Donald Trump ‌on Wednesday said ​any ​country supplying Iran ⁠with ​military weapons ​will face immediate 50% tariffs ​with ​no exemptions, announcing ‌the ⁠duty in a social media ​post ​one ⁠day after ​agreeing to ​a two-week ⁠ceasefire with Tehran.

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      First he removed the sanctions on Russian oil to address high gas prices, then he fucks Americans by letting them pay tarrifs on that oil and increase gas prices even more.

      Makes perfect sense… if you are Russian or their brain-dead puppet.

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        It also makes sense if he’s manipulating the stock market.

        I wonder who sold off their oil futures yesterday afternoon and bought stocks.

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      They said he didn’t have any justification that the ones he set before actually were necessary for national security. He’s actually got a possible justification this time, despite how nonsensical it is to use tariffs for this instead of sanctions.

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      He is claiming he will just institute them under another authority, which would take time to work through the courts. It’s a broken system.

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      He literally doesn’t understand anything unless it’s transactional.

      (Which is not to say that he does understand it if it is, mind you.)

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    So the US? He said he gave weapons to the protestors, or does the rule only apply starting…now, wait…now, wait…now

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    Remember the Iran-Contra-Affair? America being a big supplier of weapons to Iran? Will Donald issue tariffs against the USA?

    Because the other countries supplying Iran are Russia, where there is basically no business with, and China, which is known to best Trump in the Tariff Game.

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    See! I TOLD you the ONLY way to stop this War that Trump started for No Reason is to have TRUMP leading Us! MORE Tariffs Daddy!

    -Republicans but UNIRONICALLY!

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    Like, all the others got struck down, right? How does he think this will stick?

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    He might… and give me a bit of latitude here, but… he might be an idiot. Just a hunch.