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Yahoo! Finance: US forges ahead with 104% tariffs on China, says willing to talk to other countries

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This is simply insane!

The United States said on Tuesday that 104% duties on imports from China will take effect shortly after midnight, even as the Trump administration moved to quickly start talks with other trading partners targeted by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan.

U.S. stocks retreated on the news….

Stocks slide again as US forges ahead with 104% tariffs on China
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States said on Tuesday that 104% duties on imports from China will take effect shortly after midnight, even as the administration of President Donald Trump moved to quickly start talks with other trading partners targeted by sweeping tariffs. S&P 500 companies have lost $5.8 trillion in stock market value since Trump’s tariff announcement last Wednesday, the deepest four-day loss since the benchmark was created in the 1950s, according to LSEG data.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-criticises-trump-tariff-blackmail-025526063.html

USA Today: Trump wants to revive ‘alien registration’ for immigrants. Advocates say no.

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Another incredibly stupid idea from King Donald and his band of sycophants. This would only cause hassles and an un-American “Papers, please!” society for legal immigrants who aren’t exempted. Illegal immigrants won’t bother to register.

  • Immigrant advocates filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a revived “alien registration” law requiring immigrants to register with the government or face criminal prosecution.
  • The lawsuit argues that the rule would create a “show me your papers” environment and expose non-citizens, including legal residents, to potential criminal charges.
  • The rule, set to take effect on April 11, mandates non-citizens carry proof of registration or face fines and imprisonment, raising concerns about potential discrimination and harassment.
Trump wants to revive ‘alien registration’ for immigrants. Advocates say no.
The lawsuit claims Trump’s executive order would require non-citizens to carry registration ID or face criminal prosecution.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/31/lawsuit-trump-immigration-alien-registration-order-illegal/82707841007

New York Post: Elon Musk rips ‘moron’ Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’

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It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and it’s always entertaining to see the mutts chewing on one another. “Dumber than a sack of bricks” applies equally to F’Elon Musk as well as to Peter Navarro.

Musk, 53, responded Tuesday to the trade adviser’s suggestion on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Monday that the Tesla boss was “not a car manufacturer” but “a car assembler,” pointing to the electric vehicle company’s importing of batteries and other key components to manufacture its cars. 

“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk wrote on X, adding in a subsequent post in which he tagged the “Re—d Finder”: “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.”

Elon Musk rips ‘moron’ Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’
Billionaire Elon Musk escalated his attacks against White House trade adviser Peter Navarro Tuesday, calling him a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks.”

https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/us-news/elon-musk-rips-moron-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro

Daily Post Nigeria: Tariffs: French President calls for suspension of investment in US

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What goes around, comes around!

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called urged European companies to suspend planned investment in the United States after President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on American imports.

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He further stated that the response to the reciprocal tariffs would be more massive than its earlier retaliation to US steel and aluminum tariffs.

Macron described the tariffs as brutal and unfounded and a shock for international trade, and that Europe must respond industry by industry.

Tariffs: French President calls for suspension of investment in US
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called urged European companies to suspend planned investment in the United States after President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs on American imports. Macron made this call during a meeting with French industry representatives. “I think what’s important, and that’s all the work that must…

Tariffs: French President calls for suspension of investment in US

Ok! Magazine: Donald Trump Ridiculed for Wearing Too Much Makeup During ‘Liberation Day’ Speech

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Bronze or orange? You decide!

Donald Trump was mocked for his botched bronzer job on his face during a White House press event on “Liberation Day.”

Donald Trump Ridiculed for Wearing Too Much Makeup During ‘Liberation Day’ Speech
Donald Trump was mocked for his botched bronzer job on his face during a White House press event on “Liberation Day.” When the president announced a slate of new tariffs imposed on over two dozen nations around the world, several critics were quick to point out how dark the commander-in-chief’s face was compared to his hands. One user on X, formerl…

Donald Trump Ridiculed for Wearing Too Much Makeup During ‘Liberation Day’ Speech

Guardian: Less Than Half in U.S. Now Sympathetic Toward Israelis

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Support for establishment of independent Palestinian state remains at majority level

Although Americans remain more likely to say their sympathies in the Middle East situation are with the Israelis rather than the Palestinians, the 46% expressing support for Israel is the lowest in 25 years of Gallup’s annual tracking of this measure on its World Affairs survey. The previous 51% low point in this trend of Americans’ sympathy for Israelis was recorded both last year and in 2001.

