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Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs

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By David Lawder and Jeff Mason

President Donald Trump's administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech companies like Apple that rely on imported products.

In a notice to shippers, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes excluded from the import taxes. The exclusions are retroactive to 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 5.

The U.S. CBP listed 20 product categories, including the broad 8471 code for all computers, laptops, disc drives and automatic data processing. It also included semiconductor devices, equipment, memory chips and flat panel displays.

The notice did not provide an explanation for the move, but the late-night exclusion provides welcome relief to major technology firms such as Apple, Dell Technologies and many other importers.

Trump's action also excludes the specified electronics from his 10% "baseline" tariffs on goods from most countries other than China, easing import costs for semiconductors from Taiwan and Apple iPhones produced in India.

Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives called the announcement "the most bullish news we could have heard this weekend."

"There is still clear uncertainty and volatility ahead with these China negotiations.... Big Tech firms like Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft and the broader tech industry can breathe a huge sigh of relief this weekend into Monday," Ives said in an industry note.

Many tech company CEOs have embraced Trump as he begins his second term, attending his January 20 inauguration in Washington and celebrating with him afterward. Apple CEO Tim Cook hosted a pre-inaugural ball and has visited Trump at his home in Florida.

For the Chinese imports, the exclusion only applies to Trump's reciprocal tariffs, which climbed to 125% this week, according to a White House official. Trump's prior 20% duties on all Chinese imports that he said were related to the U.S. fentanyl crisis remain in place.

But the official said Trump will launch a new national security trade investigation into semiconductors soon that could lead to other new tariffs.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Trump has made clear the U.S. cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies such as semiconductors, chips, smartphones and laptops.

But she said that at Trump's direction, major tech firms, including Apple and chipmakers Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor "are hustling to onshore their manufacturing in the United States as soon as possible."

TARIFF PAIN

The exemptions suggest an increasing awareness within the Trump administration of the pain his tariffs could inflict on inflation-weary consumers.

Even at a lower 54% tariff rate on Chinese imports, analysts predicted the price of a top-end Apple iPhone could jump to $2,300 from $1,599. At 125%, economists and analysts have said U.S.-China trade could largely halt.

Smartphones were the top U.S. import from China in 2024, totaling $41.7 billion, while Chinese-built laptops were second, at $33.1 billion, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

Apple recently chartered cargo flights to ferry 600 tons of iPhones, or as many as 1.5 million, to the U.S. from India, after it stepped up production there in an effort to beat Trump's tariffs, Reuters reported on Friday.

Trump campaigned to win back the White House last year largely on a promise to bring down prices that, fueled by inflation that tarnished the economic reputation of former President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies.

But Trump also promised to impose the tariffs that have become central to his economic agenda, and he has dismissed turbulence in financial markets and price increases from the levies as a disturbance necessary to realign the world trading order as he has envisioned.

His so-called "reciprocal tariffs," however, raised fears of a U.S. recession and drew criticism from some Republicans, who do not want to lose control of Congress in next year's mid-term elections to Democrats, who have attacked Trump's policies.

Trump delayed higher duty rates for 57 trading partners and the European Union last week, leaving most countries with a 10% tariff as they seek to negotiate trade deals with Washington.

The U.S. president, who is spending the weekend at his residence in Florida, told reporters on Friday he was comfortable with the high tariffs on China but had a good relationship with President Xi Jinping and believed something positive would come out of the trade conflict between them.

Financial markets were in turmoil again on Friday as China matched Trump's latest tariff increase on U.S. imports to 125%, raising the stakes in a trade war threatening to upend global supply chains.

U.S. stocks ended a volatile week higher, but the safe haven of gold hit a record high during the session and benchmark U.S. 10-year government bond yields posted their biggest weekly increase since 2001 alongside a slump in the dollar, signaling a lack of confidence in the U.S.

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Normal people read the sign and know to stay away from the electrified fence, Trump and his lickspittles piss on it to find out.

17 ( +20 / -3 )

Did he put out another message alerting hist followers to invest?

13 ( +17 / -4 )

*his

2 ( +6 / -4 )

Trump is a sellout,he would sell his mother,if he could profit from it,of course his mother despise him as her son

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Those are the main things that need to be blocked from Chinese manufacturing for export to the US. If he's going to screw US farmers, he should screw tech billionaires equally. Make it hurt to do business with and inside China.

