Trump Tells NBC He ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ About Higher Auto Prices
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Let's see. Foreign cars start costing 20% more, so why wouldn't American carmakers raise prices by 19% just to be cheaper and make more money. In other words, all prices go up (not necissarily by the same amount, but still up)
American cars are going to go up in price even without profit maximizing (which they’ll obviously also do). It’s a global supply chain. Infotainment screens and other parts aren’t made in America. Foreign manufacturers already produce cars in the U.S.
And as a matter of fact, "foreign" company vehicles by the likes of Honda and Toyota are the MOST American made cars by parts origin.
He still lives in the 1970s. Ford, Chevy, Cadillac, GMC, Buick... they're some of the least American cars on the road.
Plus there's supply and demand to think about. Prices will go up becuase it'll be harder to find the domestically made vehicles.
You’d think the world’s shrewdest businessman would have a better handle on this. /s
He has a very clear handle on this. He's going to siphon the money made on tariffs to him and his cronies through some form of subsidy.
And contracts. Pretty soon all law enforcement vehicles will be required to be Teslas.
Look on the bright side: when the economy crashes you'll be able to sell your car for more!
Because of rampant inflation?
Because of rampant inflation.
No no no, we'll be able to buy bread with a full wheelbarrow of cash!
I’m sorry sir, this establishment only accepts Melania Coin.
I only use EggCoin, the original Cryptopoultry.
No, because the dollar is about to go the same way as the Pengo. I wonder who they're gonna put on the 100 Quntillion Dollar bill.
Donor auction, obviously.
Yeah, I guess the guy who basically can't drive for the rest of his life and probably hasn't driven much ever wouldn't care about the auto industry.
Fuck Bloomberg...
Not agreeing to their shit just to read an article.
Fuck. Right. Off.
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You can get past the Bloomberg paywall by adding a period after the .com
So, instead of
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-29/trump-tells-nbc-he-couldn-t-care-less-about-higher-auto-pricesput
www.bloomberg.com./news/articles/2025-03-29/trump-tells-nbc-he-couldn-t-care-less-about-higher-auto-pricesEditing fail but I got the idea... And, success!
Thanks for that tip. Likely try it more often. 😀
For a more long-term solution that works for more sites:
https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
It was on the Firefox add-ons store, got removed. It was on github, got removed. It was on gitlab, got removed.
Moved to gitflic in Russia, sadly, but magnolia1234 still writes all the documentation in English.
There's also a Chrome version if you really must with Google's browser.
https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean
As far as I'm aware this only works for Bloomberg. A flaw in their site design.
i might be stupid but i don't see the difference
Lemmy was adding an unwanted slash for whatever reason, look at my edited comment.
How does this work?
https://archive.ph/2025.03.30-004925/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-29/trump-tells-nbc-he-couldn-t-care-less-about-higher-auto-prices
Most of his voters don't buy new cars.
When new car prices go up, used car prices should rise too
Yeah, look at what just happened to the used car market because of the chip shortage during COVID.
Yeah, the "chip shortage"
They make them and sell them though.
https://archive.ph/2025.03.30-004925/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-29/trump-tells-nbc-he-couldn-t-care-less-about-higher-auto-prices
It's a gift link. Anybody with Javascript turned on has free access already
Muscle memory
Not me. Javascript on. Article blocked.
Still got blocked on Android. Thank you for this link
The trump regime was designed to TANK the US economy so that stocks, businesses, and industries can be bought by billionaires at rock bottom prices.
All is going according to plan.
If the dude wants a third term under free and fair elections, I wonder how many total morons will even STILL vote for this fucker.
Nope, the man only cares about ripping off America's and being cruel to minorities.
At least he didn’t say “could care less” so he is officially smarter than an internet commenter!
But surely he cares about the eggs!
He cares more about how fElon's feelings are being hurt by the Democrats being mean to him.
Me too!....oh no wait a minute! That means when I buy a new car, it will be expensive! Then no! Let's not do it! Oh its too late? Shit! Then I won't buy a car. I'll take public transportation and spend most of my free time there, to and from work.
I guess we'll be riding bicycles and horses soon.
If you think this dude is building infrastructure for bicycles, then I have bad news.
I did not say 'build infrastructure,' just that we will be required to use our power for transportation instead of relying on vehicles.
I mean absolutely HE couldn’t care less but not sure about several million other folks. Fuck orange man in his grapefruit shaped hole.
Nobody should care about higher auto prices. Cars are literally destroying the planet, our health, our safety, and our communities. It's a completely unsustainable con based on extreme violence and privilege. Fuck cars.
Maybe but there needs to be a well-thought out off-ramp.
This is not that.