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nubus said:

NickoTT said:

Is it even legal to tariff a specific company? 

We're beyond that. Harvard, Apple, a free 747-8, deporting US citizens, using the South Lawn as a dealer lot for Tesla, forcing Microsoft to block mail access for UN employees in Europe.... and tariffs at 145% or 10% or 25% or now 50% towards Apple, China, EU, an island with penguins... 

There is no way of calculating a business case with US manufacturing being far more expensive than just 25% compared to India. Apple might promise to build factories to get a cut on the tariffs. Then plan and build for 3 years, see Trump leave or markets crash, and use the buildings for data centers.

All over in Europe meanwhile organizations and governments are moving away from everything American: no cloud, no social media, no gmail, WhatsApp. No stocks. In the Netherlands they even have a National Get Away Day from WhatsApp! Microsoft is, as we speak, touring with their highest managers around the countries in Europe to make believe that there is no risk to our data. And on the same day a high official in the International Criminal Court could suddenly not access his email (Microsoft) anymore. This is not profitable for your great country, and is going to last for years, if not forever. Destructor in Chief…

Indeed, in most democratic countries this money giving process during elections would be seen as outright corruption. 

9secondkox2 said:

Spreading it around now doesn’t hide the original apple-focused discrimination. 

“Oh.  They’ll notice if we steal more big money from apple. Maybe we will steal less and then also get some from other companies too. That should do it.”

total sham operation. 

Do you have any proof of your very unbelievable theory?

SiTime said:

longfang said:

mikethemartian said:

Bribes are always temporary until the next payment.

He has altered the deal, pray he does not alter it further. 

This deal is getting worse all the time.

What deal?

mark fearing said:

I thought he was saving America and we needed tariffs to build more. It's almost like the organ one has no idea what he's doing beyond greed and corruption.

That Trump does not even understand that this is corruption. No corruption here! Just helpin’ out!