Apple, Cisco, MSFT, Tesla, and other tech companies need strong encouragement to stop supporting the CCP. Make it hurt to do business there. If they like, there are other SE Asian countries with cheap labor that would love to manufacture phones, shoes, routers, and computers for the US market. Of course, building them in the US would be ideal, assuming labor costs can be controlled or made much more automated than done today. After all, we have specific machines that peal shrimp, so why can't specific machines assemble smartphones and tablets with crazy-high consistency?

I get the feeling Trump is manipulating every market he can and sharing his plans with 25 billionaires 1 day before he announces any changes to policy so they will keep supporting him (illegally trading on insider information.)

Removing the sub-$800 tariff limits from all Chinese imports will massively help the US. China has been abusing their WTO subsidies especially for postage, which shouldn't be provided to any country with nuclear weapons or a space launch program, ever. The WTO should be encouraging fair trade for good neighbors, not supporting authoritarian countries that can destroy cities with a single weapon.

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Trump spares smartphones, computers, other electronics from China tariffs

So basically his tech bro masters told him what to do and he caved in again.

22 ( +25 / -3 )

I guess Tim Apple's check didn't bounce.

17 ( +20 / -3 )

Trump bends to high-tech company demands but nothing on the corn and soybean farmers. There are still millions of imported items that American customers will pay more for. Trump's chaos and confusion even leaves the exerts baffled.

19 ( +22 / -3 )

Trump is just a walking brown paper bag! Put alot of money in and he’ll do whatever you ask!

14 ( +17 / -3 )

Did he put out another message alerting hist followers to invest?

I'd say the important thing is to invest yourself, if you didn't already.

-19 ( +0 / -19 )

Apple and its American customers cannot afford to make the iPhone in the US because the prices would be beyond the reach of most.

Apple's market capitalization is more than 5% of America's GDP. Apple's worldwide revenue ($258 billion) is 1.2% of America's GDP ($19.9 trillion) or 0.3% of World GDP ($84 trillion).

Apple will invest $500 billion in its AI business.

Charted: How Apple Makes its $391B in Revenue

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-how-apple-makes-its-391b-in-revenue/#:~:text=iPhone%20sales%20accounted%20for%20more,services%20rising%20by%2013%25%20YoY.

11 ( +12 / -1 )

Trump blinks again. Drama everyday.

9 ( +16 / -7 )

Hold the line? What a lightweight.

16 ( +17 / -1 )

Complete farce.

16 ( +19 / -3 )

The world is finally seeing the truth of how he "does business", desperately flails along just making it up with no long term plan, more "art if the bluff", than "art of the deal".. a term his savvy book ghostwriter Tony Schwartz created in 1987.

Soon after Schwartz regretted taking that job, but money was tight in a bad late 80's economy so like others, often you took any work presented to you.

The myth gullible people believe about Trumps special deal making skills is self delusional. He has no talent or secret gift. Trump's "art" are cheap mob tactics: to ask for quid pro quo, blackmail, extort, threaten to sue, (he often actually sues then loses and has to settle), cheat, exploit and harass.. that is, when he wasn't outright taking dirty cash from wanted mafia thugs and dictators family members looking to hide. That off books income from criminals needing to launder money kept Trump surviving just long enough to reach the next income making scheme. He long had a public record of this long before running for political office so his supporters can't say this is fake or biased.

Currently he's selling US access, manipulating stock and crypto markets and giving billionaires more tax breaks which in part will drive up the massive national debt, that he complains about but helped run up during his last term.. when he gave billionaires huge tax breaks.

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Keep those factories running, Tim Apple.

Smartphones were the top U.S. import from China in 2024, totaling $41.7 billion, while Chinese-built laptops were second, at $33.1 billion, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

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Apple, Cisco, MSFT, Tesla, and other tech companies need strong encouragement to stop supporting the CCP. Make it hurt to do business there. If they like, there are other SE Asian countries with cheap labor that would love to manufacture phones, shoes, routers, and computers for the US market.

They aren’t manufacturing in China because of cheap labor costs. Those ended years ago.

They manufacture there because of highly skilled labor, precision equipment and automation and supply chain expertise.

