and confirmed it.

Half of America is dumbed down. If Trump crashes the economy then republicans are the dumb ones
Else democrats shall need reeducation.

Ijebos and gloriousgbola are complaining about screenshot I grabbed from a post I made on another thread on February 6th 🤣

It is not realtime hahaha.

Ofcourse it is not. I posted the quote from the thread I posted it on Feb 6th. So you know I just did not make up shit about me coding stuff.

I posted another quote from 2022 talking about when I started the project.

Envious people don't like reality 🤣 IjeBos and gloriousgbola remain jealous. Lol

One of you build RAM, the other install RAM in computer village.

https://www.nairaland.com/8391788/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-eu-offers

Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods.

Because we're always ready for a good deal.

But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures.

And protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion. pic.twitter.com/hpZ77TXH4B

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) April 7, 2025

Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods.

Because we're always ready for a good deal.

But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures.

And protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion.

bemeruca:
You know nothing about coding but you want to tell me what I need for coding.

You keep showing coders use thinkpad and dell like you have a clue.

You have also exposed yourself to not know how to do basic things.

Try and shutup sometimes. Your I too know is embarrassing.

Oga, you tried to Flex with that picture of "your setup".
That is not a Flex.
And that is not a functional setup.
The "setup" didn't even have one external display.
I run 2-3 27's at home.

The point is you seem not to have an idea what a good setup is or you wouldn't have tried to flex with that.
Pax.

benalvino3:
Nice, I don't download them, I stream them from amazon prime, Netflix, Hulu etc.

That's my WiFi 5 limit. If I use Ethernet cable it's gonna be 1gb or close to 1gb.

I have a nice tv for that 🙂

You should change your computer desk. You have money see your computer room 🤣🙂

I have used a 9600bps modem . Later 14400,19800,33600 asynchronous.
Then synchronous 64Kpbs, 128,256,512,756,
Within a work environment.

raumdeuter:
https://www.nairaland.com/8391788/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-eu-offers

Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods.

Because we're always ready for a good deal.

But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures.

And protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion. pic.twitter.com/hpZ77TXH4B

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) April 7, 2025

Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods.

Because we're always ready for a good deal.

But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures.

And protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion.

I saw some data I hadn't thought about
China exported $600B more than it imported.
America imported $1.2T more than it imported.

Wow that's huge.
Trump is in it for the long haul.
At the end obviously you can't have zero tariffs and there has to be some protective taxes or limits to quantity of products that can be imported.
For example. Are Vietnamese going to buy higher end American products ,yet they have Nike factories that export to America.

basilico:
I have used a 9600bps modem . Later 14400,19800,33600 asynchronous.
Then synchronous 64Kpbs, 128,256,512,756,
Within a work environment.

GloriousGbola just embarrassed himself yesterday.

Someone with computer knowledge should not be saying intel graphics 🤣

He does not know it's called integrated graphics.

bemeruca:
Lol look at the fool, all you need to code is an i3 and a 8gigs of ram computer. That's the baseline. You can go lower than that if you want. My system run two OS at once all the time. I do stuff on wsl and I know you don't have a clue of what that is.

Microsoft did a good job with that

That's the program on my laptop, yes I code with the surface pro. I like to do that when I am away since it's easy to carry around.

Oga, you remember the time you photoshopped your Nairaland profile page and manipulated the text from your ban to add my name to it, to pretend I had reported you?
Yeah I do.

I know like the Yahoo boy you are, you use photoshop to manipulate images/text.

benalvino3:
GloriousGbola just embarrassed himself yesterday.

Someone with computer knowledge should not be saying intel graphics 🤣

He does not know it's called integrated graphics.

I gather he is more into gaming and torrenting movies

I don’t know why you bother.I don’t take seriously anything you share from right wing propaganda hub.

I have my eyes and I saw millions of Americans in the streets protesting against him. It doesn’t matter whether they were bussed or flown or ferried to the locations, the fact is that they wanted to be there and they made it happen. That’s a testament to the feeling in their hearts about him. What’s difficult to understand about that?

