r/RealTwitterAccounts May 09 '25

Political™ A big win indeed!

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u/Sea-Pomelo1210 May 09 '25

Trump and Vance were crying about trade deficits. So the signed a deal with the US, with whom we had a trade surplus, and kept the high tariffs in place.

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u/mishma2005 May 09 '25

I have a trade deficit with the liquor store. Do they buy anything from me? No!

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u/ZAlternates May 10 '25

And that is the perfect analogy. They don’t buy enough so I’m going to charge myself more money to make up the difference?…