Are you buying American?

@DogMan says
And the Tяump admin has rejected Vietnam's offer as inadequate.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/07/trump-trade-guru-peter-navarro-says-vietnams-zero-tariff-offer-means-nothing/

@GuidanceCounselor Or they will sell a little more to each of the other countries that buy from them. The US is the largest customer for many countries but for countries like China they are only about 15% of the country's export trade. So while it will be painful to lose that it is probably not enough to force China to capitulate.

@GuidanceCounselor says
Seems tRump is the one who's caving. Seems we're the ones who can't afford tRump's tariffs.

@swirlie And there is the weakness in modern Capitalism.. There is a little story out there about the Ford Motor Company currently. They have a reputation in America as the recall kings..So much so that its hurting the bottom line "more than it should" and the CEO is threatening to take more account of this when calculating management bonuses in future.. Said quickly that doesnt sound so awful.. But say it a couple of times and two points pop up. First, the longstanding policy of having actuaries go through the cost of legal liability when determining if a recall should be undertaken, or will it be cheaper to pay out on the damages for injuries or death? And the second is that taking enough care to produce a product that isnt going to need as recall really should be a focus of management in the first place..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman The bureaucrats are the ones pillaging and profiting from our
current system. Don't you think that a monetary conservative system with checks and
balances works better? Have you seen the 100's of billions that the U.S. just throws
out the window? They purposely waste money. Then turn around and raise taxes and
fees on everything, because they wasted so much.

@DogMan Isnt it funny how we can totally agree on the facts of the cae, yet come to totally opposite conclusions. While bureacrats can cause inefficiencies, it is politicans and elected officials who decide policy, accept lobbying and campaign contributions in exchange for voting with the "right" people..😷

@Midlifemale
We need to try and make WHAT work?

@carpediem

Liberal's hero

@BrandNewMan Your words say everything about your person.

I’ll block you, since you’re not able to discuss in a polite way.

@EagerDaddy you block because you cannot handle an opposing view

@GuidanceCounselor As you can see I handled many opposing views here without blocking.

But if someone is not able to communicate in a civilized way, I block, yes.

@DogMan But much American stuff is made of Chinese parts or not suitable without imported content. You cant even buy a decent burger that doesnt have a % of imported beef..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman Thats true, we have relied too much on China, we need to do
better. Until now no one has been brave enough to do anything about it. Hopefully we
can make a change.

@DogMan The "change" you speak of involves a massive disruption of American society, with a lowering of wages and living standards for all and massive tax increaes for all, perticularly the wealthy. To put the economy on a wartime footing..Supply by need. Not by cost..😷

@akindheart I'm doing what I can to buy American.

@DogMan i had no idea that fabletics wasn't selling american made procucts. now i know.

@Midlifemale you fundamentally do NOT understand that the control points I made are things that the USA can NOT work around.. When we stop shipping aluminium and we make 80% of the worlds supply - where in the hell are you going to get it and at what price.. You instantly need ten nuclear reactors to have enough electrical power to produce the amount of Aluminium we supply you now... It takes over a DECADE to build them...If you can finance them...and in that period of time with NO aluminium going to you your manufacturing sector is DECIMATED...You do not control Aluminium WE do... and if we stop to ship it.. you get none... not at a higher price - at no price... The only other place your west Texas refineries can get the same grade of heavy oil we provide now - is from Venezuela and the only country you have pissed off more than Canada happens to be Venezuela... The immediate impact on gasoline in the USA is $1.00 a gallon Canada has the fourth largest proven reserves of oil in the world.. the USA does not work very well without OUR oil... the biggest and most immediate threat to the USA is our massive surplus of electrical power... We shut off the switch and your hair goes on fire ... immediately... NYC grinds to a HALT .. and inside 72 hours people are killing one another to get something to eat...Let alone everything else that runs on OUR electrical power.. Our potash.. you can not grow squat without our potash... One season on the shelf you will find food prices flying though the roof as you need to import food to hold off starvation...

@pdqsailor1 I was advised by SW to block you...you're not worth a reply

@swirlie 🤣 I have been actually driving them, I think I know better.

@DogMan there is a large percentage of jeep and ram parts made elsewhere. And i believe some of the vehicles...renegade foe example, that are not made here at all.

@DogMan

Well, as evidenced by your mindless right-wing MAGA rhetoric in this thread, I would say that you actually don't know better, even if you were driving them.

