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I bought two unbranded bicycle bells from Alibaba that cost me 50cents (for both), the tariffs added 75cents. That 150% tax n tariffs for a total of $1.25
This product is still astronomically cheaper than the rebranded bells at REI of the exact product for $32 each!! So now Trump's tariff is higher than the manufacturer's profits. What happens to this tariff, where does it go? And the tariff is not a deterrent since the product is still cheaper. The tariffs are a tax on Americans, not Chinese. Their price did not change for them, but it did for me and to those who buy in bulk and rebrand.

If auto manufacturers were on top of their game, there would've been little reason for companies like Apple to come in and disrupt their dashboards and infotainment systems.

I'm sure soon we'll hear about an "Android Auto Ultra" option. If and when that happens, auto manufacturers will feel even more pressured to adopt the tech like they did when CarPlay was released.

I personally don't feel like it's a good idea for Apple to make a car. They had the opportunity to buy Tesla and booting Elon but made the decision to ignore him and his offer. If there's any discussion for Apple to get into the car business I hope they'd consider Lucid, their EV tech second to none or maybe BYD (I'm sure BYD is not for sale). You gotta think, in what price range will the Apple car be, I would think it'll either be out of many people's price range (aka $100k+) or as affordable as a Fiat 500 or a Mini Cooper.

So Trump's strategy is to basically causes chaos, try to bring back stability, refer to other nation leaders as "kissing his ass", try to recover again but only half way, resulting in the destruction of international trust and reputation. Yeah good job potus!

mikethemartian said:

Maybe Tim can have Trump design the next iPhone Pro.

It'll be orange and Trump will say: It's be the best iPhone ever, Apple will make billions and billions of dollars, no one is ever be able to make a better phone than me, we're gonna have the wealthiest country we've ever had.

Stroke his ego, it's the only way to have any leverage with this admin