Trump likes tariffs! He thinks it will protect American jobs? Jobs for the workers?
No. Economic research from any country, including America. says NO, it does not create more jobs. It costs jobs, it may kill unwanted imports, but it also kills off vital American exports to the same countries, and more obviously raises prices to ordinary consumers here.
Also, if Trump puts tariffs on a product from country A, then countries B, C. D. E etc...will just fill the gap at the old prices. So, there is no real change.
So far, all we have so far are higher prices and 1000s of American lost jobs.
There is something else - What do tariffs do? OF COURSE - they make money for business owners and CEO's (people Trump has things in common with). A lot of money for his club - billions. Only for them and nobody else.
Trump's tariffs, or any tariffs put on any country cost American jobs, and cost the consumer more. particularly lower income (yes! working class) people. So American construction workers lose again, and the American Dream of home ownership become impossible for 100,000s of American people. CEOs are OK though. Let's forget about CEOs - Trump voters don't understand that stuff too well. But just know that the poorest Americans suffer most from tariffs while richer consumers pay less - but everybody suffers.
Sure, Trump has A LOT of power to mess with trade and tariffs - another of the many problems with his "flawed democracy". His biggest power to play with trade is to use the "at war" method. For this, America just has to be at war - so. it can be at war with Syria or Afghanistan and put tariffs on Canada. Make sense? Nope. Another good method is the "security risk", and leaking jobs could be seen a "risk" if the president says it is. But WOW! isn't it ironic that tariffs actually cost jobs. Make sense? Nope.
Trump & Co. hasn't said which method they have used to attack Canada or will use to attack others, not that it really matters at the end. Bush, in 2002, did the same kind of thing on Canadian soft-wood. But, the international courts sided with Canada. Now, here we go again. More nonsense from this foolish Orange Mascot.
How far will he go? The further he goes the worse America gets.
NONE OF TRUMP's MISTAKES MAKE SENSE UNLESS YOU ARE A CEO....UNDERSTAND?
No. Economic research from any country, including America. says NO, it does not create more jobs. It costs jobs, it may kill unwanted imports, but it also kills off vital American exports to the same countries, and more obviously raises prices to ordinary consumers here.
Also, if Trump puts tariffs on a product from country A, then countries B, C. D. E etc...will just fill the gap at the old prices. So, there is no real change.
So far, all we have so far are higher prices and 1000s of American lost jobs.
There is something else - What do tariffs do? OF COURSE - they make money for business owners and CEO's (people Trump has things in common with). A lot of money for his club - billions. Only for them and nobody else.
Trump's tariffs, or any tariffs put on any country cost American jobs, and cost the consumer more. particularly lower income (yes! working class) people. So American construction workers lose again, and the American Dream of home ownership become impossible for 100,000s of American people. CEOs are OK though. Let's forget about CEOs - Trump voters don't understand that stuff too well. But just know that the poorest Americans suffer most from tariffs while richer consumers pay less - but everybody suffers.
Sure, Trump has A LOT of power to mess with trade and tariffs - another of the many problems with his "flawed democracy". His biggest power to play with trade is to use the "at war" method. For this, America just has to be at war - so. it can be at war with Syria or Afghanistan and put tariffs on Canada. Make sense? Nope. Another good method is the "security risk", and leaking jobs could be seen a "risk" if the president says it is. But WOW! isn't it ironic that tariffs actually cost jobs. Make sense? Nope.
Trump & Co. hasn't said which method they have used to attack Canada or will use to attack others, not that it really matters at the end. Bush, in 2002, did the same kind of thing on Canadian soft-wood. But, the international courts sided with Canada. Now, here we go again. More nonsense from this foolish Orange Mascot.
How far will he go? The further he goes the worse America gets.
NONE OF TRUMP's MISTAKES MAKE SENSE UNLESS YOU ARE A CEO....UNDERSTAND?
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