You don’t have to believe me, go listen to what Cook of Apple, Intel and other CEO’s say.

Read. Learn. Think.

10 ( +11 / -1 )

But but he was going to pressure companies to bring manufacturing back to the US, a whole new golden age, iPhones made in Boise Idaho by happy American workers. It’s not going to happen? What a shock.

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Trump has it all wrong. If he wants to hurt China, it is the electronics market that should be targeted. American small businesses are hurting because of the high tariffs on cheaply made plastic products like toys, kitchen goods, etc. Family-run businesses don't have the funds to pay for the high tariffs, like large corporations do.

9 ( +10 / -1 )

Folds more often than a poker newbie against Daniel Negreanu.

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You can’t make electronics without the materials. Let’s use the iPhone as an example. Almost none of the parts come from the USA. Corning glass makes the screen glass, but they’re mostly made in their China factories.

All the rest of the materials come from other countries. You cannot make advanced electronics without chips and 90% of the rare earth and other critical minerals used come from where? China.

China control 90% of the world sources and market. Japan and China together produce almost all of the processed minerals in electronics.

The US can try to begin manufacturing some low-tech things, like canoes or buggy whips or something.

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I bet the tariffs don't apply to Trump $399 high-top sneakers, $59.99 Bibles, or $10K watches....all made in Chinese sweatshops...

I bet if you go into a typical MAGA-voters house, they'll be more Chinese-made stuff than US...

Just watch the Moron get humiliated in real time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmAvGfI2D6U

8 ( +8 / -0 )

Trump's actions prove that he is willing to let American consumers, small business owners and Farmers suffer from the inevitable fallout of his tariff war..... but he will protect the billionaires who support him.

13 ( +13 / -0 )

Of course he did. Those donations to his campaign and inauguration really paid off for Musk, Zuck, Bezos, and Tim Apple.

6 ( +6 / -0 )

Trump tariff is like an economic STD ,that he infected the whole world with and their is no treatment

4 ( +6 / -2 )

Trump supporters will no doubt be on here momentarily to praise him for yet another of his brilliant strategic moves , the good old “put tariffs on something then almost immediately take them off without getting anything in return” ploy.

The rest of us are just watching with our jaws dropped as the decline of the United States accelerates before our eyes.

10 ( +11 / -1 )

The ‘spine of steel’ must be tired after all that golfing.

9 ( +10 / -1 )

The Fu,the US GDP is 10 trillion dollars more than China, cheap Chinese good have help.boost the US GDP, extortion of money from underdeveloped country,these people need every dollar they can save,

-1 ( +1 / -2 )

And the "Buyers regret" from Trump voters just swells, a few examples of thousands...

There's the MAGA couple who claims their business is at risk due to Trump's tariffs on Taiwan

There's the MAGA voter who says 5% of their retirement portfolio is gone after Trump announced the global tariffs

There's the Trump supporter who says they didn't vote for a "global trade war."

There's the conservative that admits that Trump's tariffs aren't good policy after all

There's the conservative who is fearful of losing their job after their company warned of mass layoffs thanks to Trump tariffs

There's the conservative who is fearful of losing their job after their company warned of mass layoffs thanks to Trump tariffs

You can read all the specifics here...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-supporters-losing-minds-120020153.html

It's clear that other than the hard-core cult members, average MAGA-voters are realizing that Trump is ruining them financially - and sending them and their families to the poorhouse...

And they won't make that mistake again...

7 ( +8 / -1 )

So, in other words trump lost the trade war. ; )

7 ( +8 / -1 )

So the strategy all along was to bring back labor intensive manufacture of underwear and shoes but not iPhones and semiconductors. Brilliant.

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So, in other words trump lost the trade war. ; )

Aww, come on. That’s not fair. When he said multiple times he was going to win the trade war and not back down he was only being sarcastic. He was trolling the left and you fell for it, or something like that.

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So the strategy all along was to bring back labor intensive manufacture of underwear and shoes but not iPhones and semiconductors. Brilliant.

I think there was a realization that that is all that Americans are capable of manufacturing.

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Right now, if we import the parts to make a computer, we pay a massive tariff, but if we import the fully assembled computer, we get no tariff.

Truly a genius plan to reshore manufacturing!!!

10 ( +11 / -1 )

So all that “I’m gonna have to pay $3500 for an IPhone” narrative just went poof.

