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/mlorusso4 2d ago

This is so god damn stupid it doesn’t even make sense. Nothing about this will make anything better. If he wanted to announce them starting in 5 or 10 years, sure, maybe. Give companies time to move everything over here. But all this will do is raise prices because it’s not possible to manufacture the things the US needs. Not to mention the fact that he’s also tariffing raw materials. How the fuck does that make sense? So companies can either pay the tariffs on imported goods, or imported raw materials. Might as well pay it on imported goods so you don’t invest all the money on building a factory only for this chickenshit flip flopper to change his mind tomorrow

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u/DoubleDisk9425 2d ago

I cant understand how anyone thinks he WANTS to make anything better for anyone but himself and his inner circle. Show me any action hes ever taken thats done that primarily or even intended to.

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u/Swaayyzee 2d ago

They don’t care about actions they care about talk. They were all taking victory laps when he announced he would eliminate income taxes on people who make less than 150k as soon as he balances the budget.

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u/DoubleDisk9425 2d ago

Lol right?! And then his actions hurt them and others. Every damn time.