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NEOBuckeye

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12. Hey Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, Marc Andressen, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon... how do you all feel NOW about backing this shitbag?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:21 PM

Aug 6

You guys in Silicon Valley got behind this bastard and backed him back into the White House. You thought he was going to open new markets for you. Instead, he's closing them down and needlessly killing industry after industry.

Some lot of geniuses you are.

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Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics [View all] riversedge Aug 6 OP

I was wondering what Der Dingleberry was going to turn Tim Cook's visit into... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 6 #1

What an idiot... The Madcap Aug 6 #2

Fucking idiot. Oopsie Daisy Aug 6 #3

Republicans restrict the benefits of society to those who can afford it. bucolic_frolic Aug 6 #4

"But if you're building in the United States of America, there's no charge." speak easy Aug 6 #5

Trump stopped the funding on a multi billion dollar chip factory in Ohio. I think it was an Intel plant. Botany Aug 6 #6

Isn't there some court case re tariffs? RussBLib Aug 6 #7

There is a case on going Old Crank Aug 7 #16

Another brilliant economic plan. sinkingfeeling Aug 6 #8

How much would it cost and how long would it take to get a chip factory online? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 6 #9

Fab plants are expensive Metaphorical Aug 6 #14

3 to 5 years and 10 billion dollars Old Crank Aug 7 #17

FUCK!!! I'm still reeling from a 45% jump in component prices. Eugene Aug 6 #10

Yes! I just purchased a new Dell Win 11 desktop wolfie001 Aug 7 #18

What is with these understated euphemisms? ananda Aug 6 #11

The MSM has been doing that shit for the last 10+ years. It drives me fucking insane, especially since almost no one Karasu Aug 6 #13

Billionaires are their editors wolfie001 Aug 7 #19

Hey Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, Marc Andressen, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon... how do you all feel NOW about backing this shitbag? NEOBuckeye Aug 6 #12

But they dare not speak ill of Tangerine Palpatine RussBLib Aug 7 #20

Meanwhile the new Intel chip plant being built near Columbus Ohio is in trouble. mackdaddy Aug 6 #15