WTH VIETNAM ?

[dweller]

What did you do to deserve such high tariff rate of 46% ?
Oh yeah , you gave him bone spurs to avoid the war and put his life in danger …

“ Trump compared trying to avoid sexually transmitted diseases on the dating scene to “my personal Vietnam.”

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[dchill]

1. They secretly worked with the penguins.

I don't know how they figured that out, though.

[marble falls]

2. They didn't love him "long time".

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. He no too beaucoup!

[TommyT139]

4. Assuming he didn't set all the numbers

My guess would be either in support or at the request of a clothing manufacturer.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Look at the formula used by trump to calculate tariffs

This is a very stupid way to calculate tariffs

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Here is the Vietnam example

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This guy cracked the tariff formula:
@orthonormalist

It’s simply the nation’s trade deficit with us divided by the nation’s exports to us.

Yes. Really.

Vietnam: Exports 136.6, Imports 13.1
Deficit = 123.5

123.5/136.6 = 90%

[Ping Tung]

6. Is he going to send in "advisors" to straighten Vietnam out like LBJ and Nixon did.?

543.000 was the peak number during that exercise in neo - colonialism Will he order more villages to be burned down this time?

[LoisB]

7. Has the U.S. made it to the top of the most hated countries yet? I think we were at #3.

[Emile]

8. That's where he got Agent Orange.

[Redleg]

9. I was going to make a quip about bonespurs but saw you did already

I have given up trying to understand Trump. As far as I can tell, his primary motivations are 1) self-enrichment and 2) revenge against those who have slighted him.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. The Reich Wing claim is that China moved a lot of manufacturing to Vietnam and a lot of border washing

"border washing" -- a term I just invented to mark the production of goods in China, ship to Vietnam factory, and slap a "Made in Vietnam" label on it to avoid tariffs against China.

[EnergizedLib]

11. It's a little safer for Krasnov to tariff them

Than to fight in their jungles.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. The formula for these tariffs is stupid

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