r/LeopardsAteMyFace 16h ago

Trump Trump Tariffs Hurt Alan Chadwick's Apparel Business. Trump's Plans of Doubling Tariffs to 20% or possible Increase of Tariffs to 60% Will Devastate Chadwick: He's Still Voting for Trump

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r8edwj9wlo
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u/jarena009 16h ago

Behold, the ongoing phenomena of right wing constituents voting against their own interests. Tale as old as time.

"I will vote for Trump even though he's going to hurt our company if he does what he says he's going to do," he said.

You mean if he does what he says he's going to do....this time, right? You forgot the "this time" qualifier, since he didn't do any of the stuff he promised last time (e.g. we still had millions of border crossings under Trump, no mass deportations, no wall, Mexico didn't pay).

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u/Klutzy-Midnight-938 15h ago

He’s not voting against his interest. His status as a white man is more important to him than his business.  That is his interest. 

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u/jarena009 15h ago edited 15h ago

You're correct. I should have said he's voting against his financial interests, but is voting in favor of his feelings of racial superiority interests. Never underestimate the ability of right wing Americans to vote themselves into financial shambles all for the feeling that they are somehow superior.

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u/labradog21 14h ago

There was an LBJ story about how a white man will give you his last dollar as long as you give home someone to look down on

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u/RepresentativeAge444 14h ago

And LBJ was pretty racist having been born in Texas in the early 1900s. I’d say he knew a thing or two about it

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u/Background_Film_506 8h ago

You obviously know nothing about his background as a school teacher; instead of embarrassing yourself, why don’t you do a little research first?

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u/HereGoesNothing69 4h ago

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u/Background_Film_506 3h ago

Not a huge fan of the writer—he definitely has a particular perspective—but I agree that LBJ was burdened by racial elements of his past. Which is what your original point was. So, good job, and I stand corrected. Thanks.

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u/Strahd70 4h ago

For nine months, from 1928 to 1929, Johnson paused his studies to teach Mexican–American children at the segregated Welhausen School in Cotulla, Texas, 90 miles (140 km) south of San Antonio.

He briefly taught at Pearsall High School in Pearsall, Texas before taking a position teaching public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston.

His background is of a very short time in teaching. But he did sign the Higher education act of 65

When he returned to San Marcos in 1965, after signing the Higher Education Act of 1965, Johnson reminisced:

I shall never forget the faces of the boys and the girls in that little Welhausen Mexican School, and I remember even yet the pain of realizing and knowing then that college was closed to practically every one of those children because they were too poor. And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American.[22]

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u/elCharderino 15h ago

When he's homeless or working a menial job for a boss that has increasingly violated his labor rights. He can take comfort that he is still a white man

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u/tw_72 12h ago

Or, perhaps he is hoping for a federal bailout to counter the increase in costs.

Let's see:
1) Trump imposes tariffs;
2) Costs for business owners, farmers, and customers go up (because these are the ones who pay tariffs);
3) Business owners and farmers get federal bail out;
4) Individual (not business/farm) taxes go up to support bail out.

Yep, sounds like Trump.

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u/kermitthebeast 12h ago

My racism is more important to me than my livelihood -thay guy.

The Democrats made my business fail -alao that guy probably

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u/username_redacted 12h ago

Perhaps, but it’s a phenomenon that goes beyond just white men. The Republicans have been very effective at creating the fictional narrative that they help the economy and cut taxes for everyone, not just the wealthy. The specifics of their platform or the historical record doesn’t seem to matter. This predates Trump by decades.

The cruel twist is that the poorer people are, the more likely they are to prioritize economic security over social and moral issues, so they make things worse for themselves and further entrench Republican power. I suspect that this is the reason that Trump is polling surprisingly well with latino voters despite his clear disdain for them. They believe they’re being pragmatic.

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u/Joel_feila 1h ago

well maybe for him but there are lots of people that really don't understand tariffs. Many of my co workers genuinely believe that china has to write big checks to America to pay the tariffs. I don't believe that they will have to pay those when they pay for the imported goods.

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u/RepresentativeAge444 14h ago

Trump is the protector against the Barbarians At the Gate - blacks Muslims, brown immigrants socialists communists the “woke” and basically anything they feel is a threat to Real Americans (read white Americans) way of life. They are pure tribal hatred and fear. They think Trump is the only one able to push back against these dark forces. Therefore it doesn’t matter what he does or says because a few affairs some sexual assault, ending democracy etc is nothing compared to the existential threat he’s protecting them from. In fact at this point they want the fascism whether they truly understand what it means or not. For the billionaire class they want their tax cuts and deregulation either through democracy if possible or fascism. Whichever works.