@SunshineGirl you will have to get drunk on some other import child

@GuidanceCounselor Won't need to soon. Global warming is turning some of our English vineyards into prime terroir 🌞🍷

@SunshineGirl yeah sure

@Midlifemale But not American companies.

@Tastyfrzz most are not...correct. I have read that a few American companies that have moved their manufacturing to other countries, are thinking of coming back....Apple being one of them, Walmart, Stellantis (Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge) and GE...Honda will start building electric cars in Indiana. And lots more to come.

@Tastyfrzz
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC)
Chips giant, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), will boost its US investment by $100bn, building new five new “cutting edge” fabrication plants on American soil, Donald Trump has announced alongside the company's chief executive to avoid tariffs

@Spotpot We have another problem "Engineered Obsolescence" products designed to stop working or need to be replaced or repaired after normal usage, which may seem to be a relatively short period of time.

"Gentlemen, for the lack of a better word 'Greed' is good"

Gorden Gekko ~ Movie, Wall Street, Oliver Stone.
Inspired by a real-life Wall Street criminal.

@ShenaniganFoodie dewalt batteries are made in china...

@wildbill83 But marked " Made in the USA "

@ShenaniganFoodie
No, they're not marked "Made in the USA", they're marked Made in China right on the purchase invoice.

@Spotpot Most of what kept the $ strong was the demand for it as the trade currency. The Chinese and BRICS have recently been undrmining the foundations of that..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman BRICS wont be a successes to diffrent countriues to diifrent culkuresa and econiomies,

@Spotpot BRICS payment system is already a success, using the Yuan as a trading currency and China are selling blocks of Yuan for use. Just like the Americans have..The saudis, South Africanjs and Brazilians have been at it for a while now..And others are starting to do it. So Sorry.. "WRONG!"😷

@DogMan The only bleach in this house is the bleach I use to clean the bathroom and kitchen.i don't drink bleach...might be a good idea to keep a bottle in the fridge!

@Entwistle I think Trump said it was better cold. 😉

@DogMan I will need to import some American ice to put in the glass of chilled bleach!

@whowasthatmaskedman China is starting to compete in the motorcycle arena. They
have a really nice dual sport bike getting great reviews its a 450 MT But since I have
two already I probably won't get that. I have one from Japan, and one from India.

@DogMan China has all the "new kid on the block" advantages of not having to carry ther overhead of ther old infrastructure, like car manufacturing plants..Then build new for the latest tech. And with a cenralized economy they dont have CEOs needing to produce profit in the next quarter. They can link government policy to supply and pricing.. Try telling GM to uprade product and reduce price by 10% deom the first of next month. China can do that..😷

@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP

There are many options out there .. google it for type of products you want

https://mammothnation.com/

https://www.blackriflecoffee.com//

https://www.allamericanstore.us/#:~:text=Made%20in%20the%20USA%20and%20proudly%20Handcrafted%20in%20America.

https://www.american-giant.com/

https://www.madeinusaproduct.com/category/sporting-goods.php

https://www.everythingkitchens.com/blog/top-made-in-america-kitchen-brands-from-everything-kitchens.html?srsltid=AfmBOor5HR8lF6yG4EFGjBANYVoOPoMbmOJ_dl-gjuGrbG1ooOYK-OZU

Sturm Ruger
Several bourbon brands
Samuel Adams
Some L.L. Bean products

etc

@BrandNewMan I just became a member of Mammoth Nation. I didn't realize there
were so many products still made in America.

@DogMan 👍🏻 Yep. Takes a bit of looking but there is more than most know.

@ffony trade deficit numbers don't account for services either.

@softspokenman Too long.

@softspokenman You might tesearch where self-sufficiency leads to, in terms of wealth etc.

@Moneyonmymind And thats the thing. A lot of Americas standard of living is underpinned by cheap imports making more options available to regular Americans..😷

@DogMan Also America doesn't feed the world, where have you been? Doge been dismantling programs that feed the world, research diseases, monitor weather and other things. America quite literally doesn't do anything anymore internationally. What are you not understanding

@SatanBurger The USAID bribery scheme doesn't feed people, or cure disease, they brainwash
people into believing DEI and Trans issues are the most important things in the world.

@jshm2 Americans don't buy anything purely Made in America because simply the cost. At the 30 plus dollars an hour we get, who could?

You are the one living in 1950, still getting $2.50 an hour and expecting to compete in a global Economy.

@jshm2 What a POS little keyboard warrior .. come get some lead