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President Donald Trump's United States of America

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Trump imposes tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adjusts duties on steel, other metals - POLITICO
Trump imposes tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adjusts duties on steel, other metals
After a long delay, the administration is rolling out new duties on drug imports, with major carve-outs.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will levy tariffs as high as 100 percent on some name-brand pharmaceuticals and is adjusting tariffs on products that contain steel and aluminum, the administration’s first move to expand duties since the Supreme Court dealt his trade agenda a blow in February.
The pharmaceutical tariffs order contains a raft of exemptions, including for generic drugs and for companies that have already committed to building manufacturing plants in the U.S. by the end of Trump’s term. Countries that have struck trade agreements with the administration will also receive lower rates, drastically narrowing how many drugs will ultimately be hit by the triple-digit duties.

 
thettctransitfanatic said:
There are rumours that following the firing of Pam Bondi, that Trump is considering also firing Tulsi Gabbard and possibly Kash Patel.
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IIRC, Trump fired much of his staff in the first 12-18 months of his first term, including Sally Yates, Tom Price, Rex Tillerson, and David Shulkin. No one should accept a role in Trump’s cabinet without a plan to retire within the year.
 
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thettctransitfanatic said:
Trump imposes tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adjusts duties on steel, other metals - POLITICO
Trump imposes tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adjusts duties on steel, other metals
After a long delay, the administration is rolling out new duties on drug imports, with major carve-outs.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will levy tariffs as high as 100 percent on some name-brand pharmaceuticals and is adjusting tariffs on products that contain steel and aluminum, the administration’s first move to expand duties since the Supreme Court dealt his trade agenda a blow in February.
The pharmaceutical tariffs order contains a raft of exemptions, including for generic drugs and for companies that have already committed to building manufacturing plants in the U.S. by the end of Trump’s term. Countries that have struck trade agreements with the administration will also receive lower rates, drastically narrowing how many drugs will ultimately be hit by the triple-digit duties.
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It shouldn't matter to much of his base. Their idea of a pharmaceutical is bleach and worm pills. Even Tylenol is analgesic non grata.
 
afransen said:
The monarch has no real power. They have a mechanistic constitutional role.
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I'm okay with the status quo personally. And mostly because I simply don't trust a country that mostly consumes American media to not copy their republican system because that's what most of us know. Heck, a lot of the 90s was spent with the Reform Party advocating for an American style Senate (Triple E). Heck, this place itself is obsessed with everything going on in the US. There's some latent desire to import that north.

People always say, "We could copy xyz European model." We could. But we won't.
 
kEiThZ said:
I'm okay with the status quo personally. And mostly because I simply don't trust a country that mostly consumes American media to not copy their republican system because that's what most of us know. Heck, a lot of the 90s was spent with the Reform Party advocating for an American style Senate (Triple E). Heck, this place itself is obsessed with everything going on in the US. There's some latent desire to import that north.

People always say, "We could copy xyz European model." We could. But we won't.
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I don't know how anyone could see the US Senate and think that is a model we should import. Many on the right seem to be brought up (perhaps consuming US media( idolizing the US governmental structure and take it as given that it is the best possible system for government. Triple E senate was simply a non-starter, and if they had tried to impose that on Ontario and especially Quebec, it would have gone very badly indeed.
 
What's the difference between Iran and Viet Nam?

Trump knew how to get out of Viet Nam.

(bada-boom).

www.bbc.com

Trump seeks massive $1.5tn for defence alongside cuts in domestic spending

The US president's new budget would cut non-defence spending by 10%, partly by slashing domestic programmes.
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I am reminded of kings and queens of old raising taxes to fund their wars and crusades. Maybe he'll send sheriffs (or ICE!) out to just grab money from the peasants.
 
afransen said:
I don't know how anyone could see the US Senate and think that is a model we should import. Many on the right seem to be brought up (perhaps consuming US media( idolizing the US governmental structure and take it as given that it is the best possible system for government. Triple E senate was simply a non-starter, and if they had tried to impose that on Ontario and especially Quebec, it would have gone very badly indeed.
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As far as elected-Senate models go, there's also the Australian Senate to consider...
 
There's an increasingly good chance that Trump finally met his match. He has no way out of this. If he persists, Americans are going to die in an unpopular war while Iran hunkers down on the Strait and gas prices continue to escalate exponentially. Trump's position back home becomes untenable. If he gets out without re-opening the Strait, Iran holds the trigger on the gun over the world economy, pulling it to hurt Trump towards the Midterms out of revenge or strategy, or both. He loses either way.

If this war is still going in November and gas is at $5 or $6 a gallon and electricity is expensive through the Summer, the Senate is in play. Without his influence to keep Republicans in power, Trump loses leverage over House and Senate Republicans. I could see things turning really quickly. The only way out of this war is for Republicans to take the old man out back by the shed. Vance is widely known to be against this war and has remained uncharacteristically quiet throughout it. If anti-war Republicans were to join the Democrats to impeach and convict Trump, as President, Vance would have the standing and mandate to maneuver the US out of this quagmire. He doesn't care what happens to Iran, he just wants out of it even if Israel and the Middle East are left to deal with Trump's mess.

The fortified IRGC agrees to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, because they're now in charge without the need for a civilian leadership veil, they get to get rid of Trump and they can dominate the Middle East and hold the West hostage once they've rebuilt, accelerating towards a nuclear weapon unimpeded. They'll take the deal with Vance.

I'm not particularly looking forward to Vance as POTUS but he's not insane or dangerously unpredictable and he doesn't command the MAGA movement nor does he have the charisma to take it over. By 2028, Vance would be toxic — Trump would destroy him from the outside if he supported his impeachment or even just stood by and took Trump's place.
 
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nightstreak said:
There's an increasingly good chance that Trump finally met his match. He has no way out of this. If he persists, Americans are going to die in an unpopular war while Iran hunkers down on the Strait and gas prices continue to escalate exponentially. Trump's position back home becomes untenable. If he gets out without re-opening the Strait, Iran holds the trigger on the gun over the world economy, pulling it to hurt Trump towards the Midterms out of revenge or strategy, or both. He loses either way.

If this war is still going in November and gas is at $5 or $6 a gallon and electricity is expensive through the Summer, the Senate is in play. Without his influence to keep Republicans in power, Trump loses leverage over House and Senate Republicans. I could see things turning really quickly. The only way out of this war is for Republicans to take the old man out back by the shed. Vance is widely known to be against this war and has remained uncharacteristically quiet throughout it. If anti-war Republicans were to join the Democrats to impeach and convict Trump, as President, Vance would have the standing and mandate to maneuver the US out of this quagmire. He doesn't care what happens to Iran, he just wants out of it even if Israel and the Middle East are left to deal with Trump's mess.

The fortified IRGC agrees to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, because they're now in charge without the need for a civilian leadership veil, they get to get rid of Trump and they can dominate the Middle East and hold the West hostage once they've rebuilt, accelerating towards a nuclear weapon unimpeded. They'll take the deal with Vance.

I'm not particularly looking forward to Vance as POTUS but he's not insane or dangerously unpredictable and he doesn't command the MAGA movement nor does he have the charisma to take it over. By 2028, Vance would be toxic — Trump would destroy him from the outside if he supported his impeachment or even just stood by and took Trump's place.
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Trouble is, Trump's natural instinct remains "no means harder". And his best, most efficient, most music-to-the-ears tool to combat the chorus of "no" happens to be...Hegseth's bloodthirsty video-game Holy War gesturing. Whose ultimate end game is, literally, apocalyptic--but hey, as long as you finish "on top", even if it's in the same way that Elliott Rodger finished "on top"...
 
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