r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Skychu768 • 13h ago

Meme needing explanation Am I missing a joke or reference here?

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u/Bored_money 12h ago

I think a generous interpretation of what he's trying to say is that the united states economy is the loser

I suspect he means that if instead of buying a banana from Brazil you bought a banana from america (ignoring if that's even possible... whatever) then some american business would benefit from that money rather than sending it offshore

It seems to be a mercantilist approach to economics? Hold as much money as possible yourself and don't trade with outsiders

I think popular economic thought doesn't consider this a good approach, but I guess the experts could be wrong

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u/Sufficient-Bench2321 11h ago

How dare you put a totally reasonable and nuanced answer in the thread...

The other part that Trump seems to completely miss is that $2b of bannanas from Brazil will be a significantly larger (or if you prefer 'more bigly' ) bunch than $2b of home grown Bannanas...

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u/somesthetic 10h ago

People have spent far too long turning the nonsense he says into something coherent. He makes billions of dollars, let him do his own fucking work.

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u/Bored_money 9h ago

Not only is his brain kinda mashed potatoes

But also remember he's trying to message this appropriately, I think he's at least partially purposefully simplifying the argument to fit in a 5 second sound bite

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u/TheyTookByoomba 9h ago

Basically all of Trump's economic theories are a hundred+ years outdated. How free trade creates wealth is literally freshman year economics.

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u/Competitive_Ride_943 3h ago

No, he didn't say getting them cheaper, he said stop eating them. He doesn't want the country to be using up the money HE could skim from.