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keep in mind.....anyone chosen to speak for the administration...they have been chosen specifically because they have no idea what they are talking about.
this makes it much easier for them to tell a convincing lie (as they are only repeating what they are told).....and allows the administration to deny culpability if the are caught.
Accused a reporter of questioning her
Leavitt accused him of questioning her economic knowledge
Which is none. Her degree is in communications and politics which she got while riding a softball scholarship. She was a press writer for Trump's first term, worked as a communications director for Elise Stefanik during the interim, and now she is Press Secretary. None of that is fucking economics. She has zero fucking knowledge of how fucking economics works, that's just stating fucking fact. When it comes to economics she is a fucking idiot.
It's not even a fucking question. Josh Boak has worked in DC economics reporting since 2013, he literally has more economic knowledge in his left pinky fingernail than that stupid fuckface has in her entire fucking life. That is just FACT.
later regretted calling on AP
Because she is a thin skinned bitch. She absolutely cannot stand that people could possibly know MORE than her dumb fucking softball is about as good as it is ever going to get for her, ass could ever know. She's just a fucking idiot, that's all there is to it.
Yes you fucking idiot, yes, Boak knows more by measures larger than stellar bodies are measured, about economics than you. For a White House that gets up in arms about DEI hires, holy shit I dare someone to explain her dumbass.
Sir, your prose is sublime.
It's beating around the bush too much for me. I'm not reading politics for the fees fees or "slams". I'm here because it's a moral and ethical duty to stay informed. If I want to be entertainment I stop paying attention.
She is not an idiot. She knows exactly what she's doing. Every time one of these fascist ghouls spouts dogshit, their lies and propaganda need to be explicitly highlighted with extreme candor, by everyone.
This isn't "questioning her knowledge of economics". It wouldn't matter if she had an economics PHD on tariffs. She is spouting a state propaganda LIE that is identical to the lies of Russian state media. Her knowledge is irrelevant. She knows she's lying. We know she's lying. Nothing else matters. Her intentions are to lie and deceive. She is a fascist cuntrag, and when their dictatorship arrives at its logical conclusion, she should be tried and hung in the Hague like the rest of them.
She is aiding a fascist coup. Never forget that.
Oh, I haven't. That's why I'm here instead of Reddit.
This context is so important!
When called out on your lies, and you are unable to prove otherwise, you should concede your argument. But I suppose the point wasn't to be truthful.
In summary, no one is questioning her economic knowledge because she has none. Just as no one would ever question her ability to feel shame or empathy.
Man people are dumb, for those that still think this is a good idea here is the logic. Tariffs increase the price to bring in goods to a country, the supplier will typically add this additional price increase and charge it back onto the buyer to absorb. Meaning the buyer will see an increase.
Now let’s say Trump is doing this to bring production back to the States, in order to be successful you need to keep costs down as low as possible. This is also the reason alot of countries sent their production overseas because it’s cheaper (wages for example). So in order for the US to even begin competing with production giants like China and keep costs down means workers in the US have to get used to the idea of China style wages and work conditions. Hence Trumps reasoning for giving more power back to companies so that in X years US becomes the new production hub. But the pain to get there is going to be astronomical for the US. Feel free to add or point out any illogical thought processes in my opinion.
Mind you, bringing production back to the US will never lower costs, completely regardless of the fact that labor and environmental compliance is more costly. All tariffs do is set a price floor for imported products that domestic supplies now only have to match.
This comment sounds completely in line with reality lol. Weird reading something like that in these times.
I don't think it's just the pain to get there. It's also painful just being there for the lower class.
Which is everyone below the top 30%. They're eliminating the middle class.
Top 1% or less, more likely.
The same people saying we can't raise the minimum wage cuz it will raise the cost of goods are somehow unable to understand this.
Is the real way to stick it to Canada (and others) is set a limit on the amount of product they can export to the US?
Well...
First off, why do you want to stick of to Canada. They, by and large, have been good neighbors to the US. The only people who get angry at Canada are usually Canadians.
That aside, limiting imports limits supply, likely increasing prices for whatever product has been limited. It's not that different from the tariffs, as far as the consumer is concerned. The big difference is that it sets up a first mover benefit for the exporters/importers (if you get your whole supply across before the cutoff, you get to sell all of it, whereas later sellers might only be able to get part of their supply across. Faster companies benefit from this, to unknown effect.) as opposed to a capital/demand limit from the tariffs. (higher tariffs require higher prices, which often prices out some amount of people who would buy the item. Importers can try to narrow their unit margin or spend capital to sell more slowly. Companies with more capital can find it easier to afford either/both.)
I personally don’t want to stick it to Canada, but tariffs are 1D chess.
Even subsidizing makes more sense.
One of the big issues is that tariffs are protectionist in the same way as a space suit. Yeah, if the outside is hostile, it can protect you, but you better have things inside the suit already working to provide you with everything you need or you'll end up far, far worse off.
Not really, because that harms the production within the US as well. Produce less means selling less, leas profits means less workers needed.
"I now regret letting a real reporter show how stupid I am, and how stupid I think the American people are."- Dumb Reich Barbie.
This is the person whose tweet that directly spilled the beans was directly referenced by the judge as the reason an injunction was placed on Trump's spending freeze order.
I don't know how this lady is more insufferable than the last.
The other day my mom asked me “wouldn’t you rather pay tariffs than income taxes?” I’m in the bottom percent of tax payers and she’s even worse off. I still haven’t responded.
We're still paying income taxes.
Seems like an easy, non-confrontational response.
I actually haven’t responded because I just think she’s so stupid for even saying that and have nothing much to say to her without being mean
Sometimes, you gotta be a little mean.
And sometimes you have to double down when they aren't listening.
Ive called her the “c” word before 😬
Stupid does as stupid is.
Income taxes are relative to your own income. Tariffs don't give a shit about your income or your ability to pay them.
Yeah, she’s a dumb ass
Well he won’t be allowed back in the press room anytime soon.
Yeah that is true. It's good to see someone call out the lies when they happen though.
LOL, when in doubt blame it on lugenpresse, oops, I mean the "fake news".
It's not that you are a fucking idiot and/or a fucking LIAR, it's that the question came from AP.