• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    In his view, the 145% tariffs on Chinese goods are functionally an embargo, and they’ve been rolled out so suddenly that U.S. companies haven’t had time to adapt. “It’s too much too fast,” Fuller told reporters in a phone interview. “The economy can’t absorb it.”

    If only an expert had known this beforehand.

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      16 hours ago

      If only our government was being ran by competent people and if someone is incompetent they were removed.

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        15 hours ago

        Do you want a government full of Steven Millers? 'Cause that’s how you get a government full of Steven Millers.

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          9 hours ago

          I said competent and I meant at their job, not at being a Neonazi!

          For an example, when Kash Patel shows up without a budget to the budget hearing he gets removed for gross incompetence.

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            13 hours ago

            They’re still going to pick neonazis, though, so if you insist on competency then they’ll end up with competent neonazis. That, to me, seems like the worst-case scenario.

            (Also, I want to make it clear that my comments shouldn’t be construed as any sort of praise for Steven Miller’s competency… he’s just the first one who came to mind that was clearly evil yet not also a buffoon.)