-24 ( +1 / -25 )

The dollar sank to ¥143.5

10 ( +10 / -0 )

Someone came up with a great new nickname for him: Panickin' Backwalker.

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Blacklabel

So all that “I’m gonna have to pay $3500 for an IPhone” narrative just went poof.

No, it did not. If Trump forces Apple to make iPhone in the US that will be the price. Since April 2, just 11 days ago, Trump has taken so many different actions on tariffs it's impossible to know what is next.

Apple lost 20% in its stock so I expect you bought in on the low.

10 ( +10 / -0 )

So all that “I’m gonna have to pay $3500 for an IPhone” narrative just went poof.

Weak.

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$Trump's taking measured and logical approach, many of exemptions contingent on future 're-shoring' to US.

TSMC a perfect example, their chips are exempt for now, but if they fail to re-shore in a timely manner, they'll pay the tariffs retroactively, plus penalties and interest.

DJT VERY comfortable seeing the dollar weaken against other currencies as commodity prices trend downward.

DJT wants his cake and to eat it to, real trade and tariff policy changes with trading partners, while minimizing economic disruption and inflationary pressures.

-15 ( +0 / -15 )

Was this always part of the plan?

6 ( +7 / -1 )

Trump does something that will double the price of phones.

People point out that this is bad,

Trump walks it back to doing something that will raise phone prices by 20%.

Trump fans: “Price of phones going down thanks to Trump!”

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Apple lost 20% in its stock so I expect you bought in on the low.

no- i don’t buy stock in such anti US companies like Apple, Nike, Meta, etc

same as I don’t buy pharmaceutical or alcohol/weed companies.

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Companies like Apple and Dell will face retroactive tariffs if they fail to 're-shore' to US in timely manner, plus tariffs and penalties. DJT providing time to avoid short/medium term disruption, while imposing deadlines in out years.

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So all that “I’m gonna have to pay $3500 for an IPhone” narrative just went poof.

Because daddy Trump folded like wet carboard yeah.

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If this announcement is like the others we've seen over the past week, Trump will rescind these exemptions tomorrow, then Nutnick and the Jailbird Navarro will come out and say "these exemptions are permanent"...

Leavitt when asked about this constant tariff chaos, confusion, and contradictions will say the President continues to focus on his No. 1 priority, fixing trans bathrooms...

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Was this always part of the plan?

You’re implying there was ever a plan.

11 ( +11 / -0 )

He put the ball in China’s court. There is still a tariff, just lowered for certain products, right?

Trump: ok I gave something what are you giving US?

some of you seem to have never successfully negotiated anything in your life.

Trump is the king of this, watch him work.

-18 ( +1 / -19 )

He put the ball in China’s court. There is still a tariff, just lowered for certain products, right?

Trump: ok I gave something what are you giving US?

some of you seem to have never successfully negotiated anything in your life.

Trump is the king of this, watch him work.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/copium

8 ( +8 / -0 )

Bottom line's DJT's setting the agenda, as existing tariffs are bringing ALL US trading countries to the table, while China has been effectively isolated.

DJT's tariff agenda is going EXACTLY as Planned, trade and tariff and non-tariff policy changes, without serious economic disruption or new inflationary pressure etc.

Above = Why there's RECORD $Operating $Capital now being committed to the US, and just since Nov 5th, FAR More than during Biden's ENTIRE 4year term

-16 ( +1 / -17 )

Trump blinked, every country has seen the emperor has no clothes. No way the US wins a trade war with China, let alone the rest of the world. It’ll be walk back, walk back, walk back, with the orange imbecile and his spineless minions spending their time trying to convince Americans that it was all part of the plan from the beginning- and telling us that trans kids are the real problem.

11 ( +11 / -0 )

He put the ball in China’s court. There is still a tariff, just lowered for certain products, right?

So why'd he cave....again?

Trump: ok I gave something what are you giving US?

The finger...

some of you seem to have never successfully negotiated anything in your life.

Never bankrupted a casino either...

Trump is the king of this, watch him work.

"King" ....we know that wasn't a Freudian slip...

