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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/5 (extra)Oh and one more thing I just thought of—If someone’s immediate go-to deal-making tactic is the “shakedown” method, that person sucks at making deals. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/negotiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#negotiation</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊And finally—4) Calling it a “shakedown” almost makes it sound cool. IT ISN’T!/4 of 4 🧵 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/3 of 4 🧵 More of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> –1) It’s interesting that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> is treating the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> like an emerging market. I discussed this with a friend of mine the other day. It’s just a matter of time before the US gets treated back as such.2) Super high, blanket <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> are unsustainable and the “shakedown” tactics will eventually fail and might even backfire.3) Trump’s demanding investment proves that his actions are about power, not balancing trade.

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊~Trump's Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs: “... Trump is using an "Art of the Deal" approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.” ~ --( <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> — Having never read his ghost-written book, “The Art of the Deal,” I didn’t realize its deal-making tactics included extortion 🤔 )/1 of 4 🧵 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> --<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/politics/trump-tariffs-foreign-investment.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/politics/trump-tariffs-foreign-investment.html</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/3I know many don’t want to hear or read about anything related to the Orange Buffoon, but when it comes down people’s finances, I thought you all might want to know—Many who subscribe to Paramount+ might choose otherwise when they find out about the changes that the FCC Chairman has said are coming. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/2Gross if it becomes the Trump Streaming Platform 🤮It’s got the Star Trek— ughhhAlso, it is clear why they fired Colbert (if it wasn’t clear before).Also, which “Americans” was Carr referring to because there really only seem to be certain folks that the trump team see as American. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

oldguy52 - resist, live, loveMy thoughts — “game on” Democrats should have started that during Obama’s term, and the Hillary Clinton campaign. The damage done by the party during the second Biden campaign was heartbreaking, and the DNC all owe Harris an apology rather than the vitriolic attacks they fire off today. Damage done will take years if not decades to unravel.<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NotSilent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotSilent</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said* that Trump is in a “world of denial” about how his tariffs will cause the prices for everyday products (“like groceries, toys, baby products”) to go up for those in the US.Honestly, I think he’s in a state of ‘I don’t really care’ and ‘I’m always right because I’m the smartest and best person ever.’What are your thoughts? 🤔<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prices</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USeconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>* (MSNBC)

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊So this will be a huge blow to patient privacy—Many of the private companies are OUTSIDE of HIPPA (the law that guards patient health information). (Crazy— I just posted a comment about how so many companies seek to sell their clients’ information-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> )<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rfkjr</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>~ Trump Announces Plan to Launch Private Health Tracking System With Big Tech Firms ~<a href="https://time.com/7306647/trump-health-data-medical-records/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7306647/trump-health-data-medical-records/</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊~ Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Shutting Down After Federal Funding Rescission ~“The recently signed tax cut and budget bill took back $1.1 billion in previously approved funds.”(A sad day for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> )<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutting-down-1236335890/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-shutting-down-1236335890/</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊His broad, high tariffs are ultimately unsustainable and the game will eventually end. The question is how much damage it will do.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/6 🧵I wonder if the fired <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLS</a> Chief can sue for libel and if it would matter 🤔From the article:~ On social media, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> claimed w/o evidence: “McEntarfer ‘faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try & boost Kamala’s chances of Victory,’ referencing to his defeated opponent in the 2024 election... Trump declared: “Important numbers like this must be fair & accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes.”<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USeconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/08/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-bureau-labor-statistics-chief/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fortune.com/2025/08/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-bureau-labor-statistics-chief/</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/5 🧵<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> —The sub-headline of that article is rich:“The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data ‘for political purposes.’”<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USeconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#irony</a>~ Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report ~ (article posted again in this thread for those that may not have seen it)<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/2 🧵More of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> —1) Why does the US president have so much power with all the people he can hire and fire? 🤔2) Since <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> is basically confessing to politicizing economic numbers, how will we know which are accurate? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USeconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Trump fired the labor statistics chief (over his social media) because he didn’t like the latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobs</a> report.*--> Does he know that the recent jobs report will likely prompt the Fed to cut rates in Sept— exactly what he has been complaining about?(He recently even called the Fed Chair a “moron” because he hasn’t yet done so.)/1 🧵 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USeconomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>* (per CNN)

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> —The nearly $1 billion transferred to a mysterious classified project account and the 4 billion already being spent for Boeing to remake Air Force One is all taxpayer money./5🧵(end) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USGov</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/6Bullying will eventually backfire. And it makes me sad. And mad. And ashamed. And embarrassed that such an ass is at the helm. It is supposedly not a legally-binding agreement, though, and the details are still a bit murky (for example—goods that the EU imports from the US could possibly have no tariffs placed on them).US consumers will also face higher prices due to the increased <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> on imported EU goods.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊/5<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> —Bullying may give short-term ‘wins,’ but is a fools errand in the long-run. Bullying allies is a stupid isolationist move. Blanket <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> are unsustainable as they will lead to higher prices & less amicable trade. Countries will look for work-arounds & trade w/ the bully country less. Bullying will eventually backfire as resentment builds.Trump can’t seem to see past the tip of his nose (or maybe doesn’t care).<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxpdv5x54ko" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxpdv5x54ko</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MyThoughts</a> —Bullying may give short-term ‘wins,’ but is a fools errand in the long-run. Bullying allies is a stupid isolationist move. Blanket <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> are unsustainable as they will lead to higher prices & less amicable trade. Countries will look for work-arounds & trade w/ the bully country less. Bullying will eventually backfire as resentment builds.Trump can’t seem to see past the tip of his nose (or maybe doesn’t care).<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxpdv5x54ko" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxpdv5x54ko</a>From: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@dalfen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dalfen</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/114926635382382699" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/114926635382382699</a>

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