At the same time, the 33% of U.S. adults who now say they sympathize with the Palestinians is up six percentage points from last year and the highest reading by two points.

Less Than Half in U.S. Now Sympathetic Toward Israelis
More Americans express sympathy for the Israelis (46%) than the Palestinians (33%) in the Middle East situation, but the margin has shrunk to a new low.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/657404/less-half-sympathetic-toward-israelis.aspx

In other words, the tides are changing and the Trump administration is totally missing the boat.

Mediaite: ‘He Doesn’t Give a F**k’: White House Official Tells Washington Post Trump Has Reached Peak ‘Not Giving a F**k’

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President Donald Trump has reached the “peak of not giving a fuck,” one White House official told The Washington Post for a lengthy report on what went on behind the scenes leading up to the president’s massive tariff announcement this week.

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“He’s at the peak of just not giving a fuck anymore,” a White House official familiar with Trump’s thinking told The Post. “Bad news stories? Doesn’t give a fuck. He’s going to do what he’s going to do. He’s going to do what he promised to do on the campaign trail.”

‘He Doesn’t Give a F**k’: White House Official Tells Washington Post Trump Has Reached Peak ‘Not Giving a F**k’
Donald Trump has reached the “peak of not giving a fuck,” one White House official told The Washington Post for a report on what went into his tariff policy.

Trump At ‘Peak’ Not ‘Giving a F**k,’ WH Official Says

Take your protection and shove it!

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Dumbass King Donald tanks the economy and stock markets with his friggin’ tariffs, and now he is declaring a state of emergency so he can “protect” the economy?

We don’t your protection, asshole. What we need is to be rid of you!

Trump declares state of emergency in US to protect economy

El País: Latino businesses collapse under deportation terror: ‘What is happening now is worse than what we experienced during Covid’

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In January, just days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, immigration agents came to Dana Beauty Salon in Mount Rainer, Maryland, located just two minutes from the Washington D.C. border. They were looking for one of the employees, an undocumented migrant, who was taken into custody and is being held at a detention center in New Hampshire pending a court hearing. That day changed the life of the salon’s owner, Daysi García. “They showed up one day, I think it was a Thursday. By the time the weekend came around, no one was coming in, our workers weren’t coming in for their shifts, not even the clients were coming in,” she recalls sadly.

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“What is happening now is worse than what we experienced during Covid. Back then, people could put on a mask and come in. Now, they don’t even want to leave their homes,” says García.

Latino businesses collapse under deportation terror: ‘What is happening now is worse than what we experienced during Covid’

Meanwhile, Nero fiddles, Trump plays golf.

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Looks for More Countries to Take Migrants

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Officials say they have asked several countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe

These people came to the United States in search of a better life, as many millions have done over the past 250 years.

And their reward? Trump is forcibly exporting them to whatever third-world country will take them.

The Trump administration is pursuing agreements with several more countries to take migrants deported from the U.S., according to officials familiar with the matter.

Immigration officials are seeking more destinations where they can send immigrants the U.S. wants to deport, but whose countries are slow to take them back or refuse to. Their desired model builds on a one-time deal the administration struck with Panama in February, under which they sent a planeload of over 100 migrants, mostly from the Middle East, to the Central American nation. Panama then detained the migrants and worked to send them to their home countries.

The officials are in conversations with countries in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, but aren’t necessarily looking to sign formal agreements, the people said.

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Among the countries the U.S. has asked to take the deportees are Libya, Rwanda, Benin, Eswatini, Moldova, Mongolia and Kosovo.

Exclusive | U.S. Looks for More Countries to Take Migrants – WSJ

Libya, Rwanda, Benin, Eswatini, Moldova, Mongolia and Kosovo? How inhumane can they get?