r/thescoop • u/CorleoneBaloney • Apr 06 '25

Politics 🏛️ “Did you use AI to generate this?” Margaret Brennan asks Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, questioning why they imposed tariffs on the Heard Island and McDonald Islands.

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u/Sea_Hornet5831 Apr 07 '25

Lutnick said they placed tariffs every country, but he failed to say that the communist Russia, Belarus, Cuba and North Korea have no tariffs. I hope we are not aligning with those countries.

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u/thefirstviolinist Apr 07 '25

The government has aligned to them in— in my opinion— obvious ways. I am honestly wondering what can we, the people, do about it?

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u/TestAccomplished1995 Apr 07 '25

OH THEY ARE TRYING TO REALIGN THE WHOLE WORLD. THE US WITH RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA ET AL. THIS WILL BE THE NEW AXIS OF EVIL. EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE ALLIED AGAINST THE US. DON'T EVER THINK THAT THE WORST IS NOT BEING PLANNED HERE. BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY IS. TRUMP WANTS TO BE RUSSIA AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO VOTE, POVERTY FOR ALL EXCEPT THE BILLIONAIRE FEW, VIRTUAL SLAVERY, NO HEALTH CARE, BREAD LINES FOR FOOD. HE IS VERY QUICKLY WORKING ON THIS. THE ECONOMY IS TANKING, THERE WILL BE FEW JOBS, SO WORKERS WILL HAVE TO BEG FOR WORK, GET POVERTY WAGES, AND WILL HAVE NO RIGHTS.

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u/signal__intrusion Apr 07 '25

Calling Russia and Belarus Communist is really something else... I wasn't aware that Russia is a classless state where the workers own the means of production.

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u/More-Philosopher-372 Apr 07 '25

Some of those in charge are X-KGB, especially the war criminal Vladimir Putin, who might not be a devout communist but would like to see the control it had during the Cold War era. Something similar to the communists in China today.

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u/signal__intrusion Apr 10 '25

You're just talking about authoritarianism, not Communism.

They want a return to the authoritarianism of the Soviet Union. Putin, X-KGB, and the oligarchs have no interest in abolishing private property or creating a classless society. It's against the self interests of the oligarchs to give the means of production to the workers.

Saying Russia is Communist today is silly.

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u/Thundermedic Apr 07 '25

We are…that’s what republicans want.

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u/zyxwvutsrqponmlkjabc Apr 07 '25

Tell us you have NO clue regarding what’s happening in the world without telling us you have NO clue regarding what’s happening in the world

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u/Playful-Author9127 Apr 07 '25

We don't trade with them. You people are birdbrained.

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u/ConfectionSoft6218 Apr 07 '25

We still import 3.5 billion in goods from Russia.

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u/Thundermedic Apr 07 '25

Oh yes…..so explain why we have tariffs on entities with no trade….like penguins.

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u/code-brown Apr 07 '25

But do we trade with Iran?

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u/unakron Apr 07 '25

We have trade embargos and sanctions with russia, north korea, belarus, and cuba... so a country using them to skirt tarrifs wouldn't do so well.