At this point, I would prefer his tariffs to literally skull fuck every single industry so that it’s crystal fucking clear that they are the cause of the impacts to his base.
I know they will literally lap up the shit fox news is slinging to them but it will not be able to be swept under the rug if the impact is big enough and opponents are loud enough.
I’m sure I could and probably will be wrong. There needs to be a clear as fuck message sent to all of the idiots that voted for him and all of the fuckwits that didn’t vote for his opponent.
As long as he gets to watch the right-wing news networks, he doesn’t care.
The knock on effects of tariffs are wild. You may have noticed a trend in the last few years of pillows and sleeping bags being half stuffed animal and marketed to kids. These products exist because the tariffs on bedding are lower than on toys.
I’ve been mostly ignoring all this tariff talk. Is there reason to believe that this will be any different from his promise of building a wall?
Yes, tariffs are much easier for him to implement than building 1000+ miles of wall.
Wow, did not expect downvotes for asking a question, so thanks for responding.
I guess to clarify, I’m not worrying too much because if or when these tariffs get implemented and they prove to be ineffective and unpopular, he will immediately fold and backtrack. But I realize now, this will probably have it’s own consequences.
That’s the circlejerk effect for ya. It’s also hard to discern people’s tone online, so some people may interpret a genuine question as something insincere. Not like it really matters though, points aren’t worth anything haha
Anyway, I wouldn’t be so sure he’d fold and backtrack on unpopular policy. He rarely did during his first term, and there were many very unpopular things he did.
Personally, I’m of the view that if Trump is implementing any economic policies like this, it’s going to be making him money directly and/or indirectly. So if that’s his ulterior motive in this context, he won’t care how unpopular it is until he extracts whatever amount of money he wanted out of it. Then, once he or his allies have made their money, they’ll roll back the policy and play it off like he had a change of heart and his bullshit PR outlets will spin it as him having some grand plan all along…
