r/humor • • 14h ago

Economy made simple

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u/awesomedan24 12h ago

You know whats even stupider? The amount of diesel Trump bought from Russia is enough to last about 1-2 days... 

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u/aylaa157 12h ago

Its the trash diesel that Russians started producing due to shortages. But its been damaging vehicles so they wanted to dump the rest on a stupid country dumb enough to buy it.

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u/Tupekkha 12h ago

Just like that Argentinian beef.

What’s next importing asbestos from Russia to lower the cost of building materials? Fun fact: Russian still exports asbestos building materials

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u/def-not-bot 6h ago

Uhh...

Trump’s neutered Environmental Protection Agency, over the fervent objections of EPA professionals still on the job, has authored a “Significant New Use Rule” that will likely make it easier for asbestos – a notoriously carcinogenic substance – to make a comeback in America. Sixty nations have totally banned asbestos, and in this country it’s no longer commonly used in insulation or fireproofing materials. But now the EPA has devised language that potentially broadens the American consumer market for foreign asbestos manufacturers. Dissenting EPA officials are raising “significant concerns about the potential health impacts,” but hey, it’s not their EPA anymore. Or ours.

https://whyy.org/articles/trump-wants-to-make-asbestos-great-again/

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The asbestos mining company, Uralasbest, is one of the world’s largest producers and sellers of asbestos, and has started decorating pallets of its product with a seal of Trump’s face along with the words “Approved by Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States”.

This news follows the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision not to ban new asbestos products outright. The EPA said it would evaluate new uses of asbestos, but many environmental groups have voiced criticism of the agency for not going further by barring the products on the grounds of public health.

https://www.nationalasbestos.co.uk/news/trumps-face-asbestos-products-russia/

To be clear, they eventually backed away from this rule change, but the fact that they were even considering it is saddening.

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u/Sburns85 5h ago

I genuinely didn’t think America could go more backward till I read that

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u/Corr-Horron 4h ago

Make america great again

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u/A-Capybara 11h ago

It'd be hilarious if that diesel wrecks the trucks of all the magas

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u/StCreed 9h ago

Freedom diesel! Now cheaper than ever! ⛽️

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u/PassiveMenis88M 7h ago

It'll likely end up in transport trucks fucking up our logistics chain even more.

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u/Wild_Neighborhood605 12h ago

Yeah, I wonder how much Americans will have to pay for repairing their vehicles after this crap gets into their tanks.

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u/Melodic_Skin6573 11h ago

It’s no problem; in any case, everyone will receive a $5,000 check after the election.

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u/aylaa157 11h ago

I know bad diesel in a new sprinter will probably blow the turbo apart, destroying the engine and filling the crank case with tiny bits of metal. Diesel engines with modern def systems can't handle bad fuel.

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u/Wild_Neighborhood605 11h ago

That's exactly what thousands of Russians have already discovered. Americans are next...

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u/One-Inch-Punch 8h ago

More likely it's Iranian diesel.