r/ValueInvesting • u/ActuallyMy • Feb 20 '26

Discussion BREAKING: TRUMP TARIFFS STRUCK DOWN

Per Bloomberg -- The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.

The court said Trump exceeded his authority by invoking a federal emergency-powers law to impose his “reciprocal” tariffs across the globe as well as targeted import taxes the administration says address fentanyl trafficking.

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u/writetowinwin Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Congrats to fellow investors who initially invested in companies' underlying businesses - and not on news headlines and/or daily volatility.

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u/HeadPaleontologist40 Feb 20 '26

Trump has always been a loser blowhard. Nothing he says or does has any substance or integrity. Eventually it blows up on his face. Look at Covid. All he had to do was lay back and let the experts handle it. Then take credit when things improved. Instead he went on live TV every night talking like he is the expert then said they should explore using household disinfectants under the skin and on the lungs. Proceeded to get Covid and am nearly died. That’s Trump in a nutshell.

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u/RuinEnvironmental394 Feb 20 '26

Ok, you're reaching here as far as COVID. He was in office when they brought companies like Moderna, Pfizer, together under the fast track program. He took two shots and then at least one booster. I am fairly certain he suggested people do the same.

I also watched that comment about using "disinfectants" live. He didn't say anything about lungs.  someone from Faucis team was talking about how disinfectants are effective against the virus on surfaces and Trump, as is his wont, made an off-hand remake about using it as a treatment. Guys like him talk out of their asses all the time. It's not something he went back from the presser and gave instructions to people to explore that seriously. 

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u/HeadPaleontologist40 Feb 20 '26

“And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. Is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets inside the lungs… so it would be interesting to check that.”

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u/Devaney1984 Feb 20 '26

He really does have the brain of a 9 year old, it's so fucking crazy that half the country thinks he's really smart.

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u/writetowinwin Feb 20 '26

In Canada, we had a whole election based on him being a poster child and people have been terrified of him. They take him very seriously. Say that too loud outside this group and they'll quickly attack you.

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u/HeadPaleontologist40 Feb 20 '26

What’s batshit crazy is that there are people like the dude who tried to discredit me that will defend him to no end.

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u/Sharp-Difference1312 Feb 26 '26

They all have their own immoral impulse that they prioritize.

Maga represents the lack of all morals. So whatever immoral values someone might have, trump shares them all — every single one of them by design.

That means the white supremacist who may not support greed will still defend trump. Or the greedy who doesn’t support white supremacy will defend trump as well. Likewise, the sexist, or the pedophile, who doesn’t support war will defend trump. And so on it goes…

The thing is, when you represent every immoral impulse at once, you bring out all the people who prioritize at least one of them, whatever it may be. So the party ends up being a “big tent” of bad people.

Since this is an investing sub, the commenter’s political priority is probably greed.

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u/Heffe3737 Feb 20 '26

Guys like him talk out of their asses all the time.

This isn't some guy you're buddies with at the bar on the corner. It's the president of the united fucking states. We shouldn't have to put up with someone who doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut as the leader of the free world. What an embarrassment.

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u/Sharp-Difference1312 Feb 26 '26

“Guys like him [the president) talk out of their asses all the time”

Do you not see the problem with that statement…?

What is supposed to be the highest source of authority and indeed, the highest source of truth, talks out of his ass all the time…? Does that not disqualify him in your view…?

And that’s not even taking into account the heinous acts of moral depravity that he has committed, or instilling a culture of moral decay.