Originally Posted by Rob B.
In the German news they released a list of countries with the new US tariffs. Interesting that Russia and North Korea were not on the list. Instead, the Heard Island and McDonald Islands were on the list. Those places are uninhabited. Only penguins live there. Make America great again by taxing penguins! I still don't understand it.

Rob,
You continually focus on every detail that you can find that makes your designated enemies look like fools. SOP for Maddow "red meat" propaganda.
If you click on the Yahoo news link in my last post, there are 10 pages of countries that have been addressed.
I suggest that you concentrate on some of those others rather than trying to amplify some obscure islands into a concern.

I suggest Germany and German cars in the US market. That looks like something with consequences and wild cards in it.
The EU also.
And China fills up Walmarts and Costcos. IMO...China trade war retaliation is the biggest threat to US stability. We have absorbed their cheap goods and cheap prices like heroin addicts for decades. They pervade our lives.

When I was younger I paid $40-$80 for button down long-sleeve shirts. Now that I am old, my wife buys my shirts at COSTCO for $15-$20. And those look fine and hold up reasonably well. If they disappeared from Costco? I dunno. When I used to build spec houses, I can't remember a box containing a light fixture that did not say "made in China."

Those countries are worthy of concern.

I suspect that NK and Russia are sanction issues rather than tariffs. Not sure. Is interesting that there is no mention.

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