I think the tangerine turd learned an important lesson the other day. That lesson being, we are not the center of the universe and we rely on other countries for certain imports as well.
Of course there would be retaliation by whatever countries we imposed a tariff on, why dafuq do you think no one else uses them?
Fukn moron.🤦🏻♂️
Exactly. The bulk of our R&D hardware is assembled with Chinese parts. Trump thinks we’ll just use US suppliers - but they too import from China 🤦♂️
Now, if we actually invested in manufacturing of small components, then we could gradually reduce reliance on imports.
This is the idea behind the tariffs. At some point, it'll be advantageous profit wise to come and build your plant in the U.S. Your company will be free of overregulation and will pay a lower tax as well.
Once you come build a plant in US you STILL rely on imports. You don’t have the economies of scale to compete with an already established manufacturing base and people cheat by having their end product assembled in the states while the bulk of it is manufactured abroad. This is how companies get around tariffs.
Would definitely take a transitional period.
Problem is Trump sees tariffs as a stick to wave and threaten or use in negotiations. It can work - we see it with Mexico and Canada and I guess it takes a Trumpian character to pull it off (appears to be unhinged). But we need more of a carrot approach - long term investment in infrastructure , tax incentives, automation investment, logistics, education. Better partnerships with private sector and better treatment of talented people who come from abroad (automatic citizenship). Trump is short sighted and only thinks about his image during his term and could care less about long term effects - or he does but doesn’t realize how to get there (unlikely, since he has people whispering to him all the time).
My position is this. I don't trust any politcian, period. I don't agree with everything Trump"s done. But I am finding a definitive peace with the fire he has lit under the establishment. He's probably out for himself, IDK. But he is setting the establishment on fire at the moment.
