Aliexpress no longer an option


Anyone try to buy from Aliexpress recently?  I went in to pick up some copper banana connectors, added them to my cart to find out what our new tariffs look like.  $13.00 set of 4 bananas, $1.14 tax, $1.20 shipping and $23.40 customs fee!  That for a $13.00 item.  Trade war has arrived at our door.  Grrrrrrr….

Please reframe from the political debates/opinions I just wanted to inform USA audio shoppers what our China tariff reality is now.

tksteingraber

@gano 

You start with a ridiculous accusation of 100's of lies told daily, then want to argue.  Argue, not discuss is your desire. You can't possibly make that kind of accusation unless you are at the man's side 24/7.  There is no place to go with your disconnect from reality.  

 

I did an AI search that said Trump averaged 13 lies or misleading statements a day during his first term. 

Correction:  21 actually 

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Ranking U.S. presidents by the number of lies told per day while in office reveals significant differences, particularly highlighting Donald Trump's presidency. Here’s a summary based on available data:

1. **Donald Trump**: 
   - During his first term, Trump made an average of **21 false or misleading claims per day**, totaling **30,573 claims** according to The Washington Post. Other sources, like the Toronto Star, reported an average of **6 false claims per day** from January 2017 to June 2019, but the higher figure from The Washington Post is more widely cited as indicative of his overall presidency [[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump).

2. **Other Presidents**: 
   - While the search results did not provide specific daily averages for other presidents, it is noted that Trump's lying has been characterized as unprecedented in American politics. Historians and political analysts have described him as the most prolific liar in the history of the presidency, with no close second [[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump).

3. **Comparison with Previous Presidents**: 
   - Historically, other presidents have been known to stretch the truth or mislead, but none have been documented to the extent of Trump. For example, previous presidents have occasionally lied, but Trump's approach has been described as a systematic and strategic use of falsehoods [[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump).

In summary, Donald Trump stands out significantly in terms of the number of lies told per day while in office, with no other president coming close to his documented figures.

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Learn more:
1. [False or misleading statements by Donald Trump - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump)

well, it will take time short term pain for long term gain we NEED to be able to get to a point where we CAN make all the essential goods ourselves . china IS an enemy ( we sure are to them ) and their plan is to take over world  invade taiwan etc wake up! communists and socialism is the hand maid, precursor  of communism! 
we CAN get all minerals we need in USA yes they exist in sufficient quantities we need to get over the NIMBY of developing mines and making what we need here yup they do sometimes polute ! too bad we can try to use tech and be careful today we signed the agreement w/ ukraine to develop mineral extraction lucky those mines are largely in territory Russia wants peace actually so thousands of US miners engineers in way will be deterrent ! even PUTIN wants peace as they are and have been hurting ! i get exotic car parts made in Russia ! they have every grade of titanium ever made and skilled engineers who are tired of working , making military parts! .it is a PIA to pay them! have to use a neutral 3rd country or bitcoin!   90K factories closed in USA due to stupid NAFTA and similar over past decades some are coming back w/rising wages and transportation,shipping cost it is not such a big gap if we make things HERE we are almost competitive ! anyone remember when wall mart USED to brag everything sold  was made in USA ? it can be again yes we will pay more it's worth it 
look ahead, give this all a chance you short sighted anti Mr T folks he means well is doing has done MORE right than any other ever did FACT ! it just needs to reach tipping point then we will succeed as manufacturer no matter who is president ! ( as long as we do not become socialist/ communist ! ) we USED to be there we will again 

US will have trade surplus with every country, we will be entirely self sufficient, full employment with livable wages for every worker, no inflation, not going to touch SS or Medicare, US no longer runs deficits, debt being paid down rapidly, Canada 51st state, US owns Greenland, Panama Canal, now Gulf of America, no income taxes for those making under $200,000, Trump is the Pope, Trump is running the world. Now tell me who is deranged!