or on a whim is pretty much stupid, ignorant, and/or completely
divorced from reality.

Everything he does that actually gets put into action is likely an
idea or an instruction from one or more of his psychopathic insiders.

BoRaGard

(6,243 posts)

2. Why are there questions without answers?

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:47 AM

Monday

* asking for those with and without clues.

pandr32

(13,211 posts)

3. My guess is that 47 is trying to appear tough.

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:49 AM

Monday

Moostache

(10,664 posts)

5. Yup... very common bully tactic.

Reply to pandr32 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:52 AM

Monday

The issue here is Trump is not only a bully, he is an incalculable imbecile on top of that. I have never in my life seen a more pathetic human being, and its not even close. The Christo-fascist shucksters and frauds look like well-adjusted choir boys when standing next to the abomination that is Donnie Two-Scoops.

unblock

(55,377 posts)

4. But Biden is old.

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:50 AM

Monday

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,826 posts)

6. We have very minimal trade with Russia

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:54 AM

Monday

So any tariffs won’t matter, if he even imposes them

Ocelot II

(125,905 posts)

7. More dick-waving by someone who hasn't much to wave.

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:55 AM

Monday

He can announce a 1,000% percent tariff on those prohibited imports and MAGA will be so impressed with his manly power - while the rest of us just roll our eyes...

dalton99a

(89,376 posts)

8. Trump on Putin: "He fooled Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden - he didn't fool me!"

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:56 AM

Monday

“My conversations with him are very pleasant, and then the missiles go off at night,” President Trump said of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Clearly sensitive about his turnaround, Trump added of Putin: “He fooled Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden — he didn’t fool me.”

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/14/us/trump-news

Bmoboy

(506 posts)

9. And once again, Russia doesn't pay the tariffs

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 11:57 AM

Monday

The US consumer does.

70sEraVet

(4,679 posts)

10. I guess he's going to make them pay to use the bathroom at Mar-a-lago

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:02 PM

Monday

They'll have to pay extra if its the bathroom where classified docs are stored.

Nasruddin

(1,067 posts)

11. Troubling

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:02 PM

Monday

This episode of apparent dementia by President Trump is more bad news for Joe Biden.

MiHale

(11,914 posts)

12. You're not in the right frame of mind...

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:08 PM

Monday

Get rip roaring drunk…bash yourself on the head a few dozen times…tell yourself that’s reality… then you may be on an equal footing to be able to understand.

Gotta leave the normal plane of thought.

republianmushroom

(20,614 posts)

13. Posturing for the press.

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:12 PM

Monday

He will call his master later and tell him , Master Putin only joking, just joking. Must divert attention away from Epstein files.

Mr.WeRP

(845 posts)

14. Secondary tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:13 PM

Monday

That’s what is intended and it is a good move actually. It will get China and India to start pressuring Russia to stop.

Whether or not this results in that is questionable, but strategically, this is a good move.

House of Roberts

(6,115 posts)

16. Does he even understand that?

Reply to Mr.WeRP (Reply #14)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:17 PM

Monday

He can't articulate that it's actually tariffs on Russian clients, (who should already be under tariffs and other sanctions), and not directly on Russia.

Mr.WeRP

(845 posts)

18. To be fair, he did say secondary in the soundbite I heard

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #16)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:31 PM

Monday

Not trying to defend him at all but he was aware the tariffs would be levied mostly on BRICS countries.

Wiz Imp

(5,968 posts)

17. Sloppily worded (What else would you expect from Trump?) but it actually could be meaningful if he chose to enforce it.

Reply to House of Roberts (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 02:22 PM

Monday

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/trump-the-next-100-days/5399546-live-updates-trump-nato-russia-ukraine-senate-house/

President Trump said on Monday the U.S. would impose 100 percent secondary economic sanctions on countries that trade with Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine in the next 50 days.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c36xrr9kj11t

Trump threatens 'very severe' tariffs against Russia if no Ukraine deal within 50 days
In a nutshell, any country that continues to do trade with Russia will face a big tax to sell their products to the US.

If, for example, India keeps buying oil from Russia – which it has continued to do since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 – US companies who purchase goods from India would have to pay a 100% import tax, or tariff, when the products reach American shores.

The idea is it makes these goods so expensive, US businesses would choose to buy them cheaper elsewhere, resulting in lost revenue for India.

The intention is also to hobble Russia’s economy. Theoretically, if it is unable to generate money by selling oil to other nations, it will have less cash to finance the war in Ukraine..

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