Trumpwatch 2.0

[MWmetalhead]

I'm not so sure that's true. Let's face it, the slimy pieces of trash in the Trump Administration (Trump being the slimiest of the bunch) left that fact vague on purpose. It's easier for them to profit on stock trades that way.

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I'm not so sure that's true. Let's face it, the slimy pieces of trash in the Trump Administration (Trump being the slimiest of the bunch) left that fact vague on purpose. It's easier for them to profit on stock trades that way.

While I am sure that’s true… they have mentioned having the foreign parts of U.S. final production vehicles taxed at 25%. That doesn’t sound so vague. So even the F150’s in Dearborn would go up in price a fair bit.

[MWmetalhead]

I have a feeling a lot of car transactions in the next few years will involve the purchase of used vehicles.

Interesting list of the most "American made" cars; I'm only seeing one model from the Big 3 on this list! Multiple Tesla, Honda (Acura) and Toyota (Lexus) models appear.

https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/

[MegaHertz]

Joke's on you idiots.

This is all just a ploy to get people out there and buy new cars NOW, before this all goes into effect. And then, uh, ipso fatso, economy looks great and people are spending money.

8D underwater space chess muhfukaas.

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Joke's on you idiots.

This is all just a ploy to get people out there and buy new cars NOW, before this all goes into effect. And then, uh, ipso fatso, economy looks great and people are spending money.

8D underwater space chess muhfukaas.

I knew it was all a chess game on acid.

[TC Talks]

Joke's on you idiots.

8D underwater space chess muhfukaas.

I knew it was all a chess game on acid.

Now yer talkin!

Both my daily drivers are at the top of the list of made in the USA... Every vintage vehicle is European.

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What I found funny was the big announcement that the new Civic would be built here, I have news for you, the bulk of them have been been built in Indiana for a long damn time.

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BERLIN/DETROIT (Reuters) -Automaker stocks around the world slumped on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would impose 25% tariffs on all vehicles and foreign-made auto parts imported into the United States.
Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Continental lost 4.5 billion euros ($4.84 billion) in combined market value on Thursday, as investors panicked at the prospect of more costs and complexity in an industry already struggling with a slow ramp-up of electrification and high logistics costs.
Carmakers must now decide whether to localise more production in the U.S. to avoid the tariffs, swallow the cost, or pass it onto consumers.
Companies including Volvo Cars, Volkswagen's Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai have already said they will move some production to the region this year.
But some CEOs have, in private, expressed reluctance to make long-term business decisions based on what could be a short-term policy.
"These policies have already made equity and debt markets extremely nervous, and we know that the president regards the Dow Jones index as a key barometer of his success," analysts at Bernstein Research said in a note.
"It is hard to judge the duration of such chainsaw-like policies if these cause a market slump that does not appear to be transitory," they added.
Shares in Stellantis and Porsche sank 4% on Thursday, while Mercedes-Benz was down 2.8%. . General Motors slumped 6.5% in premarket trading, while Ford was down 4.3%.
Porsche, which has no U.S. production base, saw a larger drop of 4.9%.
'DISASTER FOR THE SECTOR'
The new levies could add thousands of dollars to the cost of an average U.S. vehicle, contradicting Trump's promises to combat consumer product inflation.
Levies on car imports take effect on April 3, while those on auto parts begin from May 3, the White House said on Wednesday.
Nearly half of all cars sold in the U.S. last year were imported, research firm GlobalData says, with vehicles often crossing between Canada, Mexico and the United States multiple times in the production process.
On Wednesday, Trump reiterated that he expected the auto tariffs to prompt automakers to boost investment in the United States, instead of Canada or Mexico.
Automakers in North America have largely enjoyed free trade status since 1994. Trump's 2020 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) imposed new rules to spur regional content production.
After clamping tariffs of 25% on Mexico and Canada in early March, Trump allowed a one-month reprieve for vehicles produced in compliance with the terms of his USMCA.

[Hugh Jorgan]

Vance makes Vance look bad. Case closed.

A whole bunch of Marine's stationed at Quantico disagree. Oorah!

No more quotas, no more ridiculous mumbo jumbo, no more diversity trainings.

We believe the real strength and the real diversity in the United States Marine Corps is that you all come from every walk of life, come from every corner of America, and you have got the strength and the purpose to win the nation's wars, and that is what the Marine Corps is going to do, just like it's done for damn near 250 years!

I place a bit more stock in a platoon of Marines over a few, um, people suffering from TDS.

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Your source for this admiration please

[Hugh Jorgan]

Your source for this admiration please

[zzand]

So they applaud at a speech. Doesn't mean they love him but then again a thinking person would know that.

[Hugh Jorgan]

So they applaud at a speech. Doesn't mean they love him but then again a thinking person would know that.

And anyone with an ounce of sense could tell the difference between polite clapping and RAUCUS, approval laden, applause.

[MWmetalhead]

GM stock is down much more than the others this morning.

[zzand]

I would guess that part of the GM slide is that one of the Buick SUV's is built in China and shipped here.