XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc   
   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:51:42 -0000 (UTC), pothead   
    wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   And since Lying Lee never really seems to know what he's talking   
   about, we can presume the same for this topic.   
      
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