Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80% after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday.
The Universal Postal Union says it has started rolling out new measures that can help postal operators around the world calculate and collect duties, or taxes, after the U.S. eliminated the so-called “de minimis exemption” for lower-value parcels.
Eighty-eight postal operators have told the UPU that they have suspended some or all postal services to the United States until a solution is implemented with regard to U.S.-bound parcels valued at $800 or less, which had been the cutoff for imported goods to escape customs charges.
“The global network saw postal traffic to the U.S. come to a near-halt after the implementation of the new rules on Aug. 29, 2025, which for the first time placed the burden of customs duty collection and remittance on transportation carriers or U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency-approved qualified parties,” the UPU said in a statement.
The UPU said information exchanged between postal operators through its electronic network showed traffic from its 192 member countries — nearly all the world countries — had fallen 81% on Aug. 29, compared to a week earlier.
USA will soon be Americas equivalent to North Korea…
Trump got 11 holes in one the last time he played golf.
This comment has me wondering: does the average NK citizen believe the bullshit their government says about the Kims, or do they know it’s bullshit too?
Look at Christians; the idea of an invisible sky daddy is laughable but being taught that one exists since you were a child is a powerful drug.
My guess is that a good half of North Koreans would defend the regime regardless of how unbelievable it is just like in most other countries.
Exactly this - and these people are steeped in options, were they so to choose to make use of them to educate themselves, but they absolutely will not.
Same goes for conservatives in the West - they are surrounded by plenty of options if they have an Internet connection or a local library and a willingness to break the spell. But they sure as fuck won’t; they’ll listen to endless hours of hate radio and Faux News.
Imagine being somewhere where those options for truth are actively policed and shut down and punished quite harshly for…
24/7 propaganda not just fox, younger people wants more heavy drugs like OAN, NEWSMAX, and right wing podcasters.
Straight to jail
Do you think Trump supporters believe his bs?
Some of them, maybe not all, but some of them 100% believe everything coming from Trump and his administration. That’s how cults and a lot of organized religion work, people are literally groomed into this style of belief where they must prove they have true, unwavering faith in it despite the contradictions and evidence otherwise.
YES, they voted for him 3 times. plus farmers voted for him, despite his tariffs had permantly ruined them in his first term , and its happening again.
There is generational brainwashing in North Korea. Those people have no access to other information and are punished for questioning any information the state provides. So most likely they do believe it, they have no other information.
The ruling elite has access to more information so they most likely know it;s bullshit but it’s benefiting them so why say otherwise.
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They do have some access to external info, people smuggle media into the country from South Korea, of course there will be blind believers but there are probably a lot of them putting up an act so they don’t get killed. If they were all brainwashed, none of them would risk their lives to cross their border and escape NK
A generation is a very short time and it starts by meddling with education. Russia has done it and USA is seemingly well at it
Some. A good portion know it’s bullshit, but play along lest they get sent for reeducation.
THEY ARE TOTally brainwashed by the DEAR leader, so yes. only the ones that defect, if they can might see better horizons.
Taco is so great he doesn’t even defecate since he’s a perfect being.
America has been closer to being north Korea for longer than most people think.
russia actually. texas is mostly there , and florida is closing in second.
without being propped up by china, so a worst version of north korea. i think more like hybrid of russia and NK.