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Russia was excluded from Trump’s sweeping tariff list due to existing U.S. sanctions that limit trade, White House officials claimed.

Despite lower trade volumes, countries like Syria were still included, prompting skepticism.

Trump has prioritized ending the war in Ukraine and threatened 50% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil. Russian state media framed the omission as sanctions-based, not favoritism, with some mocking Trump’s harsher stance on allies.

Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a 10% tariff despite the country’s strategic partnership with the U.S.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And so were uninhabited islands. I'm not saying these people are geniuses. I'm saying that Grok probably said to skip sanctioned countries and they got that mostly right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or, much more simply, Trump didn't want to make Putin mad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So then why did Somalia or Burkina Faso not make the list? Does Putin care about them? Not really.

Occam's razor here is pretty easy to see as "Sanctioned counties, and we missed two."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That wasn't a comprehensive list, just 2 off the jump.

So no, the simpler answer is that sanctions simply aren't a factor. They didn't list every country on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, whatever you need to believe with no evidence to support it. At least a 80% correlation with the sanctions list mes a touch of sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Claiming that Trump is constantly kissing Putin's ass isn't a conspiracy. It's not even a secret...

Sure, whatever you need to believe with no evidence to support it

So where's your evidence that the list of countries was generated by AI?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a pretty comprehensive article on The Verge outlining the likelihood of it bring probable.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Still waiting for you to admit you were wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right, because even though we both know you were wrong, you're too fragile to admit it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not fragile. I really do recall seeing an article about this, and digging into finding it to show that I was only wrong admit the citation and not the content of the comment and my heart. But thats a chore and I'm putting off spending time doing that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trust me bro, I was right, I just don't feel like proving it.

Fragile little ego. So pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turns out it was an NY Times article, which you are free to search for yourself because this thirsty for attention wannabe troll shit can fuck right off.

Fun fact: Being abrasive and needing someone else to spoon-feed you the exact baby food you want isn't a great way to go through life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Turns out it was an NY Times article

No it wasn't, you're lying again.

needing someone else to spoon-feed you the exact baby food you want isn't a great way to go through life

Asking people for sources for their outlandish claims is "being spoonfed baby food" now.

Jesus, you'll really do anything but just admit to being wrong. It's so cringe.

Look, you came into this thread trying to dunk on people, got proven wrong, pivoted and doubled down, got proven wrong again and you just can't seem to handle that fact. We both know it. Just admit it and take the L.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Come on, it's not that long. You must have seen how utterly wrong you are by now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Did you read it yet?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lol the irony...

Of course I know what article you were talking about. Go ahead and read it again and then quote me where it says anything about generating a list of countries that somehow leaves out Russia.