A report recently published by Axios, reveals that Donald Trump is planning to leave the World Trade Organisation and adopt a new trade bill for the United States.
It’s name? The United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act, otherwise know as the FART Act. Yes, that’s right. The FART Act.
Just let that sink in. A president, whose surname is Trump, is potentially about to enact something named THE FART ACT.
Honestly, it’s pointless writing jokes anymore because the news does it for us.
The existence of the bill is still yet to be confirmed by the Trump administration, but iabandoning WTO rules would be a huge step and would allow Trump to raise tariffs without the control of Congress, and could have wide-reaching effects on international trading.
Predictably, the actual seriousness of the situation isn’t what’s grabbing people’s attention. Of course, it’s the name. And honestly we don’t know if we’d rather have it any other way.
pass the US FART Act I don’t care what you have to do
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) July 2, 2018
BREAKING: Wind. #FartAct
— The Gaf (@thegaf) July 2, 2018
"The world is laughing at us" says Trump, before proposing the FART Act (Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act)
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 2, 2018
They call it the "Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act".
Or, the "FART Act".?
This is a real thing that is happening.
Once you get past that, read the text of the bill. It's terrifying.
Exclusive: A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO#SaturdayMorning https://t.co/QhjDV1PB0s
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly ? BWCS (@AynRandPaulRyan) July 2, 2018
As an editor who writes some headlines at the NY Post can I just say I’m really psyched about the FART Act
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 2, 2018
Truly a shame that members of Congress won’t be in town tomorrow to talk about how much they support Trump’s US FART Act
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 2, 2018
The FART Act.
The FART Act. pic.twitter.com/O0jPUqEGid
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 2, 2018
excited for the fart act gamble to go wrong and leave skid marks in congress
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 2, 2018
The POTUS would like, for a start,
More power to rip trade apart,
Reported the press
Upon its success
In catching a draft of his FART.— Limericking (@Limericking) July 2, 2018
The FART Act will be followed by the Path Out Of Prosperity Act (POOP)
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) July 2, 2018
Even Trump’s former director of communications Anthony Scaramucci weighed in with a subtle joke, while also lambasting the proposal.
WTO has its flaws, but the “United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act," aka the U.S. FART Act, stinks. American consumers pay for tariffs. Time to switch tactics. https://t.co/OfyOFA1neU
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 2, 2018
