XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-02-23, Lee  wrote:   
   > pothead  wrote in   
   > news:10ng7b2$2igqt$4@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-02-22, chine.bleu  wrote:   
   >>> Lee wrote:   
   >>>>> Yawn.   
   >>>>> >Same old insignificant crap.   
   >>>>> >So how does this effect you, personally?   
   >>>>> >I suppose the penguins and seals aren't happy, but what about you?   
   >>>>> >ROTFLMAO!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>      Even Fox News highlighted the absurdity   
   >>>> of Trump's tariff policy.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Tariffs are a tax on Americans. They affect all Americans.   
   >>   
   >> As do tariffs which have been excessive for years.   
   >> It needs to change.   
   >> Trump is using tariffs as a negotiating point to make trade fair and   
   >> equitable for all.   
   >   
   >   
   >    Explain Trump slapping a tariff on   
   > Brazil which has a trade SURPLUS with   
   > the US.   
   >   
   >   
   > White House defends tariffs on   
   > Brazil despite trade surplus   
   > July 13, 2025   
   >   
   > https://abcnews.com/ThisWeek/white-house-defends-tariffs-brazil-despite-   
   > trade-surplus/story?id=123707996   
      
   Maybe there is more to it?   
   Negotiating for an airbase or similar. It could be anything and is not always   
   going to be tariffs.   
      
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,   
   but then are shocked and offended to discover that there   
    are other views.   
      
   William F. Buckley, Jr.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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