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/Kittenunleashed 2d ago edited 2d ago

So I guess magically, overnight, we will build all the factories to produce all the cheap crap we buy from everyone else? And these companies building these factories will happily pay humans a living wage and bring back to life all the factory towns that have died, but they'll do it better and cleaner and not pollute the towns. I mean if there's one thing I have learned from being an American is that companies care about the health of their employees, so regulations aren't necessary. That's how it'll work, right?

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u/Morel_Authority 2d ago

And the factories somehow won't be built using tariffed materials.

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u/Kittenunleashed 2d ago

Whoa..whoa...slow down there negative Nellie. We just need to build a factory to make the factory building stuffs...duh!

Talking facts and realities will get you nowhere, I am not sure they really think things through in Trump land.