Itās only āweirdā if you donāt understand the strategy. Tariffs arenāt meant to be permanent ā theyāre leverage. Trump used them to force better trade terms, level the playing field, and pressure foreign producers who were dumping subsidized goods into the U.S.
Once the leverage is in place, you remove targeted tariffs to pass the savings on to consumers. Thatās not hypocrisy ā thatās how negotiation works.
And yes, tariffs can temporarily raise prices. Thatās the whole point: short-term pressure to get long-term trade concessions, and Biden kept most of Trumpās tariffs for four years straight, and prices still skyrocketed, so pretending ātariffs = inflationā is lazy economics.
