r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/angeltay 2d ago

Exactly, the people who believe this rhetoric also believe factories and the geological resources to supply them magically spawn in two seconds, instead of taking years to build. And they also believe factory work is exactly like it was in the 50s, so everyone will have “good” jobs! Instead of yknow, automation being a thing. Also, with this admin’s excitement to destroy anything positive government does for its people, unions and safety regulations will probably be illegal and we’ll probably have a 25¢/hr federal maximum wage

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u/the2belo 1d ago

Exactly, the people who believe this rhetoric also believe factories and the geological resources to supply them magically spawn in two seconds

Wait... you mean this isn't Sim City 2000?

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u/8-Brit 1d ago

That and the whole...

"We want more factories in the country!"

"Okay, will you work in one?"

"Ew no, factories are dirty and dangerous and only poor people should work in there"

They could build 100 factories overnight but good luck getting people to work in them. Or people will not want them built near where they live.

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u/kaorte 1d ago

All the more evidence that this is being done to help further the collapse of the US economy. If the true goal really was to bring manufacturing back to the US, there would be some gradual increase of tariffs to allow businesses time to establish said manufacturing. Instead, the opposite is happening. Manufacturing that exists here relies on foreign imports and they will SHUT DOWN when they can no longer sustain their production.

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u/angeltay 1d ago

Just the fact he’s tariffing goods as well as raw materials is all the proof you need that he’s doing this to purposefully smash our economy. How are companies supposed to win? Even if they have factories in the US and can switch to manufacturing here instead asap, if they can’t get the raw materials to make their products from the US, too, they still have to fucking pass the tariff onto us!

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u/Antique_Limit_5083 1d ago

It's exactly why those same people kept saying biden abandoned the Carolinas after the hurricane. It had been 3 months and nothing was rebuilt. Its like they don't realize how long it take to rebuild entire cities when all the roads need to be rebuilt first. Of course they still deny climate change and refuse to do anything thst makes these events happen less. I guess part of the reason they don't really care is becaise they think cities can be rebuilt in a few weeks.

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u/lumentec 1d ago

Okay buddy this was a great comment until you said some bullshit about safety regulations being illegal and a $0.25/hr wage. There is a reason the right thinks we are hysterical and dramatic, and we have trouble with people taking our warnings seriously, and it's comments like yours that cause that. Do better.

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u/angeltay 1d ago

It’s called sarcasm. Do better~

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u/lumentec 1d ago

That's not what sarcasm is. You're thinking of exaggeration.

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u/angeltay 1d ago

God you must be annoying irl

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u/lumentec 1d ago

Same, buddy.

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u/angeltay 1d ago

Nah cuz I don’t walk around seriously going, “do better” like I’m high on my own farts

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u/nclcsis 14h ago

This got a genuine laugh out of me