8 ( +8 / -0 )

Blacklabel,It not Apple ,it the 10 of billions of 1.25 products,that American depend on that imported from China,it obviously you do.not spend money in America on a daily basis,that is what drive America economy

3 ( +3 / -0 )

He put the ball in China’s court. There is still a tariff, just lowered for certain products, right?

Trump: ok I gave something what are you giving US?

some of you seem to have never successfully negotiated anything in your life. 

Trump is the king of this, watch him work.

So literally what you are saying now is that Trump’s genius negotiating strategy with hardline communist dictators is to just give them what they want and hope they’ll be nice enough to give him something back?

Good luck with that approach, America!

I’m sure this all makes sense in the magic world where every act of sheer stupidity Trump does is retconned into being “part of the brilliant strategy all along”, but for those of us in the real world they just look like acts of sheer stupidity.

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 to just give them what they want 

it’s not what they “want”.

it’s what they “had”- before he took it away from them.

now he gave it back. Showing them he is in total control about what they have/dont have and what they will get/not get.

like a master and his puppy. If China wants their treat, they gotta roll over.

-16 ( +0 / -16 )

So he caved again lol. Trump and his admin said there would be no exemptions. I wonder how big of a bribe Apple had to pay to get that exemption.

Seems like everything is up for negotiation, depending on how much you're willing to pay. I've said all along.

CCP don't have to worry about mass protests or reelection, republicans do. CCP have all the time in the world, republicans have until the midterms

6 ( +6 / -0 )

Trump is a sellout,he would sell his mother,if he could profit from it,of course his mother despise him as her son

So you complain about imposing tariffs to China and now you don't like him relaxing those tariffs? OK

-10 ( +1 / -11 )

Just one example of the chaos, confusion, and backstabbing going on in Trump 2.0...

"It was all part of a cunning plan, according to Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s long-suffering treasury secretary. The plunging stock market was “no big deal”, said Kevin Hassett, the White House’s senior trade adviser.

Amid the carnage on Wall Street over the last few days, leading figures in Trump’s “tariff team” were dismissing any talk of backing down.

And what happened? The president suspended most of the levies for 90 days, and came out and said he was responding to pressure from the markets.

It is happening time and time again. The administration’s key figures say one thing, only to be contradicted by the man in charge. In reality, betrayal and chaos are the key features of the tariff wars. That, as much as the levies themselves, is causing huge damage to the global economy."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/trump-s-tariff-team-is-beset-by-chaos-and-betrayal/ar-AA1CMyQe?ocid=windirect&cvid=c0f47c47a1ac49e39055a3bfe0cf67e1&ei=58

The "gang that couldn't shoot straight"? This gang "shoots each other"....ROFL...

5 ( +5 / -0 )

Showing them he is in total control about what they have/dont have and what they will get/not get.

They got exactly what they had before, and all it cost was a market crash of over 6trillion. Bond markets are in dangerous territory, Greek bonds and now a safer bet than US bonds LOL. Trump devotion syndrome is real. Maga thinking a trade war and market collapse is ,art of the deal LOL

6 ( +6 / -0 )

The plunging stock market was “no big deal”, said Kevin Hassett, the White House’s senior trade adviser.

it wasn’t.

Dow: +6.16%

S&P: + 8.27%

Nasdaq: + 11.66%

some “crash”, huh?

-9 ( +0 / -9 )

The 13 billionaires on Trump's cabinet did not like losing stock value. After all those of them pay no or little income tax with capital gains at 15%. Even Musk spoke out against Trump's tariff war.

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BlacklabelToday  09:59 am JST

So all that “I’m gonna have to pay $3500 for an IPhone” narrative just went poof.

So Trump raised tariffs by 145% then suddenly erased them. With lots of political pressure from Apple.

So the no exemptions motto is ,art if the deal, until it isn't

MAGA press secretary, Trump has a spine of steel he won't back down. Yet has folded like a deck chair in a hurricane, twice, in two weeks LOL

7 ( +7 / -0 )

So you complain about imposing tariffs to China and now you don't like him relaxing those tariffs? OK

I think Trump’s supporters and detractors are trying to work out what the plan is if there is one.

What do you think?

This is part of a 4D chess level play? Flying by the seat of his pants? Showing admirable flexibility? Making sure his backers are okay?

Spin the wheel. See what comes up.

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The plunging stock market was “no big deal”, said Kevin Hassett, the White House’s senior trade adviser.

it wasn’t.

