Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Our resident red diaper communist Rod Kaufman wrote above: 

Markets slated for major crash after Trump unveils bonkers tariffs: 

The only moron on the forum who thinks this is a good thing is the screamer...

First things first, people may be wondering who the screamer is since the one person who has been going into literal hysterics over the past month is the red diaper baby communist, who is fear mongering as he usually is about the stock market.  

It appears that he is the one person screaming on this forum, in all of his hysterics and over the top, and exaggerated histrionics about the stock market.  

I guess from here on out, the best way to describe Rod Kaufman would be to refer to him as our Resident Red Diaper Baby Communist Screamer.

Yes, that would be accurate, so I will.   

Second, I would tell our Resident Red Diaper Baby Communist Screamer that it is a good thing he sold all of his stocks a few months back when he warned of the impending market collapse coming.

I have a question for him but I'm pretty sure he is too much of an intellectual coward to answer.  

I'll ask anyway.  

Hi Red Diaper Baby Communist Screamer, what did you do with your portfolio of money after you sold it all, and will you reenter the stock market when it drops a bit more, so that you can make back boatloads of money when it comes back to levels that you think are appropriate?    

Did you want to answer, or are you planning on continuing to avoid answering that simple question?  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

So then I was right and you are the Red Diaper Baby Communist Screamer and I can now add coward to the mix, since you are too cowardly to answer a straightforward question.

Therefore I'll ask again.

Red Diaper Baby Communist Screaming coward,

What did you do with your portfolio of money after you sold it all, and will you reenter the stock market when it drops a bit more, so that you can make back boatloads of money when it comes back to levels that you think are appropriate?   

Did you want to answer, or are you planning on continuing to avoid answering that simple question? 

And as for your other new made up weird assertion, that you made above saying:

"Did you take one for the team on your "investments" that you claimed you had in past posts?"

I can say this.  Nobody with even 2 brain cells has the vaguest idea what you are talking so I'd ask you to explain.

When I did take one for the team with regard to my other investments?

You say I claimed that in past posts.  I didn't claim anything.  

Go ahead and explain though, since I'm listening.  I surely realize that you won't be able to explain it, but I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.  

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

So the supporter of the Trump "JD" Putin-commie team doesn't remember when he said he had "investments" in the market? Not surprising, since that was probably a lie, too. So, assuming for a moment that you do, did you take one for the team today when the market fell off a cliff thanks to your savior?...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Red Diaper Baby Screaming Communist Coward, 

I have investments in the market, I haven't taken one or taken anything for the team?

I haven't.  What are you talking about?  Why would you think I've taken one for the team? 

Please elaborate because you're not making an ounce of logic or sense.

Now then, I've asked a number of times now, if you regret selling your stocks and your portfolio.

Are you planning to answer that simple question or are you going to continue dodging and weaving?  What did you do with your money since you cashed out of the US stock market?  

Did you invest in precious metals, or is it in a bank account somewhere?

I mean I know you sold it all because you stated that the market was crashing, implying that it was going to be as bad as Black Thursday back in 1929.  

Only a complete moron would keep his money in a crashing market when he Knows that the market is tanking, so either you cashed out or you are a complete moron.

So which is it?  

Originally Posted by Maurice Clark

Hi James,

It is not only bonkers, but it has been done without any intelligent or human input.

It has been shown that, if you put the phrase "balance bilateral trade deficits" into AI engines, the administration's approach (or some close approximation) is what you get. That is the case with ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude. If you put the phrase into Grok, you get the EXACT formula the White House used. In other news, Grok is the AI platform owned by... Elon Musk.

You can see how stupid their "approach" was. They put a tariff on Heard Island, which is uninhabited, except by penguins, I wonder what they will export to the US, and a 29% tariff on Norfolk Island, which has no manufacturing or exports to the US! Their only industry is tourism.

The way these tariffs have been "calculated" was first figured out by Author and economist James Surowiecki. This is his explanation:

    "Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.

    So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is"

Originally Posted by James Lacey

The NYT and CBC have good stories about their equation and its origin. Nonsense is an understatement. It's a paper-thin ruse intended to make it look like they know what they are doing and have a sensible policy. I'm pretty sure MAGA stands for Morons are Governing America at this point.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

THIS GUY:

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/5234661-trump-economic-adviser-defends-tariffs/

Originally Posted by James Lacey

The NYT and CBC have good stories about their equation and its origin. Nonsense is an understatement. It's a paper-thin ruse intended to make it look like they know what they are doing and have a sensible policy. I'm pretty sure MAGA stands for Morons are Governing America at this point.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

At this rate, Republicans will not only get shellacked in the midterms, but they will also lose both houses in 2026 and beyond for many years. This must be the most reckless and unnecessary economic meltdown of my lifetime and whoever told Trump that trying to negotiate trade deals from a position of weakness, when you've caused a market meltdown and sent your economy into recesstion is a moron. I know this is cliche, but imagine if Obama or Biden had done anything like this. Fox News and Republicans would all be screaming for their heads!