Dude, if we tariff coffee I will personally write a strenuous letter to Trump. In crayon, and strenuous because I won’t have had my coffee.
Withdrawal is going to make people go mad
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Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I do think like 1 million americans sending letters to the white house telling them to fuck off is a funny thing to do. How many letters can be opened by 1 person a day?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 days ago
All of them in severe grogginess crayon writing on construction paper. So they know as soon as they open it.
JohnyRocket@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I am kinda surprised the banana country authorities let this happen at all
dch82@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
inb4 ersatz coffee revival
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My chicory plantation will finally turn a profit! Wait till Dandelion Dan hears about this!
pinkystew@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Chicory makes my teeth hurt, and it tastes like ass. Just seeing the word makes me want to explode vomit out of my eye sockets. It’s horrible what the fuck is wrong with you people
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
On slave plantations
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Foreign slave plantations.
… Not that slave plantations anywhere makes it better, but the fact that it’s foreign will mean that not only is the labor mainly performed by slaves, but we’re also paying a premium because it’s imported goods. Double jeopardy.
Yay capitalism!
gigachad@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Beans?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 days ago
The things at the bottom of some paws?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Nah, those are and will always be free–if you’re lucky. 😼😹 Grab 'em while you can (without bite marks).
PanArab@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Maybe there’s money in starting a coffee exporting business to the US…
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 days ago
???
Not only do tariffs decrease demand by increasing cost, I think you’ll find that people have, in fact, considered that idea before.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Wonder if we will see an uptick in American made “koffee”?
Something like the Ersatzkaffee from yesteryear. I mean they have the means of making caffeine so maybe it will be better?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Black Rifle Koffee
But (assuming a tarrif is something that can even pass) I imagine you’re going to see a swiss cheese of exemptions for favored countries. And these countries will become a back door for imports.
Expect all of your coffee to be mysteriously harvested from Canada.
Kaput@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No don’t. Last mandate, Trump out tarrifs on Canadian steel, labeled it a strategic risk. Read somewhere that it boosted Russian owned us steel mills somehow. Canada is not getting any favors from that guy.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Why do you think Canada would be spared tariffs?
The intent is clearly to “fix” the USs trade deficit, so Canada being the biggest trade partner would be prime for these.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
About a year of shelf storage life for green whole unroasted coffee beans.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 day ago
So then what companies should be formed in the US to give its citizens a chance at affordability of breathing in this life ?
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Coffee :(
regangetsthebat@midwest.social 2 days ago
I’m sure the fuckface is going to only tariff countries and products he doesn’t like, that saidF we have no idea if Mr. KFC drinks coffee or andrenochrome (joke) my guess is he hates mexico so coffee is getting taxed and things like monster and coke are gonna be the only caffeine available. Start growing coffee folks.
InputZero@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I have a gut feeling that his talk of tariffs is a bluff. Even if it’s not my gut still tells me there’s going to be exceptions for certain things that are big money makers for Trump and his allies. Trump’s administration is not going to tax themselves unless they can provide a loophole to get themselves out of it. Ultimately it’s the consumer who pays for tariffs, but they’re entire purpose is to slow down trade and if that costs Trump and his allies too much of their wealth it won’t happen.
Trump is as predictable as he is unpredictable because he doesn’t stay consistent. He changes what he says and does to be perceived as best he can in that moment. Which makes understanding his actions a little easier, his past actions are irrelevant to his future decisions, it’s just about what’s in his head in the moment. Which is just a lot of words to say that Trump, his administration, and his allies are just chaos, and you never really know what chaos will bring except a change in the status quo. It’s not looking optimistic though.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
You mean, so-called shit hole countries?
As a Canadian, I’m curious if we’re considered a “shit hole country” to these fucks.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I think it depends more on how white you are.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Get yourself a few bottles of caffeine pills. They’re really cheap and might get you through some tough times
dullbananas@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Not something Daniel Suelo buys
rotten@lemm.ee 2 days ago
No tariffs have been set but we’re going to just assume they’ll be put on items we can’t even make. 100% tariffs on everything, trade isn’t something you strategically do.
GiveMemes@jlai.lu 2 days ago
The incumbent has claimed repeatedly that there will be 10% tariff on all foreign goods. We can certainly bury our heads in the sand and pretend it’s not happening, but that doesn’t really do us much good.
rotten@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Either he lies all the time or he tells the truth, can’t have both. I’d love to try elimination of the income tax in exchange for tariffs but there’s no way it’s going to happen despite whatever campaign promises were made.
zeppo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s the problem. Trump is a complete fucking idiot, so just because something is a terrible strategy doesn’t mean he won’t do it. Look what happened last time with the tariffs on Chinese goods and the small trade war he sparked that screwed over soy exports. Did Trump learn anything from that? Or his voters? Evidently not.