Dow: +6.16%

S&P: + 8.27%

Nasdaq: + 11.66%

Bunk...

"The Trump administration initiated new tariff policies beginning in mid-February and stepped up those efforts with an announcement in early April of sweeping new tariffs affecting virtually all aspects of global trade.

In early March, the S&P 500 crossed into correction territory (a decline of 10% or more from its peak). After a modest recovery, stocks are again declining, with the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite Index and the small-cap Russell 2000 crossing into bear market  territory (a retreat of 20% from peak levels). The S&P 500 is on the precipice of a bear market, down 17.6% from its high on February 19. Since President Trump took office on January 20, the S&P 500 is down 15.6%."

There's a reason a MAJORITY of Americans no longer trust this Idiot to run our economy - and consumer confidence has cratered...

"U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions that have roiled financial markets and raised the risk of a recession."

7 ( +7 / -0 )

Once again, the favorite news organ of our MAGA-fans here, Fox Business, dumps all over Trump's tariff debacle...

"Donald Trump just offered another "sign of tactical retreat" from his biggest trade plans, according to a FOX Biz senior correspondent Saturday.

Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino earned the ire of MAGA when he recently reported that conservatives were wrong to suggest Trump outsmarted the world with tariffs. Instead, according to Gasparino's reporting, Trump and his closest aides became terrified about impacts on the long-term bond market, which is seen as more stable than stocks.

He added, "As one major GOP political adviser just told me 'Trump is finally bending to reality' that if you want to fix global trade with a sledge hammer the cure can be worse than the disease."

How's that for inspiring confidence...ROFL..

5 ( +5 / -0 )

DJT's trade and tariff polices will result in US re-industrialization, which is critical in the 21st century regarding the development of critical new technologies.

Rrecord new operating capital investment reshoring to US will drive US job growth, productivity & wealth creation

Will also result in greater global supply chain resiliency, more competition, lower prices & greater economic activity

DJT Trade & Tariff Policies = Doing World HUGE Favor Reducing Growing Global Reliance upon China & CCP

-9 ( +1 / -10 )

Bunk...

with an announcement in early April

Fact.

that’s why my numbers are the last 5 trading days.

when the supposed “crash” was happening and you all were jumping up and down screaming (while not even being investors)

those numbers don’t serve your story so now you want to talk about back to January? There were no tariffs then, right?

-8 ( +0 / -8 )

Within two days, the Dow Jones index lost over 4,000 points (9.48%), S&P losing 10%, and Nasdaq losing 11%. Over $6.6 trillion dollars was lost -- the largest two-day loss in history. That period was also the first time that the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed over 1,500 points consecutively over multiple days.

Many stocks including Tesla are down.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/stock-market

6 ( +7 / -1 )

That sounds like the voice of experience :D

he just had a phone call with Putin 

Bragging about a phone call with his Master Putin....that really says it all...

Putin must have electronic strings he pulls over the phone lines that makes his Puppet dance...

I wonder what orders he received to further their joint war on western democracies...

'"Flip on these exemptions tomorrow Donald - keep the world financial market chaos going"....

7 ( +7 / -0 )

The US will never again be a major manufacturing nation employing tens of millions of workers. If Trump can increase the current 10% manufacturing rate to even 20% during his final term will be achieved using AI and robots. Robots are not jobs. Robots are not workers. Robots do not pay taxes and spend money in the economy. The owners of the new industries will gain wealth at the expense of the workers.

8 ( +8 / -0 )

Within two days

thats called “cherry picking”

and why I use 5 day average as is displayed on market charts.

5 day averages that would be even higher if I disingenuously excluded your 2 days.

-12 ( +0 / -12 )

It’s classic Art of the Deal. Give yourself multiple ways to win. Falling inflation coupled with cheap gas and surging foreign investment provides the Administration with a buffer against tariff- and trade war-related price hikes, to the extent they ever actually appear.

-5 ( +1 / -6 )

Blacklabel....if Trump is so clever in international business and trade, why the history of 6 bankruptcies ?

Were these a practice run for what he is doing to America.?

8 ( +8 / -0 )

LOL! China has already defeated Trump in the tariff warand made him look weak!

