Trump's tweets “ordering” US companies to start looking for an alternative to China rattle tech stocks, with Apple closing down 4.6%, Amazon 3.1%, and AMD 7.4%
Shares of Apple and Silicon Valley's semiconductor companies were pummeled on Friday as President Trump responded …
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Discussion
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@realdonaldtrump
Donald J. Trump
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....better off without them. The vast amounts of money made and stolen by China from the United States, year after year, for decades, will and must STOP. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing..
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@briankarem
Brian J. Karem
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The Red Queen shouts “Off with their heads!” ...and we're through the looking glass. @realDonaldTrump https://twitter.com/...
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@billkristol
Bill Kristol
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Needless to say, this “order” by Trump has no basis in law. Its only basis is in an authoritarian mindset. One might seek reassurance in the fact the “order” is fanciful. But the conclusion that our president is merely a fantasist with authoritarian inclinations isn't reassuring.…
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@philiprucker
Philip Rucker
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Trump spends a lot of time calling Democrats socialist, but a head of state ordering companies to do things is, well, socialism. https://twitter.com/...
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@adamschiff
Adam Schiff
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I hereby order you stop jeopardizing our economy with these insane tweets. I further hereby order our followers to retweet. ...did that work? https://twitter.com/...