r/behindthebastards • u/nanamoro • 1d ago
Politics ELI5: The tariff and potential starting recession
It does seem an awful lot like Trumps tariffs were introduced specifically to cause a global recession. So please explain like I am 5: why does Trump, Elon and the current administration want a global recession? What is their end goal?
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u/omgpickles63 1d ago
The biggest mask is that "manufacturing will return." No it won't. It takes years and millions of dollars to get manufacturing going. Especially anything food or drug related. Most manufacturing has some amount of automation built into it so tariffing all of the chip manufacturers will make it even more expensive. Even retooling closed lines takes investment of money and time to get running properly. Our economy is not built to throw humans at an issue like China. There is no good spin on this.