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US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to "shut down" its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington's ally to be absorbed into the US.

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[–] upandup@sh.itjust.works 78 points 4 days ago (3 children)

He shouldn’t even be allowed to own any stocks as president

[–] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

Thank you! It's ridiculous how much even people opposed to Trump have allowed him to frame the debate.

Fucker should've been impeached and removed on Inauguration Day -- 2017, let alone 2025 -- for Emoluments Clause violations alone.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 17 points 4 days ago

Holding public office is supposed to be an act of service. All federal and probably all state politicians and their staff should not be allowed to own any individual stocks or companies, including any mutual funds without diverse holdings. And the right people to lead would be glad to do it and to transparently demonstrate their compliance.

But nope. The system is designed to attract and reward scumbags. Mainstream society tells us that loathsome narcissistic sociopaths who happen to accumulate a large net worth are the pinnacle of human existence and we should be thanking them for dragging us out of the dark ages.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Prior presidents had their assets placed in blind trusts, and they didn't know where they were invested. They didn't even know how wealthy they were until they left office.