EDIT: Trump and Columbia seems to have come to an agreement where the Tariffs have now been canceled.
I’m leaving this post up for posterity’s sake. We just need to wait for the next opportunity to push. I’m still confident that Trump and co will dramatically misstep soon and leave an obvious opening. But for now, we should get our meme-skills up and ready. I’m still supportive of large-scale real-world messages, be they stickers or chalk messages or even simple notifications that point out Trump’s political missteps.
First off: condolences to any Colombian who is harmed by these events. We have a Colombian in our family and I certainly fear for her safety and her way of life. She’s the nanny to my nephew, and there’s a solid chance this shit won’t be fixed in time for her Visa renewals, so she’ll be effectively deported due to these events. I understand that Trump’s latest actions today are frightening, but we need to focus on the political messaging needed to swing the tides back into our favor.
As Donald J. Trump tariffs the USA’s #2 trade partner in Coffee (remember, Coffee CANNOT grow in the USA outside of like Hawaii), we can all expect coffee prices to shoot up by 25% in the near future. This is the inflation event we need to begin rubbing shitty marketplace inflation into the MAGAT’s faces.
Coffee is one of the most essential of luxury goods consumed in the USA. Everyone drinks it, and we need to be ready to pin the coffee price hikes on Trump’s shitty policy.
So, what’s the plan people? What’s the best meme we can make a sticker and print en masse. Coffee Shops seem like a liberal safe-haven, it shouldn’t be too hard to ask Baristas to post up signs (or little protests) indicating that coffee shops are against the Columbian Tariffs.
Like I really think this has real action available. Even a sign that says “Due to recent Tariffs, we have been forced to increase the price of our coffee by 25%”, and that’s it. We don’t need to make it incredibly related to Trump, its implicit in Trump’s actions. We need the public to know how Trump is affecting them, but without necessarily rubbing it into their faces.
No, you totally do need to explicitly call out Trump. It’s that over estimating of the public’s consciousness that got us where we are.
“Due to Trump’s tariffs, we have been forced to increase prices.”
Also 10,000 stickers with “I raised this price! with Trump giving a thumbs up” would be a good start. Marketing requires repetition to work. It’s why Coca-Cola still does advertising despite being a global brand that everyone recognizes.
Before the stickers are made, we need the right image and the right meme format.
Just my first draft. I dunno how Nazi we want to make this (Attacking Elon for the Nazi Salute might also be an interesting angle). But Trump himself directly is related to this Columbian Coffee Tariff. So its something we can ping Trump on directly…
I’m not an artist. But I’m reasonably confident in my writing skills.
“Trump Tariffs” is too generic and I don’t think people will get it. But getting really specific to the Columbian issue will make sense as people realize where Coffee fucking comes from.
you should use the image of him attempting to drink water with both hands, but make it a covfefe mug.
Trump Tariff is specific enough because it will cover all the other tariffs that are coming.
Making it about Columbia gives the impression it is Columbia that is a problem, not Trump.