The people you guys get your “facts” from said George soros paid 5 million people $100 million dollars each to protest against Trump and Trump shared it on his social media. That’s more money than what’s available in the whole world. A Simple Google search puts the estimate to be around 80-123 trillion dollars available in the whole world. Maybe he didn’t realize how much money that actually is. Maybe he’ll delete it when someone points it out to him (if he hasn’t already). But it’s sad that is how he gets his “reliable” information and you guys parrot what he says.

If George soros has 500 trillion to pay 5 million people, then he must be God or something to magically make such amount of money appear out of thin air. Even Elon who is currently the richest doesn’t have a trillion dollars. Is this making sense?

If I were you, I’d sit with that information and wonder if those are the kinds of people who I’d want to be listening to. The devil is in the details.

Please I don’t enjoy being harsh to you. Sometimes after I’ve been harsh, I kinda regret it because I don’t know what kind of reality you’re operating from where you easily believe such things and it makes me think you’re extremely impressionable hence I regret the harshness.

But I’d like it if you evaluate the information you absorb a bit more critically. You guys tend to believe the most ludicrous things and it’s hard to respond to that in a way that doesn’t leave you feeling slighted.

basilico:
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1908559749253390421

Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
🚨 HAPPENING TODAY 🚨

An Anti-Trump protest in Washington, D.C., organized by the 50501 Movement, is busing protesters into the city on what they call “high end busses”. According to the protest’s website, alcohol is permitted on board the buses.

The protest is called “The People’s Veto: Hands Off!”

The purpose is to protest
@elonmusk
and
@realDonaldTrump
, and the invite openly calls for the protesters, who organizers are trying to GET DRUNK on the busses, to TAKE TO THE STREETS.

Organizers are using the ride share all RALLY to get these protesters to the Washington Monument today.

Proof the radical left is BUSSING IN PROTESTERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO CAUSE CHAOS IN WASHINGTON DC.

As I exclusively reported back in February, the 50501 movement traces back to the Democrat’s fundraising platform ACT BLUE, as well as a group called the “political revolution”, which was born out of the
@BernieSanders
campaign.

@LoomerUnleashed
is on the ground in Washington DC today to cover these Bussed in protesters.

Go through the extensive link . Else you will continue wallowing in ignorance and misguided notions.

basilico:
Half of America is dumbed down. If Trump crashes the economy then republicans are the dumb ones
Else democrats shall need reeducation.

From your mouth 🙌🏽

cococandy:
I don’t know why you bother.I don’t take seriously anything you share from right wing propaganda hub.

I have my eyes and I saw millions of Americans in the streets protesting against him. It doesn’t matter whether they were bussed or flown or ferried to the locations, the fact is that they wanted to be there and they made it happen. That’s a testament to the feeling in their hearts about him. What’s difficult to understand about that?

The people you guys get your “facts” from said George soros paid 5 million people $100 million dollars each to protest against Trump and Trump shared it on his social media. That’s more money than what’s available in the whole world. A Simple Google search puts the estimate to be around 80-123 trillion dollars available in the whole world. Maybe he didn’t realize how much money that actually is. Maybe he’ll delete it when someone points it out to him (if he hasn’t already). But it’s sad that is how he gets his “reliable” information and you guys parrot what he says.

If George soros has 500 trillion to pay 5 million people, then he must be God or something to magically make such amount of money appear out of thin air. Even Elon who is currently the richest doesn’t have a trillion dollars. Is this making sense?

If I were you, I’d sit with that information and wonder if those are the kinds of people who I’d want to be listening to. The devil is in the details.

Please I don’t enjoy being harsh to you. Sometimes after I’ve been harsh, I kinda regret it because I don’t know what kind of reality you’re operating from where you easily believe such things and it makes me think you’re extremely impressionable hence I regret the harshness.

But I’d like it if you evaluate the information you absorb a bit more critically. You guys tend to believe the most ludicrous things and it’s hard to respond to that in a way that doesn’t leave you feeling slighted.

Dems have a well oiled machinery. Thousands of non profits that mobilize.
Obama had his own . Organizing for Action.

