Stabitha_Christie

twolf2919 said:

You might want to consider reading what you previously wrote :-)

"but now, that may not have been necessary. Exemptions may not occur, and anything could happen or change at a moment's notice, so Apple may continue shipping iPhones in massive quantities to stockpile during the 90-day reprieve."

As you wrote yourself earlier in the piece, China is not part of the 90-day reprieve, so unless Trump specificially excludes Apple, Apple doesn't have 90 days to stockpile.

I didn't write the article so I could be wrong about this but I think they are referring to India where the 90 day reprieve is happening. I think Apple also makes iPhones in Brazil or maybe they used to. 

canukstorm said:

9secondkox2 said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

9secondkox2 said:

The art of the deal in action. 

It's only a deal if you consider somebody stabbing you six inches in the chest, and then pulling the blade back three inches a deal where you just had paper cuts before.

Idk. I never knew about the tariffs applied to us before now. 

 

I think anyone that has read your commentary hear figured out that you aren't a particularly well informed person.  Good to see you admit it though. 

And that would be a grossly inaccurate assumption. Let’s be grown ups and keep the insults and personal attacks out of the forum. Actually I think that’s part of the rules. 

It's very clear that Trump is hellbent on a economic / trade war with China in order to take down its economy.  The US government's agenda has always been (and still is) to be a unipolar world hegemon.  Anything opposite of that goes against their goals.

What Trump and the cult members don't seem to understand is that China has way more cards to play in a trade war than the U.S. does and Trump's actions only serve to elevate China's stature in the world. 

9secondkox2 said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

9secondkox2 said:

The art of the deal in action. 

It's only a deal if you consider somebody stabbing you six inches in the chest, and then pulling the blade back three inches a deal where you just had paper cuts before.

Idk. I never knew about the tariffs applied to us before now. 

 

I think anyone that has read your commentary hear figured out that you aren't a particularly well informed person.  Good to see you admit it though. 

And that would be a grossly inaccurate assumption. Let’s be grown ups and keep the insults and personal attacks out of the forum. Actually I think that’s part of the rules. 

Is it? In this thread alone you have mentioned "The Art of the Deal" twice by referring to what Trump as doing as the art of the deal. It's pretty obvious you have never read it. How do I know you haven't read it? Because I have. Honestly, it is a crappy book, don't waste your time.

Anyway, back to you being uninformed,  in the Art of the Deal, Trump (actually his ghost writer) says that you never move from your initial stance until you get something in return and if you do change your initial stance before getting anything then you have lost.  Trump has gotten absolutely nothing in return for lowering tariffs for every country other than China. So by his own standards he has failed.  When you say that this is the art of the deal you are actually pointing out  that Trump lost. In this instance your ignorance of what you are referencing is unintentionally hilarious.

Better luck next time. 

9secondkox2 said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

9secondkox2 said:

The art of the deal in action. 

It's only a deal if you consider somebody stabbing you six inches in the chest, and then pulling the blade back three inches a deal where you just had paper cuts before.

Idk. I never knew about the tariffs applied to us before now. 

 

I think anyone that has read your commentary hear figured out that you aren't a particularly well informed person.  Good to see you admit it though. 

mfryd said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

So apple benefits from the panic buy now. Then when September hits and things have cooled a bit, apple benefits again from upgraders? Highly possible. Be interesting to revisit in 5 months. 

That is some delusional spin.  

Since the election stock indexes have lost 20% in wealth. Well over 10 trillion dollars in wealth has gone poof! There are people that are retired and on fixed incomes that just saw their savings take a 20% cut. But we aren't done yet, the 20% reduction in wealth was just the first step. Now, in addition to a massive loss in wealth we will all get to pay more for basic things. None of this needed to happen, there is no external force that caused this. It was all due to the decision making of a single person. But the cult members like @9secondkox2 are living in a fantasy world where this is all really great, Dear Leader can do no wrong!  They spent two years complaining about inflation but cheerlead 10 trillion dollars of wealth evaporating from the economy.  

This is what the country asked for.  Trump made it clear that this was his intention.

The people wanted a change, and that's what we got.

If you think Trump is right, then America will quickly come out of this better than before.  If you put more weight into what history and the vast majority of economists tell us, then we are in for a depression.   Time will tell who is right.

Frankly, until the economy stabilizes, and recovers, I would be surprised if any company was willing to make an investment in increasing US based manufacturing.

I am going to disagree with your first sentence, totally agree with the rest. The majority of voters did not vote for this but a plurality certainly did. Sadly the majority couldn't agree on what they wanted and the plurality won.