The Trump Presidency, Season 2

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I saw a comment about how the aircraft thing is just for show for the fools, because normal deportations, are on normal airlines, not military aircraft.

Trump just wants to look like a gigantic asshole for the asshole kissers.
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Further to this, any American media that obeyed in advance can't be trusted without checking other sources.
 
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Jan. 6 rioter recently pardoned by Trump shot, killed by sheriff’s deputy
An Indiana man recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is dead after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy while allegedly resisting arrest.

Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Indiana, was shot and killed during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon. A deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department pulled Huttle’s vehicle over on State Road 14 at approximately 4:15 p.m.

Indiana State Police said the traffic stop led to the deputy attempting to arrest Huttle, but Huttle allegedly resisted and struggled with the officer. This “altercation” led to the deputy firing his gun and killing Huttle.
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According to state police, Huttle was in possession of a firearm during the traffic stop. No additional details were provided about the altercation between Huttle and the deputy or what Huttle was being arrested for.
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"Trump is not insane for thinking the Strangelovian approach will work for him. It has served him well in his first 78 years." Me on why Trump playing the lunatic is the point. But it will destroy the world's trust in America. https://www.ft.com/content/c10c0f3a-bf03-4f5b-8975-426cc37200cc
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Trump's being disruptive, this time: tarriff plans on Taiwan made chips, affecting TSMC.

"In the very near future, we are going to be placing tariffs on foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals to return production of these essential goods to the United States," Trump told House Republicans conference (via C-Span.org). "They left us and went to Taiwan; we want them to come back. We do not want to give them billions of dollars like this ridiculous program that Biden has given everybody billions of dollars. They already have billions of dollars. […] They did not need money. They needed an incentive. And the incentive is going to be they [do not want to] pay a 25%, 50% or even a 100% tax."

Trump criticized leading U.S. tech companies, such as Apple, AMD, Broadcom, Nvidia, and Qualcomm, for building their processors at TSMC in Taiwan. He emphasized that the proposed tariffs would leave companies with no choice but to invest in domestic production facilities to avoid high taxes. He also argued that government grants like the CHIPS Act are unnecessary and counterproductive and that companies should use their own resources to build fabs rather than rely on public funding.

However, fabs take years to build, and a leading-edge fab costs tens of billions of dollars. Even if TSMC were to start constructing a sub-2nm-capable fab in the U.S. today, it would come online only in 2028–2029. Assuming that Trump’s administration imposes tariffs on ASICs, CPUs, GPUs, and other types of chips made in Taiwan in the coming weeks, this would make PCs, servers, and smartphones more expensive for companies and individuals in the U.S. immediately, which will hardly serve the U.S. economy well. To avoid this, the administration would need to introduce exemptions, just like it did with China-made graphics cards and motherboards years ago.

Still, tariffs and exemptions are good leverage to make companies like Apple, AMD, Nvidia, and TSMC invest in America and build a significant percentage of their chips in the U.S. For now, TSMC has only one small fab in the U.S. and is building two additional modules. Perhaps the company will have to review its plans for the next four years. Still, chips made in the U.S. are more expensive than chips made in Taiwan.

The proposed tariffs mark a significant shift in U.S. trade policy, signaling an aggressive stance to curb dependence on foreign manufacturing and prioritize domestic production, but it remains to be seen how well this strategy will work.

Don't get me wrong he is right about one thing: the dependency on Taiwanese chip production is a national security risk for the states in case PRC attacks and usurps Taiwan. Taiwan knows this, and therefore does not want its knowledge to go abroad. Ending this dependence will be a good thing for America. TSMC already build a small fab in Arizona, but that's for sure not enough. Question is though if tarriffs will change much, because building a new fab takes several years, and then you've got still to train your staff etc.

 
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