TheDo114
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I feel you, killed my interest in my next truck purchase since everything will go up.
Here’s how Trump Tariffs will impact your new truck purchase
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Since a couple of weeks, I am eyeing this one, built in the USA. But all of this, it also kills the interest I had.
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Saddle Tramp
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Dude! You gotta go to Chicago. Even if it's just to annoy Jill. (Push for the pan pizza at lunch time.)
What I'm scared we will see happen: Anything imported will go up 25%. And everything not imported will go up 24% because they can, and they will still be cheaper.
It'll be the same thing as COVID times. Businesses raised prices because everyone else was. I know my company did and we had no supply shortages.
It'll be the same thing as COVID times. Businesses raised prices because everyone else was. I know my company did and we had no supply shortages.
Fightnfire
Moderator
Could impact, I'll wait and see where this all settles out. This is only the first step in a negotiation tactic.
I am not sure about his economical thinking for a person that filed bankruptcy 4 times and now a president.
The trade war is basically because USA imports more than exports. Population needs to be considered in there. Very hard to export as much up north than what you import when the population is 10 times less, and he needs the resources, which is why he wants Canada as the 51th state and be treated like Puerto Rico,,, ho hell no!
For cars and trucks, People up north also buy SUV and Pickup that are all built in the USA, so something needs to be built there as well, like it or not, and a factory needs to be profitable.
Next option is ditching all USA made vehicles and import from Europe and Asia only and maybe have the chance to get more manual transmission
This is something I really do not wish to see. I have good friends on the other side of the border, and I do not want to see anyone suffering because of all this. Him, he does not care. I have seen one of his luxury home (with more rooms he could ever use) in West Palm Beach 25 years ago looking almost over the other side on poor people (plywood in windows and broken streets).
The trade war is basically because USA imports more than exports. Population needs to be considered in there. Very hard to export as much up north than what you import when the population is 10 times less, and he needs the resources, which is why he wants Canada as the 51th state and be treated like Puerto Rico,,, ho hell no!
For cars and trucks, People up north also buy SUV and Pickup that are all built in the USA, so something needs to be built there as well, like it or not, and a factory needs to be profitable.
Next option is ditching all USA made vehicles and import from Europe and Asia only and maybe have the chance to get more manual transmission
This is something I really do not wish to see. I have good friends on the other side of the border, and I do not want to see anyone suffering because of all this. Him, he does not care. I have seen one of his luxury home (with more rooms he could ever use) in West Palm Beach 25 years ago looking almost over the other side on poor people (plywood in windows and broken streets).
Latest news is Mexico appeased Trump with sending 11k troops to the border pushing back the tariff a month.
Fightnfire
Moderator
Like I said, this is all negotiations.
Fightnfire
Moderator
They shouldn't forget to cancel their iPhones, all Microsoft products, Amazon web services, Amazon in general, Tesla, starlink.... That's just the tiny tip of the iceberg.I am not sure about his economical thinking for a person that filed bankruptcy 4 times and now a president.
The trade war is basically because USA imports more than exports. Population needs to be considered in there. Very hard to export as much up north than what you import when the population is 10 times less, and he needs the resources, which is why he wants Canada as the 51th state and be treated like Puerto Rico,,, ho hell no!
For cars and trucks, People up north also buy SUV and Pickup that are all built in the USA, so something needs to be built there as well, like it or not, and a factory needs to be profitable.
Next option is ditching all USA made vehicles and import from Europe and Asia only and maybe have the chance to get more manual transmission
This is something I really do not wish to see. I have good friends on the other side of the border, and I do not want to see anyone suffering because of all this. Him, he does not care. I have seen one of his luxury home (with more rooms he could ever use) in West Palm Beach 25 years ago looking almost over the other side on poor people (plywood in windows and broken streets).
I spent over 20 years in the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest. Tariffs have played a role there forever. I understand them pretty well. A lot of fear mongering in here though lately.
As a Canadian,, I would like to see more from the USA at the border to prevent illegal arms to cross the border,,,, it is a hell of a big issue on this side...
Efforts need to be from all countries,, not only Mexico and Canada.. sorry, this is a bit more off tocpic,,, will stop right away
yes,,,, but not a very friendly tactic,,,, also the market is going down,,, during that time, his rich friends can buy more so they will all get richer
Fightnfire
Moderator
I don't know it's suppose to be all that friendly? Or at least he/they/whoever think the time for friendly was yesterday.
