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Based on things I've heard/read, Trump's love with tariffs actually goes back to his college days; only now he has the ability to do something about it, and the will to force it through.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-cdc-labs-stds-hepatitis/

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hackathon-irs-data-palantir/

More accurately, he's declared "national emergencies" and is relying on the powers granted under that status to push the tariffs. But Congress can end that I believe, so ball's still in their court, just for slightly different reasons.

Military defense and treaties, among other things.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/senate-overturns-rule-limiting-bank-overdraft-fees-to-5/

Nice video explaining more about tariffs: I actually wasn't aware that if you don't pay tariffs immediately, your stuff gets destroyed. Not sent back or impounded, destroyed.

https://archive.ph/42fNI#selection-4661.0-4661.332 Think the tariffs helped them decide to let 'er rip?

That's the harder than it sounds part... but it's not an impossibility, given we already had a few break ranks on the Canada tariffs. Just not an easy or likely one. There's also the court approach too mentioned in the article, which currently is being headed by a Libertarian of all things...

https://newrepublic.com/article/193607/transcript-trump-tariff-madness-can-stopped-here-how Interesting bits of background in this. Namely, that Trump declared a national economic emergency because we have trade deficits, and that's the grounding for all these tariffs. Kick that out from under...

Some of the international reactions to the tariffs: https://infosec.exchange/@knightsbridge/114280715128031502

Well for those who were wondering if it would affect the Switch 2, the answer is yes: https://www.polygon.com/nintendo-switch-2/553133/pre-orders-delayed-trump-tariff

In case you were wondering how the market news folks are handling this: https://infosec.exchange/@Sempf/114279849369393446 https://infosec.exchange/@Sempf/114280190133900454

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgerl183j3o

We use Roll20 for a VTT, yeah. Also used it in the past for a couple Traveller campaigns as well as a Pathfinder 1E campaign or two. We use Discord for the voice chat and memes that pop up during play.

Have yet to be able to try a Pathfinder 2E game. Played multiple 1E in the past though. Currently playing a D&D 5E campaign on one of my Discord servers weekly though using my werewolf paladin character I've shared art of over on my Mayhem thread... though an AU version of her since it's set...

This has insufficient Sickos, so I feel obligated to apply my own. Also in answer to that, this is the biggest drop since June 2020 in the COVID lockdown days: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/trump-tariffs-stock-market

An article from The Economist, to provide historical context: https://archive.ph/UdUXk Apparently tarriffs at this level have not existed in the US since the 19th century. We now have higher tariffs than even the Great Depression era.

I got my replacement tablet right after the election in anticipation of something like this, but definitely wasn't expecting the severity of it.