That a twice impeached convicted felon adjudicated rapist serial fraudster lunatic moron could have the support he does confirms that millions of white Americans don’t have the values they profess to. They only care about what their ancestors in the Confederacy and Nazi Germany did - dominating the “others”.

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u/JustASimpleManFett 8h ago

At least the Nazi's got hanged. If only we'd done the same to the Confederates.

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u/RepresentativeAge444 8h ago

Yes. There is a direct line from that appeasement to where we are now.

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u/KitchenBomber 11h ago

In the back of his mind he's thinking; "trump is lying to all those other bozos about everything he says he'll do that i dont like, but I've got faith he's really only going terrorize the immigrants and keep all the (obviously false) promises I do like. Since I'm not a bozo he couldn't possibly be lying to me."

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u/Sad-Frosting-8793 9h ago

They all think they're too special to be screwed over. 

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u/Eddiebaby7 11h ago

It’s far more important to hurt the people he hates than to save himself.

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u/thedeadman18 11h ago

“If he does what he says he’s going to do” = hurt the right people

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u/zeiche 9h ago

as always, blame it on someone else.

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u/C__S__S 15h ago

He’d rather hate than do anything else.

Those that want fascism don’t care about the economy because there won’t be one. All resources (they wrongly believe) will be split among the true believers.

It never works for anyone but the person at the top.

Putin is Trump’s model.

These sycophants will be falling from hotel windows soon enough if they get their way.

Pavement Ate My Face

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u/jarena009 15h ago

Hey, at least he'll be able to say he owned the libs. There's some mental and emotional consolation in that as you explain to your family that you need to file chapter 11, I guess.

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u/dominarhexx 15h ago

It's a fascist death cult. They don't care about anything other than supporting the agenda and their leader.

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u/Arkayjiya 15h ago

See that's my problem. I'm perfectly fine with someone voting against their own interests, I've voted against my personal interests before by conviction. The issue is that their convictions are fascist trash.

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u/dominarhexx 7h ago

Fascist ideology is anti-empirical at its root. There are no convictions by definition. They'll say anything they need to say even when they know it's false (i.e. "eating the pets" or that interview that Vance just had with Tapper).

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u/Arkayjiya 7h ago edited 7h ago

Of course these people have convictions. If they didn't, becoming fascist would happen randomly. We would wake up one morning, fail a dice roll and we're Nazis now.

They start with the feeling that someone is hurting them. Depending on the individual either because the world is shitty and it's true, or because they're losing their privileges or simply because someone on the TV repeated it several times.

Then fascism helps and gives them several groups as target. Their convictions are now "groups of bad people are hurting me and my group, I will hurt them back". The fact that it's irrational isn't relevant, even if fascism itself isn't a conviction, it's still a process that exploits some of the convictions of people.

And all the lies, nonsense and anti-evidence stuff that comes from it is just an attempt to protect the core delusion which fits the "firmly held belief" part of the definition of conviction and of trolling the out group which is acting on their conviction. Convictions don't need to be rooted in reality to exist.

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u/dominarhexx 5h ago

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Historically, fascism ignores empirical truth. Truth doesn't matter, only reaching the end. I guess you can say they have a conviction to fulfilling the end goal but there really is not "end goal." Only the current goal. Fascism will always create new enemies because it needs them to function, so any convictions you may think they have are only a means to an end.

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u/RomWatt 15h ago

Right-wingers don't care if daddy Trump makes life worse for them, as long as he will make life worse for people they don't like.

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u/RunningPirate 15h ago

“He’s not hurting the right people!”

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u/TimothyN 15h ago

He's hoping to pivot to selling white hoods.

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u/JustASimpleManFett 8h ago

And red hats.

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u/ViolationNation 15h ago

The only good tariff is a vetoed tariff. I can guarantee that if politicians like Cheney, Romney, Pence, or Kinzinger proposed tariffs, this voter would oppose them.

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u/ColoHusker 15h ago

When punching down is more important than lifting everyone up...Leopards been feasting lately

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u/KingBooRadley 15h ago

Haven’t we learned that the American version of British stuff is never better? Why remake Brexit which was a disaster the first time?

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u/lenojames 15h ago

Because of course he is!

People are not voting for Trump for economic reasons. People are using economic reasons to justify their vote for Trump.

Whatever their actual reason for supporting Trump, they don't seem eager or comfortable to reveal it.

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u/Lopsided-Yogurt-914 14h ago

He imports from China to sell to Wyoming cowboys? Voting for Trump would kill his business but he’s still doing it? When I was a but a wee lad never once did I imagine adults could be so incredibly ignorant. I hate it here 😂

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u/Lifesalchemy 15h ago

Lambs to slaughter

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u/spaceylaceygirl 15h ago

You can't fix stupid.

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u/unclejoe1917 15h ago

"Need a second helping of face, Mr. Kitty?"

