Dave Chappelle’s scorching prediction on Trump’s policies resurfaces amid trade war
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An eerie take from Dave Chappelle has emerged as stock markets tumble, and tariffs and retaliations mount as U.S. President Donald Trump brought his trade war to the world.
In 2017, the comedian joked about Trump’s handling of international relations, calling them “high people ideas.”
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On April 2, Trump placed a 34% increase on China when he announced his Liberation Day tariff plans – on top of the previous 20% import taxes rolled out on Beijing.
Trump has since pledged another 50% tariffs after Beijing responded to his tariff threat with a 34% increase on U.S. goods coming into China.
Neither of the two economic powerhouses appeared ready to back down, with China announcing it would raise tariffs on American goods to 84% and vowed to “fight to the end.”
Americans could now see massive price hikes on iPhones, computers and toys as a result.
The expletive-filled, “prophetic” clip of Chappelle has since returned to social media, where he joked about bringing manufacturing jobs back to America from China, and the price of iPhones soaring to thousands of dollars.
“’All this motherf—–’s ideas sound like high people ideas, like, he doesn’t think these things through before he tells us,” Chappelle says in the clip from his Netflix special.
“He just tells us what he’s thinking as soon as it occurs to him.”
He continued: “That s— sounds nuts. ‘I’m gonna go to China and I’m gonna get those jobs from China and bring them back here to America.’ For what? So iPhones can be $9,000?”
Chappelle declared: “Leave that job in China where it belongs. None of us want to work that hard. What the f— is he thinking?”
He added: “I want to wear Nikes – I don’t want to make them.”
Social media users found it all ironically hilarious.
“The Dave Chappelle joke was a prophecy I guess,” one person wrote.
Another added: “Anti/pro Trump or anti/pro tariff… you got to admit, Dave Chappelle’s take was pretty funny.”
Trump has long maintained that imposing tariffs on Chinese goods was a strategy to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
His core argument is that tariffs make Chinese imports more expensive, but if U.S. companies produce goods domestically, it will create more jobs for Americans.
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Earlier this year, Chappelle made Saturday Night Live history with his 17-minute monologue, and devoted some of that time to remind Trump that the presidency is more than just petty politics.
“Remember, whether people voted for you or not, they’re all counting on you,” he said to Trump and Americans, via NBC News.
“Whether they like you or not, they’re all counting on you. The whole world is counting on you,” he continued.
“I mean this when I say this, good luck. Do better next time. Please, all of us, do better next time.”
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