Trump tariffs backfire on Elon Musk, as Tesla pulls U.S.-built models from China

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tariffs-backfire-elon-musk-181817796.html

Trump has to now distract by changing the news cycle with attacking another country or attack immigrants!

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I read one opinion a few days ago that Trump was coming out all guns blazing against the CCP and anyone questioning the wisdom or severity of the tariffs was a commie with purple hair and soy lattes or something.

Maybe the commies have infiltrated MAGA.

8 ( +8 / -0 )

DOW. 42000 before April 1 trade war. Crashes to 38000 in 1 week, recovers to 40000 after Trump backtracks on tariffs, which he said he wouldn't do. Art of the deal. LOL

90 days if Trumps ego can't stand his hypocrisy it'll all start over again.

Remember when we had a sane president when the DOW was at 45000

7 ( +7 / -0 )

5 day averages that would be even higher if I disingenuously excluded your 2 days.

Let's do 2 week average DOW 42000 before trade war.

38000 after 1 week of trade war, recovers to 40000 after Trump backtracks on parts of his trade war.

If you want to go back further then we have Bidens economy DOW 45000. You know facts matter

4 ( +4 / -0 )

Trump is really bad at negotiating. He always backs down or goes bankrupt. Never wins.

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it’s not what they “want”.

it’s what they “had”- before he took it away from them.

now he gave it back. Showing them he is in total control about what they have/dont have and what they will get/not get.

like a master and his puppy. If China wants their treat, they gotta roll over.

Tell us more. Its fun watching Trump followers bending over backwards to explain why his latest stupidity is actually yet more sign of his master genius.

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China is winning the tariffs war..

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“bragging, they spoke as world leaders do,

Like when Trump said they were kissing his azz,

Name one other world leader who speaks like that

https://youtu.be/c143MbcoITw?si=9u_1Lrsw7Nz9zxEy

Maga sanewashing incoming LOL

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Next few months will provide many answers to the DJT trade and tariff agenda, now too early to pass judgement

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You were all wrong and your downvote meant as much as your actual vote: nothing- wrong and lost.

It's not our down votes you should be worried about.

It's the latest April polls LOL

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the voices of all Americans matter, yes. Don’t they?

Tell that to the guy calling for NBC to have its licence revoked maybe? Or who took over the Kennedy Center because he doesn't like their programming? Or who constantly threatens any company or famous person with lawsuits any time they say something he doesn't like? You get the point.

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Many tech. companies pursuing manufacturing now in order to spur innovation, reduce supply chain costs and risks and speed products to markets.

DJT simply leveraging the Elon Musk Biz Model to the entire economy via his trade and tariff policies, because it works and results in many new jobs and wealth creation, besides great new products and services!

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DOW. 42000 before April 1 trade war. Crashes to 38000 in 1 week, recovers to 40000 after Trump backtracks on tariffs, which he said he wouldn't do. Art of the deal. LOL

90 days if Trumps ego can't stand his hypocrisy it'll all start over again.

Remember when we had a sane president when the DOW was at 45000

Not only that, but the "stable genius" claimed that it was his brilliance for the market rebound.

Donald Trump is claiming victory for the stock market’s rebound

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nobody-s-ever-heard-of-it-it-s-gonna-be-a-record-donald-trump-is-claiming-victory-for-the-stock-market-s-rebound/ar-AA1CF0p6

Trump thinks he is a genius for tanking the market by 5000 points. Then simply pause the bad mistakes and let the market recover naturally by only 2000 points. It is still down 3000 points!

Only MAGA world will call that nonsense a victory!

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Next few months will provide many answers to the DJT trade and tariff agenda, now too early to pass judgement

Oh wait! We’ll have to wait.

Given that, I’d lay off with the constant repetitive drivel of how ‘DJT’ is reshaping the world trade order with success.

Just wait.

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At least Hope remains positive....well done.....now move that deckchair on the Titanic back where it was

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The markets will go up and down but depend most long term upon sound economic policies that promote innovation, productivity and new company formation, which all result in profits for all stakeholders, especially workers with stock options.

DJT using tariff and trade policy to vastly improve US economic policy via re-industrialization, vital for the 21st Century and beyond!

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The only poll that matters was November 2024.

You and everyone else here know that’s not true.

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The only poll that matters was November 2024.

Yup, that was the one that got us here all right.

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