Half the country didn't vote for Trump. everyone knows that
The other half has no time for Street protests sponsored or organized by people whose goats are being eaten by Trump.

basilico:
I gather he is more into gaming and torrenting movies

Exactly, running games from 2004. I asked him to show his system specs he refused 😂

Bragging about running a game on his work station my phobe can run in 4k 😂

IjeBos:
Oga, you remember the time you photoshopped your Nairaland profile page and manipulated the text from your ban to add my name to it, to pretend I had reported you?
Yeah I do.

I know like the Yahoo boy you are, you use photoshop to manipulate images/text.

Remain pained.
You won't accept reality because of jealousy. I understand

No one paid anyone to protest against him. Imagine the logistics of millions of people driving to their protest sites? If organized transportation to ensure safety and ease of movement is what you guys are equating to being paid hundreds of millions of dollars each, no wonder you’re known as the propagandists of our century. Your party guys tell so many lies they don’t even bother to make anything believable anymore because they know you won’t even try to verify.

The sheer number of people in the streets goes against the “Americans are happy” narrative you guys have been spreading here. The number of republican lawmakers being run out of their hometowns in the town hall meetings speaks for itself too.

He’s failing . Massively. And we warned you this would happen. You were wrong. We were right. It’s that simple.

So sad we have to suffer it together. Being right in this case doesn’t do anything for us. And you guys “winning” the election doesn’t do anything for you either.

Everyone loses. Hope the win was worth it for those who voted him and are not losing their livelihoods and retirements.

basilico:
Dems have a well oiled machinery. Thousands of non profits that mobilize.
Obama had his own . Organizing for Action.

Half the country didn't vote for him everyone knows that
The other half has no time for Street protests sponsored or organized by people whose goats are being eaten by Trump.

cococandy:
No one paid anyone to protest against him. Imagine the logistics of millions of people driving to their protest sites? If organized transportation to ensure safety and ease of movement is what you guys are equating to being paid hundreds of millions of dollars each, no wonder you’re known as the propagandists of our century. Your party guys tell so many lies they don’t even bother to make anything believable anymore because they know you won’t even try to verify.

The sheer number of people in the streets goes against the “Americans are happy” narrative you guys have been spreading here. The number of republican lawmakers being run out of their hometowns in the town hall meetings speaks for itself too.

He’s failing . Massively. And we warned you this would happen. You were wrong. We were right. It’s that simple.

So sad we have to suffer it together. Being right in this case doesn’t do anything for us. And you guys “winning” the election doesn’t do anything for you either.

Everyone loses. Hope the win was worth it for those who voted him and are not losing their livelihoods and retirements.

70m people voted against Trump, So how hard will it be to get 500k of them to protest especially when they can be mobilized?

If the election is done again today the margin will even be wider

Tea party people were protesting and drawing crowd every weekend to their protest yet didnt stop Obama from winning his 2nd term

benalvino3:
Ijebos and gloriousgbola are complaining about screenshot I grabbed from a post I made on another thread on February 6th 🤣

It is not realtime hahaha.

Ofcourse it is not. I posted the quote from the thread I posted it on Feb 6th. So you know I just did not make up shit about me coding stuff.

I posted another quote from 2022 talking about when I started the project.

Envious people don't like reality 🤣 IjeBos and gloriousgbola remain jealous. Lol

One of you build RAM, the other install RAM in computer village.

Respect yourself.
Oga, we're on different levels with setups.
You're already getting beat down don't add my beat down.

raumdeuter:
https://www.nairaland.com/8391788/trumps-reciprocal-tariffs-eu-offers

Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods.

Because we're always ready for a good deal.

But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures.

And protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion. pic.twitter.com/hpZ77TXH4B

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) April 7, 2025

Europe is ready to negotiate with the US.

We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods.

Because we're always ready for a good deal.

But we’re also prepared to respond with countermeasures.

And protect ourselves against indirect effects through trade diversion.

Trump tariff is actually playing good on the world stage

raumdeuter:
If the election is done again today the margin will even be wider