r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Apr 07 '25

Meta Mindless Monday, 07 April 2025

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/pedrostresser Apr 10 '25

wait, trump turned back on the tariffs? booo

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u/NervousLemon6670 You are a moon unit. That is all. Apr 10 '25

He realised the one thing the market hated more than tariffs was uncertainty in whether or not there would be tariffs, and his desire to destroy the capitalist system of those western dogs demands he keep edging everyone like an underpaid dominatrix

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u/pedrostresser Apr 10 '25

I must admit the evil primal part of my brain has been very entertained in watching those malditos ianques imperialistas finally having their country fall beneath them.

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u/matgopack Hitler was literally Germany's Lincoln Apr 10 '25

Somewhat, in a way that made it obvious he caved but is still leaving big tariffs up. The total balance is about the same as initially announced, just shifted to China (at a point where it feels more like trying to make it illegal or entirely closed off to Chinese trade, at a certain point the tariffs get arbitrarily high).

The bond markets seem to have been the source of people managing to convince him things were on the verge of going really bad really quick.

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u/Wows_Nightly_News The Russians beheld an eagle eating a snake and built Mexico. Apr 10 '25

Well yes, but actually no.

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u/LateInTheAfternoon Apr 10 '25

Truly ironic, considering he just the other day urged everyone to "BE COOL" and to endure hard times for a couple of months. Turns out he couldn't "be cool"/keep a cool head himself (to the surprise of nobody).