I'm sick of libtards whining about this so I might get a bit winded trying to address all of the dumbass shit you said and the replies I can already see coming.
Let's unpack this bullshit, shall we? You claim exporting countries won't pay Trump's tariffs and that they'll just pass the cost to U.S. consumers like it's a universal law of physics. Again, it's not that simple. As I already explained tariffs aren't a straight line to price hikes, and only a fool would think so. Foreign companies don't just get to slap on a 25%, 50%, or, gasp, 3251% tariff (nice made-up number, by the way, care to cite a source, or is that just your keyboard having a seizure?) and call it a day. They've got to COMPETE. If their widget's price skyrockets, they risk losing market share to countries with lower tariffs or, better yet, American producers with zero tariffs. Ever heard of supply and demand?
Let's talk about those ridiculous tariffs. High tariffs force foreign companies to make a choice: eat the cost to stay competitive or lose the U.S. market, the biggest, juiciest market in the world. Many will cut their profit margins rather than price themselves out. And if they don't? American companies step in, produce the goods here, and create jobs while foreign suppliers cry. (seems like I just explained this too) Solar panels at 3251%? Cute hyperbole, but even high tariffs on specific goods like solar panels incentivize domestic production. Look at China's dumping tactics, they flood markets with cheap goods to kill competition. Tariffs level the playing field. Or do you prefer bending over for Beijing? (I know you do, again, a rhetorical question)
Your reasonable 5-10% tariffs sound adorable, like something a toddler would suggest after watching a Sesame Street episode on economics. Reciprocal tariffs, as Trump pushes, match what other countries already charge us. Why should we play nice while they gouge us? That's not fairness, it's surrender. And your whining about jittery markets and retailers' confusion? Boo-hoo. Markets adapt. Retailers pivot. They're not sitting in a corner sucking their thumbs, they're strategizing. If anything, uncertainty comes from decades of spineless trade policies that let foreign countries fleece us while leftists clapped like trained seals. (it's amazing how concerned libtards are about wealthy investors unable to read the markets, working people are in mutual funds and in it for the long haul, these ups and downs will have zero impact on them)
As for your recession/depression hysteria, take a deep breath and put down the Kool-Aid. You'd think you would have learned how stupid you sound by now after earlier predictions have all fallen flat as any of us with a brain knew they would, yet you're just repeating the same shit again, LOL
Tariffs protect American industries and jobs, which strengthens the economy. History backs this up, targeted tariffs under Reagan and even earlier administrations predictably boosted domestic growth without crashing the market. Compare that to the left's obsession with corporate tax hikes, which, again, always hit consumers directly, yet you're silent on that. Funny how your outrage only kicks in when Trump's name is mentioned.
So, wake up, you sanctimonious libtard drones. Your apocalyptic fairytale doesn't hold up. Trump's tariffs are about leverage, not reckless destruction, they're about making fair deals, there's nothing difficult to understand and agree with if you're on the A-Team. I just made that up, The American Team, The A-Team! I love it. Mr. T asks you, are you on the A-Team? Ah....no, you're not and that's it in a nutshell.
Make my case every damned post. Never argue with unserious morons like DumbUncle. It's better to just point at him and laugh.
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