Yes To Massive Tariffs! Fuck yes.

[Kamala Trump]

The higher the tariff, the more likely it is that the company will come into the United States, and build a factory in the United States so it doesn’t have to pay the tariff,” Trump said.

Micklethwait questioned Trump about what would happen to consumer prices during the months or even years it would take companies to build factories in the United States and hire workers.

Trump responded that he could make tariffs “so high, so horrible, so obnoxious that they’ll come right away.” Earlier during the interview, Trump mentioned placing tariffs on foreign-made products as high as 100% or 200%.

Trump vows to levy ‘horrible’ tariffs on imports, rejecting fears of inflation spike

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump defended his plans for steep tariffs on Tuesday, arguing economists who say that those higher costs would get passed onto consumers are incorrect and that his proposals would benefit American manufacturing. During an argumentative hour-long interview...

news.yahoo.com

 

[Goyboy]

Tariffs can be used judiciously. Trump has often gotten concessions just with threats of tariffs.

 

[Nordberg]

Trump was a clown in that interview. The people who know economics wound up being insulted and called names and he said they are stupid because they disagree with him. Trump is wrong.
Trump is a simple person who knows little. He got through life by acting like a teenage bully. He never grew up.
Do any of you Trumpys understand how long it would take to rebuild manufacturing? It took decades to move it abroad. Of course, pissing off all our trade partners is no way to build an economy. They have lots of places to obtain goods. Lots of customers. They will move on until sanity returns.

 

[Walt]

200% taxes on most things we buy... That would suddenly drop our purchasing power by two thirds. And would make buying of inputs by manufacturing nearly impossible, which in turn would kill our exports.

The "easy solutions" trump peddles are not solutions.