Fear-Mongering Over Tariff Fallout Rings Hollow Without Hard Data
April 12th, 2025 | 
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The government's latest alarm bells over a supposed economic fallout from Trump’s renewed tariff wars come across as more political theatre than sound economic reasoning. The timing, with General Election 2025 just around the corner, makes the messaging appear less like prudent governance and more like a calculated effort to sow fear among voters.
If recession warnings are to be taken seriously, they must be backed by solid data—comprehensive analysis of trade flows, affected sectors, and projected GDP impact. Hand-waving about "economic headwinds" without specifics is unhelpful at best and disingenuous at worst. Voters deserve better than vague doomsday scenarios.
And even if there is merit to the concern, shouldn’t the government, with its vast resources and highly paid experts, be leading the charge with contingency plans? Isn’t it the core duty of any competent administration to anticipate, prepare, and steer the country through potential crises? Or has the government simply been caught sleeping at the wheel?
Ultimately, leadership is not about sounding alarms; it’s about showing the plan. If the risks are real, where is the response strategy? If there is none, then perhaps the real issue isn’t the tariffs—but the lack of preparedness from those in charge.
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Look,China has more at stake.
Still,XJP keeps his cool and whack Trumpy Orange Squash.
Sg leaders so panicky.
Whose fault?
At most,do more trading ex-USA.
Surely got other trading partners after drafting so many FTAs?
If not,FTAs for what?
Just to dump “FTs” here?
KNN,claim glory very fast.
Push blames lagi faster?
If cannot perform already,let oppo sgs take over lah.
Why KPKB?
Abolish GRC!
GRC BREEDS MEDIOCRITY.
DOUBLE CONFIRMED.Look at these panicky boy$ ,from HSK TO KEE CHIU and PM Wong.
If USA disappear tomorrow,PAP ministers don’t know what to do,is it?
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井底之蛙，死到临头还不知道！
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We MUST stay UNITED with WP. All the other Ps are in disarray. That include the white P. 4G is outdated. We should have 5G and 6G.
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Now that we know that Trump is using tariffs game to play the stock market, time for Voucher Wong to solve real problems.GE 2025 he and StayTuned Sim Ann will co chair the HDB 99=Zero Task Force.
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Every sinkie dream.
General kee Chiu to lead a team to take back Aljunied.
Or talk-big OYK.
Guess too many chicken in pap.
Hence another suicide squad.
Losers like keechiu love to stand where there are plenty of needy merderka-pioneer.
Hence Voucher-forever Party
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Of course – without the Glorious Regime, their Communist Island will not survive the trade war. Also we must take all the future jabs or go to jail, if not they will jab us anyway.
Prepare for GST to go to 15% soon. If you are somehow still miraculously employed then ask yourself how many days you need to starve to make ends meet.
Maybe $inkies can become maids and drivers for FT who have multiple houses locally and overseas. Unless you want to join other Regime voters looking through the garbage of these FT for some relief.
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GE was called weeks after Sept 11.
Weeks after lky died.
When COVID was at its worst.
FEAR is papigs modus operandi
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The five-day trip, during which Xi will visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia, is also a timely and critical one for boosting the confidence of countries in the region and providing more certainty for regional economic development amid the chaos brought by the United States’ launch of a tariff war, they said.
Why Xi not visit Sg? Because $g Dig$$ni$$ty too high?
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Highly paid idiots have no clue of what to do, just blah blah blah.
No matter high you pay an idiot, they just don’t know what to do, it’s so obvious.
Alternatively, just pay a smart guy reasonably well, they can out-think with better ideas.
So, every minister with million dollars pay will only know how to cry father and cry mother.
THIS IS SINGAPORE!
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