From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Where Was Midget's Feigned Anger When...
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:17:49 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-08-21 12:07, -hh wrote:
> On 8/20/25 21:22, AlleyCat wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:16:12 -0400, -hh says...
>>
>>>> So . . . you penalize a country that sells you too much
>>>> stuff. Then you penalize them for not selling you enough
>>>> stuff? <snip>
>>>
>>> Still waiting for the justification for Trump's Tariff on
>>> Penguins...
>>
>> This has already been explained to you, through this group. I
>> can't help it if you missed it.
>
> Oh, I already know the explanation: the "geniuses" who originally
> put together the list used AI to generate countries, which used the
> domain registry list instead of actual real countries. That's how
> they got an uninhabited island.
>
> Now MAGAs did try to spin a defense by postulating that countries
> could dodge tariffs by passing goods through that remote
> destination. The problem with this narrative attempt is that it
> doesn't work, because tariffs are based on origin. Examples have
> already been noted on Vietnam exports which have high China content
> levels.
Don't forget their bonkers "formula" for calculating tariff rates.