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Peter Martin
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Posted: 27 January 2025 at 4:59pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

 Kevin Brown wrote:
Actually, he threatened them against Columbia.  Not sure what he has against cassettes for a penny.

Pretty sure it was Colombia, as Charles originally wrote. Trump said his tariffs against Colombia were immediate, urgent and decisive measures. That the State Department officially announced sanctions relating to this (LINK) suggests it was a genuine directive, not solely a threat.

As for the cassettes, this sounds like an oddly demeaning thing to say. Colombia's major exports to the US are things that the US tends to need, such as oil and other mineral fuels.  


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Posted: 27 January 2025 at 5:04pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Peter, the White House press release misspelled “Colombia” as “Columbia”
which is what Kevin is referring to.
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 27 January 2025 at 8:13pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Ahhh, thank you, Brian -- and apologies for the misunderstanding, Kevin.
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Posted: 28 January 2025 at 12:44am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

No problem, Peter.  My fault for thinking most people had seen the typo in the press release.
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Posted: 28 January 2025 at 7:50pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Today's controversy... Trumf has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance. LINK

"The pause does not apply to Medicare and Social Security benefits, or grants and loans that are directly provided to individuals, according to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget."

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Posted: 28 January 2025 at 8:15pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Ah! now I get it, "cassettes for a penny" ...
Wow, that was a hell of a reach back for that reference, but a good one!
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Posted: 28 January 2025 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

I get it now too... In England the equivalent was called the Britannia Music Club. Not the first thing springs to mind for me with Columbia, therefore!

The pause in federal assistance is interesting because it's the latest example of attempting to stretch the strength and powers of the Executive Branch... And an audacious one, given this is an attempt to interfere with spending that Congress has passed into law.

We should not forget that tariffs were long the preserve of Congress (and still should be according to the Constitution), but has been delegated to the President since the 1930s. Anything that can unilaterally be imposed by a single person is inherently lacking congressional oversight and, furthermore, there's a real risk of things being introduced that are not backed by substantive justification. 
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Posted: 29 January 2025 at 1:32am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

"Eric T***p just took to X, referred to this as America's Golden Age, and threatened violence against those who do not fall in line.  This is what we're dealing with."

No, this is a fake tweet.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fake-eric-trump-post -threatened-all-who-dare-to-defy-the-american-golden-age/ar- AA1xXKOc?ocid=BingNewsSerp

As for Colombia, Trump didn't order tariffs.  He threatened to impose them if the President of Colombia refused to accept deportees back into his country.  Within two hours of making the threat, Colombia backed down and the tariffs weren't imposed.

As was mentioned before, there is plenty of real information to be outraged about concerning Trump.  No need to invent causes.

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