According to the BBC, “US President Donald Trump has said he will impose 25% tariffs and sanctions on Colombia after its president barred two US military planes carrying deported migrants from landing in the country. Trump said the emergency tariffs ‘on all goods’ coming into the US from Colombia would be put in place ‘immediately[,]’ and in one week the 25% tariffs would be raised to 50%. Colombian President Gustavo Petro earlier on Sunday said he had denied entry on Colombian soil of US military planes carrying deported migrants. … In response, Trump announced ‘urgent and decisive retaliatory measures’ in a post on TruthSocial. He said the US will impose a travel ban and ‘immediate visa revocations’ on Colombian government officials, as well as its allies and supporters. Trump also said there would be visa sanctions on supporters of the Colombian government, and enhanced customs and border protection inspections ‘of all Colombian nationals and cargo on national security grounds[.]’”
This is what a dictator on day one looks like: If countries refuse to do the bidding of Dictator Don, then expect immediate tariffs and sanctions. Is this supposed to be him negotiating? By unilaterally ordering punitive actions on a whim when Dear Leader is displeased by what a sovereign nation refused to do? I guess the question becomes how high these foreign leaders will jump to please The Don! Will they roll over to avoid tariffs and sanctions, thereby condoning his strongman tactics and lending legitimacy to his presidency, or will they stand up for their country’s sovereignty by rebuking Dictator Don’s attempts to dump randos into their country? I have little faith anyone or any nation can stand up to The Don! He’s sucking all the resistance energy out of feckless democratic countries that just can’t be bothered with protecting human freedoms and the world order that has kept civilization out of World War III for the last 80 years. We’ll see if countries have the least bit of interest in pushing back forcefully. I hear words, lots of words, but not much fight or action. To capitulate is to feed the beast. Oh well, f***tards! Dictator Don is on a rampage, and no one seems to f***ing care.
If there was any doubt that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico on 1 February, then just look to Colombia! And while I’m on the subject, does the adjective “Colombian” ring a bell to any of you cost-conscious f***tard MAGA morons out there? Anyone? Anyone at all? Has any moron in the audience put two and two together yet? Bueller? Bueller? Does “Colombian coffee” sound familiar? For all you coffee fiends, of which I am one, out there, especially you sh*t-for-brains RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and QAnon kooks who worship the Dear Leader and couldn’t stop b*tching about inflation, a 25 percent tariff going up to 50 percent will make your daily cup of joe very, very expensive. And that pertains to all coffee, not just coffee coming from Colombia. This is the finer point of economics that f***tards of America always fail to understand. Restricting supply from one source inherently drives up demand from other sources, hence leading to higher prices everywhere for like products and their substitutes. Oh, but you can’t explain Econ 101 to the average America idiot. They still think the exporting country pays for the tariffs, which, to be clear, they don’t; the business importing the product pays the tax, and that tax is usually passed on to the consumer in whole or in part. But whatever! You f***ing morons are lost when it comes to reality. Is this the chaos-free presidency you, morons, were expecting? Is this the wrecking ball you were hoping The Don! would take to the World and ’Merca!? You voting fools did this, and you deserve all the consequences for putting the Idiot-in-Chief back into the White House! Welcome to trump stupid America. A nation too stupid to endure! I can’t with the stupid anymore!