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He doesn’t know how tariffs work.
Those countries don’t pay the tariffs. We do.
Dumbass is literally just making stuff more expensive for Americans. It’s only worth it if you’re trying to protect national industries.
But barely any companies make anything here anymore.
He knows and by making EU products expensive he is forcing the consumers to buy US products or save their money. Protectionism isn’t new to the US, that’s how it built up its industrial base in the 19th century. Now how this will truly play out is to be seen.
Edit:
I have been told that Wisconsin makes good cheese. Not sure why people are upset.
It would work if the US made stuff. We don’t.
They’re simply isn’t a manufacturing base. It was disassembled and sent overseas over two decades ago.