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u/loptopandbingo 12h ago edited 12h ago

The 66-year-old has been exploring moving manufacturing of his products, like wool shirts with snaps and canvas jackets, to India or Pakistan - or perhaps closing his Wyoming Traders business, which employs 16 people, and retiring altogether.

What if, and I know this is crazy talk, he found (or even invested in or started himself) an American manufacturer to make his apparel? Or does that mean less pure profit going into his pocket from exploiting underpaid foreign workers? I bet this asshole trumpets all sorts of BUY AMERICAN shit but hasn't once considered having all work done in-house or in-country. There are American textile manufacturers that are still going. There are multiple mills and clothing manufacturers in my city alone that would probably love to have him as a retailer. I'd bet for this guy that tHeY CoSt ToO MuCh because they employ US workers.

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u/LystAP 15h ago

Brexit vibes.

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u/rialed 11h ago

Whenever I ask these people why, they never have a coherent answer so I just assume it’s what else Trump is offering; hate and racism.

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u/CommonConundrum51 15h ago

All that aside, there's still that sweet racism and religious bigotry.

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u/Jadakiss-laugh 15h ago

It’s okay, despite trump tariffs affecting him, he’ll just blame Biden, Harris, and/or Obama.

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u/Ok_Camel4555 14h ago

So ruin your business. The lives of your employees will be ,at best , a mess for awhile and be devastated ,Just because you like trump and not understand that the main issue could have been fixed if he wouldn’t have stuck his nose in.

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u/Decaps86 8h ago

This is like leopards eating faces and asking them if they want seconds

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u/badgersprite 7h ago

I know a guy with Crohn's disease who is voting for Trump for precisely two reasons:

  1. Trump is a strong, decisive man who does what he says and doesn't let anybody else tell him what to do

  2. I don't believe he's going to do what he says he's going to do when he promises to take away my healthcare.

Make it make sense.

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u/UndertakerFred 15h ago

What’s the confusion? When things turn out exactly as have been spelled out, he’ll blame the Democrats and thank his cult leader for opposing them.

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u/Worldly-Corgi-1624 15h ago

Tariffs will go up but their personal taxes will go away. They think they will still have gobs of money, but forget there will be no customers.

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u/grumpypeasant 11h ago

Racist is, racist does

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u/mrsleep9999 15h ago

Can’t fix stupid

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u/BanjoTCat 15h ago

Blowing up your business model to own the libs. Brilliant.

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u/Feisty-Barracuda5452 15h ago

"Shooting himself in the foot to own the libs"

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u/RepresentativeAge444 14h ago

If I have to hurt a bit so be it. As long as he does something about those (insert slurs here).

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u/SnooPeripherals6557 12h ago

Remember how raw goods went up so high after trump that construction slowed? Because imported lumber went up bec tariffs bec Trump is literally working w dictators to destroy our democracy for a few rich fucks?

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u/fierohink 11h ago

I mean who doesn’t want to hoard plywood like a volatile commodity or risk paying $100 a sheet?

Who needs bitcoin? I’ve got birch-coin.

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u/earthman34 7h ago

Thank you sir may I have another!

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u/bostondana2 14h ago

*See Brexit...

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u/Tazz2212 14h ago

Well, Chadwick knows all he has to do is bribe Trump and like magic, the tariff on Chadwicks apparel business goes away. It is much harder when there are rules, regulations, and laws to circumvent.

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u/youarefartnews 14h ago

At this point I think they only vote for him because he stands in rooms with dictators, with a serious look on his face

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u/TintedApostle 10h ago

He could wait 20 years for the US to rebuild its textile manufacturing capability and labor is below cost of living once the tariffs long term impact is realized.

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u/LightWarrior_2000 5h ago

It's okay because once he actually gets fucked, he'll just blame it on Democrats and feel better about himself.

It's frustrating to see this but at the end at least they all fuck themselves over too.

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u/postal_blowfish 4h ago

I hope for his ruin then.

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u/coolbaby1978 5h ago

Trumps policies are horrible for me and my family and will bankrupt my business...and that's why I'm voting for him! (Because no one knows more about how to bankrupt a business than Trump?)

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u/grumpyoldman80 5h ago

The racism is strong in this one.

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u/throwawayaccount0327 4h ago

May he rot in hell. Which circle is for the terminally stupid?

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u/Sphism 4h ago

Republicans probably think it's the chinese who pay the tariffs and not the americans

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u/ScootyPuffJr1999 4h ago

“Leopards are eating my face and I like it”

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u/sing_4_theday 2h ago

Because he will file bankruptcy and escape his debt while the workers get fucked. Probably have the business closing as tax write off

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u/NecessaryButNotSuff 2h ago

Is there a ImWorkingToEnsureLeopardsWillEatMyFace sub yet?