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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊My thoughts were going in this direction when I posted about how the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is labeling people as “terrorists” and how Kristi Noem the other day at the WH said, “We want people in this country who love us.”—<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> were 1) Who is “us,” because it does not seem to be all Americans, and 2) labeling people as “terrorists” gives the admin more latitude (even only with public opinion) to imprison and/or deport people without due process. /2 🧵<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/114348923569434264" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/114348923569434264</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Cognitive bias (e.g., confirmation bias) mixed with power and arrogance can be a very dangerous thing.~ Kennedy plans autism studies aimed at identifying ‘environmental toxins' linked to rise ~<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rfkjr</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a><a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/rfk-jr-autism-studies-aimed-at-identifying-environmental-toxins/3724228/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/rfk-jr-autism-studies-aimed-at-identifying-environmental-toxins/3724228/</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊More thoughts (cont.)— This is especially true considering how, (often without proof), the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is labeling people as ‘terrorists,’ both domestic and international.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Kristi Noem said something like, ‘if they don’t like us,’ they can leave — and I’m not sure who they’re talking about liking or who exactly “us” is— because “home growns” seem like Americans too— so perhaps they mean if Americans don’t like Trump and/or Maga they can leave?(Edit— I’m reviewing the vid (which I recorded); she said, “We should only have people in our country that love us,” in context of talking abt deporting “dangerous” people/criminals)/3 of 3<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊In an executive order (EO) earlier today, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> attacked ANOTHER <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> firm, Susman Godfrey, ordering the immediate revocation of security clearances, the return of property/goods & the termination of contracts, even secondary ones between gov’t contractors and the law firm. He accused ‘Susman’ of weaponizing the American legal system (that’s rich*), undermining the US military, and practicing “unlawful discrimination in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion.”* ( <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> ) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊RFK Jr. said that no one knows how the measles vaccine (MMR) will affect people—BECAUSE HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT MEDICINE OR PUBLIC HEALTH.“We are doing that science today so we know the risks of that product and we also know what the benefits are. And right now, we don’t know the risks of many of these products because they’re not safety tested.” — RFK Jr., US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary (CBS NEWS interview on CNN)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rfkjr</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Trump’s Truth Social post this morning before his tariff pause announcement is incredibly suspicious and demonstrates how there may not be rules against HIS market manipulation.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>~ Trump Said Today Was a ‘Great Time to Buy.’ He Was Right ~<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/trump-said-wednesday-was-a-great-time-to-buy-he-was-right" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/trump-said-wednesday-was-a-great-time-to-buy-he-was-right</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Trump said he might exempt some US companies that have been “hit harder” by his tariffs.*How will he decide which countries get exempted?“Instictively, he said. “You almost can’t take a pencil and paper to it.”( <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> — well, no, I don’t think he can. Nor could he take a spreadsheet to it.Also <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> — he will start playing favorites with certain US companies he likes the best.)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>* CNN live/3 🧵

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Trump thinks other countries “make” money when they have a trade surplus over the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> (and the U.S. subsequently loses money).I don’t think it matters how many economists try to get him to see things differently. This is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trumponomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumponomics</a> . 🧐<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> /6 of 6 🧵I quoted the words carefully below and listened three times. He said, “They were charged tariffs.”

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> simplistically blamed all of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> over Biden’s administration* on “energy.”Then he said, “We’re gonna try to get ‘groceries’ down, right? An old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term…”( <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> — it is probably an old-fashioned term for him since he hasn’t needed to buy groceries himself nearly all his life, so he forgot people did that )*Note: Inflation was pandemic-related and came down over Biden’s term. Also, Biden moved to directly lower energy prices./4 of 6 🧵

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>: ‘The EU… was formed with all of the countries from Europe. I guess most of them, not all of them, but most of them…”<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> — why doesn’t he know this?/3 of 6 🧵

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/4Trump doesn’t like losing, so he will keep this up as long as he needs to, if permitted to do so. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Two more law firm capitulated to Trump recently. Willkie Farr & Gallagher will give <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> $100 million in free legal services, among other concessions, and Milbank will give Trump $100 million in pro bono legal services and make sure to get rid of any traces of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> in its practice, among other things 🥴( <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> — give him an inch and he’ll take a mile. There will be no end to the free services they provide him.)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USGov</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-reaches-agreement-with-milbank-law-firm-2025-04-02/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-reaches-agreement-with-milbank-law-firm-2025-04-02/</a>——<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-retribution-emhoff-89db97e7f76dd4cbf74d571a648baedb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-retribution-emhoff-89db97e7f76dd4cbf74d571a648baedb</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/6 🧵<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> (cont.)Anyway, bottom line—Trump’s tariff plans are 100% pro-inflationary.The aggressive, high tariffs and other protectionist measures will lead to:— higher prices — increased isolation of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> from other trading countries — fewer choices for consumers ~~In addition, the crippling ripple effects of Trump’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>, especially if prolonged, will hurt US businesses and the labor market.~~There is a reason <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> told Americans to expect some “pain.”

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/5 🧵<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> (cont.)Changing a country from a net importer to a net exporter of manufactured goods would require that the quality and prices of the goods be competitive on the world market. 1) Quality — there are many other countries manufacturing fantastic goods2) Price — would the US compete (must consider cost factors like labor and COGS, which would rise w/ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> )… unless the country plans on boxing itself in and trading with itself 🤔<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/4 🧵<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> (cont.)US-based auto makers & suppliers will be hit very hard by extreme <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> . Some might even fail unless subsidized by the US gov’t. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and it takes time to shift supply chains and manufacturing methods.Interestingly, though, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> stands to benefit over its competitors.~ Tesla stands strong amid Trump's auto tariffs, emphasizes US supply chain strength ~<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AutoIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutoIndustry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2025/03/27/tesla-stands-strong-trumps-auto-tariffs/82688667007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2025/03/27/tesla-stands-strong-trumps-auto-tariffs/82688667007/</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/3 🧵<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> (cont.)The US has been a net importer for much time (consumer spending makes up ~68% of GDP) and its citizens, the consumers, are used to having much purchasing choice.Pushing the country to fundamental economic change through <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> will inevitably isolate the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> while hurting its economy. Prices will rise per free market principles of supply & demand unless they are set by the State (meaning <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> — is that where he’s going w/ threatening companies?). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/2 🧵So <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> —This is not free market capitalism. It’s ultra protectionist quasi-mercantilism. He’s treating the US like a developing country with an emerging market, trying to push it to become a net exporter (vs. importer) by force at the expense of other nations and the US economy (at least in the short-term).And absolutely - US auto makers / suppliers would have to raise prices to meet their bottom lines when their COGS suddenly increase because of tariffs.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊This is obviously a big ruse. Throwing out shiny objects to deflect blame.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

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