Summary

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) warned of uncertainty over Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, saying, “In the long run, we’re all dead,” and slammed blind loyalty to the policy.

While Kennedy didn’t vote against Trump’s emergency tariff powers—unlike four GOP senators—he criticized the lack of clarity on economic impacts.

Trump imposed a 10% baseline tariff on all imports, falsely claiming foreign nations will bear the cost.

Kennedy told Newsmax that predictions on the tariffs’ effects are unreliable, adding anyone claiming certainty is “lying” or “selling deep stupid.”

  • _chris@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I was fine with the rape and the fraud and the endless lies and the misogyny and the racism and the homophobia and the transphobia and the corruption and the police brutality and the caged babies and the disappearing of citizens and the terrorism and the attempted coup and the autocracy and the ending the rule of law and the threats to invade neighboring countries and the building-a-golf-resort-on-top-of-a-genocide, but now he’s giving Wall Street the jitters, so I’m not so sure about this guy any more.

    credit to https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/114275545356485888

  • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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    9 hours ago

    shouldve convicted him the first 2 times he was impeached, but mitch mcconell has his money and left you all to your fate.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Oh cheer up republicans! In 60 years there’ll be more idiots who might vote for you. Unless they ever ask any old person why they’re homeless.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    In the long run, we’re all dead

    Isn’t Foghorn Leghorn quoting Keynes here? Why, I thought Keynes [1] was right up there with Bill Ayers and Saul Alinsky [2] in the pantheon of Bad Guys the cons don’t know a fucking thing about but constantly talk about.

    [1] I’m still convinced a lot of racist dumbfucks thought that Keynesian had something to do with Kenyan, because Obama is Blah.

    [2] I remember in the height of qons talking about “Alinsky style politics” I’d ask them to explain what they mean by that? Also, have they read Rules for Radicals? If so, what is so bad in there? What is the book about? I also asked them if the mere use of satire is “Alinsky style politics” does that mean Mark Twain had a time machine and he traveled into the future to get tips from Alinsky or something? Hilarity would ensue…

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    14 hours ago

    wasn’t concerned enough about President Donald Trump’s steep international tariffs to vote against them Wednesday

    Then shut the fuck up and enjoy your vote.

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    John Kennedy is a shrewd little rat fuck piece of shit. Highly educated, despite his carefully curated backwater shit kicker persona. I dare say he’s a canary in the coal mine.

  • darksiderbun@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    “In the long run we’re all dead” is just a quote from John Maynard Keynes IIRC (Keynesian economics)