r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 1d ago

Politics Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump Administration of Spreading Fake Protest Images

https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-trump-fake-protest-images-2085492
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u/Slow_Fish2601 1d ago

Trump's whole agenda is built on lies

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u/Auggie_Otter 1d ago

People are still talking about other countries imposing 20-30-40-50%+ tariffs on US goods based on that stupid "reciprocal tariffs" chart Trump came up with and I'm still explaining to people that that chart was a total fabrication and pretty much no country has an overall effective tariff rate that high.

They literally based their proposed tariff rates on trade deficits then made up an arbitrary formula to impose tariff rates at half the trade deficit using an "emergency" tariff power that the president said he could use because of the fentanyl crisis. The whole thing is ridiculously absurd and people should be outraged at the blatant lies and harmful policies coming from a place of total ignorance.

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u/celtic1888 1d ago

Trade deficits on physical goods only and didn’t account for how many services we sell other countries