Fightnfire
Moderator
Look at that, a negotiation that means something. We can be friendly again. Sometimes business is just business, I think that's "business 101"
People can be friends no matter what and who is up there
This 1.3 billions border plan was already in progress for few years. I am hearing about it for a while. US and Canadian border working together. Helicopters and other technologies do not just appear as Trump became president. There was an interview with a US senator talking about it few weeks ago, and this is a result of a long collaboration between US and Canada border security. US is also doing stuff on their side. It is a common collaboration.
But I guess he will take the credit like for the California water (he won't mention the Canadian aircraft that went to help). Again it is all about collaboration.
Now we can start eyeing trucks and SUVs again for 30 days, and Tim can go to Chicago eat Pan Pizza with Jill and report back to all of us.
All being happy
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Oh Jill has some VERY strong thoughts on Chicago pizza. Trust me. She hates the Chicago-style pizza. I know. I've heard about it a LOT. LOLPeople can be friends no matter what and who is up there
This 1.3 billions border plan was already in progress for few years. I am hearing about it for a while. US and Canadian border working together. Helicopters and other technologies do not just appear as Trump became president. There was an interview with a US senator talking about it few weeks ago, and this is a result of a long collaboration between US and Canada border security. US is also doing stuff on their side. It is a common collaboration.
But I guess he will take the credit like for the California water (he won't mention the Canadian aircraft that went to help). Again it is all about collaboration.
Now we can start eyeing trucks and SUVs again for 30 days, and Tim can go to Chicago eat Pan Pizza with Jill and report back to all of us.
All being happy
Saddle Tramp
Moderator
I know! That's why you do it. Then Jill retaliates by dragging you to a Karaoke bar. Good friendship bonding.
Yep. An unfriendly negotiation and over what? I don't agree with the thought that illegal immigration is some sort of massive problem. It's more fear mongering than anything. Can things be improved? Sure, definitely, but I do not agree that we need to start financial wars with close allies over it. God knows we, the US, take advantage of our neighbors quite a bit already.
Fightnfire
Moderator
The leader of our Navajo tribes said “No one is an immigrant on land that was stolen from them”. I can’t agree more.
That's an interesting take, this excerpt is from ihs.gov (https://www.ihs.gov/navajo/navajona... Navajos probably,their story on the creation.)
"Anthropologists believe the Navajos probably arrived in the Southwest between 800 and 1,000 years ago, crossing the Bering Strait land bridge and traveling south"
Most scientists agree the Bering Strait land bridge disappeared around 12,500 years ago. People have been in North America for over 16,000 years. There were people in the desert southwest before the Navajo. The Navajo came south from Canada.
This is also from ihs.gov
"According to most anthropological evidence, the Navajo people arrived in the desert Southwest between 800 and 1,000 years ago, migrating southward from the north, likely sometime between 1100 and 1500 AD; the exact date is disputed but is generally considered to be around the time the Spanish arrived in the 1540s."
Why do we forget or choose to ignore how much the natives were fighting each other for thousand of years before europeans arrived? Sometimes arriving at the same place, in a similar timeframe.
That's an interesting take, this excerpt is from ihs.gov (https://www.ihs.gov/navajo/navajona... Navajos probably,their story on the creation.)
"Anthropologists believe the Navajos probably arrived in the Southwest between 800 and 1,000 years ago, crossing the Bering Strait land bridge and traveling south"
Most scientists agree the Bering Strait land bridge disappeared around 12,500 years ago. People have been in North America for over 16,000 years. There were people in the desert southwest before the Navajo. The Navajo came south from Canada.
This is also from ihs.gov
"According to most anthropological evidence, the Navajo people arrived in the desert Southwest between 800 and 1,000 years ago, migrating southward from the north, likely sometime between 1100 and 1500 AD; the exact date is disputed but is generally considered to be around the time the Spanish arrived in the 1540s."
Why do we forget or choose to ignore how much the natives were fighting each other for thousand of years before europeans arrived? Sometimes arriving at the same place, in a similar timeframe.
Saddle Tramp
Moderator
The big question is would've the Tariffs raised the price of a Maverick higher than the mark-ups at the dealer?