{"id":7131,"date":"2025-06-04T13:29:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:29:25","slug":"update-president-trump-places-35-tariff-on-water-aquaman-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/update-president-trump-places-35-tariff-on-water-aquaman-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: President Trump Places 35% Tariff on Water; Aquaman Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a meeting in late March, in which President Trump introduced the prospect of purchasing or annexing the ocean-nation of Atlantis, the two sovereign powers were on thin ice. Discussions ended without true resolution when Arthur Curry, better known as Aquaman, summoned a seahorse and disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean. The meeting ended without an agreement that would have entitled the United States to Atlantis\u2019 advanced technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curry was quick to reject the proposal, asking Trump whether he was serious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDude, you have literally no leverage. You haven\u2019t done shit for us. Why the fuck would we give you our shit?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Just this week, however, President Trump further pressed the issue when he announced wide-sweeping 35% tariffs on Atlantis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Economists were befuddled, given that there is no known trade between Atlantis and the United States. In fact, the U.S. is still unsure exactly where Atlantis is. Trump took to social media to express his thoughts:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are putting big, BEAUTIFUL tariffs on Atlantis and their HORRIBLE, \u2018puny fish-man\u2019. He was MEAN and DISRESPECTFUL to your very kind and handsome President. The people of Atlantis know they\u2019d be better off being the 52<\/span>nd<\/span> state and until then, we will be introducing them to my favorite word. Tariff, tariff, TARIFF!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Aquaman, protector of the Seven Seas, publicly expressed his disappointment and questioned whether Trump understood the nature of these tariffs: \u201cMy mother always taught me that Atlantis and the surface world could co-exist and collaborate with one another. I have been committed to these ideals since I became King. What the President of the United States is talking about denigrates these ideas, rendering them obsolete, and it isn\u2019t even how tariffs work. I am disappointed in his actions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Privately, the <\/span>Dealer <\/span><\/i>contacted Mr. Curry, and his reply was less dressed-up: \u201cWho does this guy think he is? I have superpowers. Does he realize the only thing we \u2018trade\u2019 with you guys is fucking water? What does he think he\u2019s doing? Putting a tariff on water? Good luck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s proposed 35% tariffs went into effect at midnight last night.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is unclear at this time exactly what will be tariffed. Seemingly, Aquaman\u2019s instinct was correct, as Trump emphasized, \u201cWe will not stand for being taken advantage of by the Atlanteans.\u00a0 It is time we reclaim our precious natural resources\u2013water and fish. We love water. You know, and a lot of people don\u2019t know this, it\u2019s called H2O. H2 like Derek Jeter. The fish, what a band. Like Grateful Dead but a little worse. We call it\u2013Eric.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Curry\u2019s reply was simple: \u201cI cannot justify this nonsense with a response. Wait, a minute, did he say, \u2018our natural resources?\u2019 Man, fuck that guy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Economists were befuddled, given that there is no known trade between Atlantis and the United States. In fact, the U.S. is still unsure exactly where Atlantis is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2089,"featured_media":7133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7134,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131\/revisions\/7134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}