well tariffs of the percentage Trump is talking about will not only drive up the cost of about everything we buy but will cause lay offs and a possible deep recession / depression as a lot of economists have already come out and said.
Second thing I do agree with tariffs up to the point where they start doing great harm to the American consumer who WILL be paying them because the exporting countries will just pass them on to the consumer.
Trump says he will put 20% across the board on all imports , so any parts for things that are made here that are imported will increase the price of US goods too.
We do not have the infrastructure to make a lot of things here , an a recession will only make it a lot harder to build it because US manufactures will be loosing sales and not making money, and on top of it when prices do go up you can bet US manufactures will increase their prices and try to pad their profits as long as they can before everything falls apart.
And on top of it these tariffs will increase the price of fuel / gas and trucking companies will pass that increase on to the consumer too
If Trump does do it it is going to drive the cost of everything up and it will be a shit show like we have never seen before.
