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[–] badhops 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

so did Trump do the math on this headline too? 1/2 of 145 is not 50

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

lol I was wondering about that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I'm guessing they mean 'half of 145%', but yeah that headline is a hot mess.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reporter: [REDACTED]
Reason: fake news. the article cites anonymous sources from new york post 2 day ago. yesterday trump said that he wanted the tariff to be near 80%. trade talks only started today. https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/business/us-weighs-plan-to-slash-china-tariffs-to-as-low-as-50-as-soon-as-next-week-sources/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, I'm not treating it as reliable by any stretch of imagination. Not to mention that nothing Trump says has any meaning to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Posting it without comment or indication that it's misleading is treating it as reliable, or at least as reliable as any other news article posted here.

Obviously Trump is a fire hose of bullshit that is not shy about spewing bullshit, but if you just drop stuff here without comment we have no choice but to assume that it should be given the same weight as any other article. 'Do your homework' applies to both the poster and the reader.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I mean Times of India is about as reliable as any source on this. The reason I'm not treating it as reliable because I don't treat anything Trump says seriously, not because of the particular source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago