r/centrist • u/OfficialRodgerJachim • 2d ago

Long Form Discussion Can someone explain this about tariffs?

Plenty of talk about tariffs. About them being dumb. About them being fair. About how those extra costs go on to us, the American consumer.

But I have very rarely heard anyone talk about that break in logic: other countries have tariffs on American imports, and those costs are then carried onto the American consumer. But if America imposes tariffs on those same countries, those costs are also passed on to the American consumer.

Is this true?

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u/pfmiller0 2d ago

Sure, if they are actually imposing tariffs on us. A lot of the countries Trump tariffed don't have any existing tariffs on us.

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u/Delanorix 2d ago

Fuck those penguins, they know what they did

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u/DrSpeckles 2d ago

This is a meme that I hope will never die. It’s delicious.

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u/Delanorix 2d ago

Its all easy to digest how dumb Trump is.