Don't worry, everyone. He and Elon have made a real killing off all of this. They're richer than ever!
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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You don't need the arrow. Rocket launchers damaging things both ways from the propellant blast and the analogy works even better.
After observing what effect the back blast had on his target: "A dud launcher. See? Swedes don't know how to make a rocket."
I agree, and I thought the same thing. I wonder if the artist knew this too, because it seems like a better version of it, but I think most people don't know that rocket launchers have backblast, so maybe it's not as good for sending the message to average people.
The target should have a "I voted" sticker on their shirt.
More people didn't vote than voted for either of them. Maybe an "I didn't vote" sticker for a little redundancy.
It’s missing the vast majority of congress cheering him on, but otherwise seems accurate enough.
Should’ve been a cheering MAGA voter.
If only they were the only people to be affected by this.
Yeah, it should be a MAGA voter cheering and giving the finger to the “evil brown guy” next to him. But still showing both people in the line of fire.
Bro, Mexico paid for the wall just like he said. This is the same, China pays the tariffs.
he’s a genius
If only rocket launchers had a more diegetic way to indicate where the rocket comes out.
A bit outdated, but Trump is indeed aiming at the consumers to hit the target of bringing back production to the USA.
https://unherd.com/2025/02/why-trumps-tariffs-are-a-masterplan/
ngl I think if the tarrifs were implemented slowly and over time on specific goods, that wouldnt be that bad for the country and the world, but thats not whats happened at all. It like a few of trumps policies, the idea isnt necessarily that bad, but the execution is terrible
No. In the history of the world tariffs have never resulted in a good outcome.
Tariffs are important to emerging markets as they allow for growth of domestic production. Generally they are a part of a phased liberalization strategy to promote local growth and then tariffs are eased to allow foreign corporations to enter the market so that there is adequate competition.
Not much of a precedent for the richest country on earth to use them. America lost quite a bit of manufacturing to China so some degree of protectionism directed that way could be a reasonable strategy but a global tariff instituted by a wealthy nation is essentially pants on head stupid, which is what I believe you're pointing out.
America's problems are largely internal inequality. Trying to punish the world won't fix that.
In theory they can be good for emerging domestic markets, but ever since global trade has been established centuries ago, it has never actually resulting in a net gain for the country/region/kingdom/empire that imposes any sort of self-paying tax on imported goods.
The self-paying tax part is the important part here.
Agree that it doesn't exactly cause a net gain in these markets since it can be so hard to know when to let your foot off the brake but it certainly has been a tool for protecting certain markets from Western hegemony, which would be modern day colonialism by some standards.
Accurate!