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Donald Trump has continually insisted that deals over his tariffs are coming.

Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that the U.S. doesn’t “have to sign” any trade deals, inadvertently admitting that his administration hasn’t made any progress during the 90-day pause on his disastrous tariffs.

During a tense meeting to discuss tariffs with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the president attempted to move the goal posts on actually completing any agreements with foreign countries.

“Everyone says, ‘When, when, when, are you going to sign deals?’ We don’t have to sign deals!” Trump said.

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 216 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Trump: we’ve made over 200 trade deals

Everyone: with who?

Trump: she goes to another school

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 57 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

It's funny he is so stupid he can't even tell a plausible lie! Because he has to exaggerate beyond what's even possible.

https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/

Countries in the world: 195

So surprise surprise the actual number is zero. 🤣🤣🤣

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Of course you're not wrong that he's lying out his ass, but fwiw multiple trade deals can occur between two nations, over different types of products or industries or at different times.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Probably just one trade deal for each penguin

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"He never said they were Earthly nations. He's making deals with nations across the galactic empire!" - One of Trump's 20 billion supporters.

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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

She lives in Canada. Wait, not that Canada...

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 177 points 3 days ago (4 children)

“We don’t have to sign deals. They have to sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market, we don’t want a piece of their market. We don’t care about their market. They want a piece of our market,” Trump rambled.

"Trump rambled" is the best attribution for trump quotes.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

'We don't care about their market' is such a self indictment of his understanding of global trade.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Poor soybean farmers hearing that when maybe 40% of their crop ends up in Chyyy-nah

Your base mighttt care about their market lil bro

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago

also like… literally the reason for tariffs: because people want international goods and nobody wants yours

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 32 points 3 days ago (3 children)

If we don't care about their market, why are we trying to balance trade?

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

Because his economic thinking is less advanced than David Ricardo's, and Ricardo died 200 years ago. Ricardo showed the imbecility of attempting to have a pairwise balance of trade for every trading partner, in simple terms, though probably not simple enough for Trump to understand, even if he attempted to learn.

As an economist recently observed, my balance of trade with my barber is negative: so what?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Trump doesn't. He just wants vassal states.

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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Blithered" might be slightly more correct.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

This is what happens when you mainline American Exceptionalism for 80 years - It rots your brain.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 168 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Emperor has no clothes. Nazis don’t care.

Dday part 2 coming soon.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 48 points 3 days ago

If there’s one emperor you absolutely want to wear clothes, it’s trump.

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

If we could get someone Trump listens to saying that the United States is falling behind Norway in dilithium mining, and state it confidently, he would 100% be demanding Norway's dilithium operations the next day.

We should find a way to do this.

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[–] Vari@lemm.ee 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How many MAGA folks will ever see this? Probably very few. And most of those few will dismiss it without a second thought.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

He wanted to nuke a hurricane and americans still voted for him.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Hey now, he eventually back pedaled and successfully redirected the hurricane by using just a sharpie.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 57 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I still can't fully wrap my head around just how stupid he is. It surprises me, every time.

[–] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 7 points 2 days ago

That, and the sheer stupidity of the morons who voted for him.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 69 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Last month, Trump claimed to have already struck 200 trade agreements with foreign countries, a remark so outlandish it sent members of his administration scrambling to make it make sense. (There are also only 195 countries in the world.)

The vile foreigner swine must have pulled out of all of them over the past month.

[–] Labtec6@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I would say this guy this is dumber than a bag of hammers but that would be an insult to the bag of hammers.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

In the hands of Trump, a hammer is corrupted beyond redemption.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)

At least hammers have a use.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

What's that, Lassie?

All he's done is ruin everything and make the world worse for everybody?

He's crashing the US economy?

He's doing hundreds of years worth of damage to the country?

Millions of innocent people's lives are ruined?

Millions of innocent people outside of the country will probably needlessly die because of him?

What's that, Lassie?

Huh? It almost sounds French.

Oh, guillotine.

GOOD DOG!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Well, we all know how incapable Trump is regarding business and economy. Basically any halfway professional diplomat or trade official will basically run him into the next wall, head first.

China is only the first of many countries where he will learn that he is playing with adults for the first time. These are not random bootlicking apprentices he can fire at a whim.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 48 points 3 days ago (9 children)

If you have money in your 401k pull it now.

Shits gonna pop

[–] protist@mander.xyz 36 points 3 days ago (6 children)

You can direct your investments in your 401k to international funds much more easily

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Im planning on rolling it into Euros.

That is the likely currency to replace the US dollar.

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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Doesn't matter the currency will be worthless too

Pull 401k and buy a tangible object

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (5 children)

This is stupid. Selling your investments at a low price for a currency that's quickly devaluing is two boneheaded moves in one.

Move as many of your investments as possible outside of the US.

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump is full of shit. As usual.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

He is a pile of shit in a trench-coat

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Holding all the cards but his casinos are gone.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

"We don’t have to sign deals!” Trump said.

Why even bother signing a deal that everyone knows you're going to break

[–] jerryh100@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Made deal with 200 nations? Yeah, imagiNations.

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 10 hours ago

Wakanda, Narnia, Atlantis, Mordor, New Crobuzon, Dis, Sodom & Gomora, flavortown, that isle where all gay man live, the underworld and belgium.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Wherever he appears, everyone should just break out in laughter.

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[–] opus86@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm really hoping that after enough people yell at him about how much money they are losing, he will just drop the tariffs and wonder off to the next disaster.

[–] whatmeworry@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You forgot the part where he declares victory and claims he saved us from the disaster that he himself made.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

And 70 million+ American voters believe it.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

oh you mean Donald Trump is full of shit like always?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I guess leaders are too busy kissing his ass?

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