Okay, so, being incredibly generous here, I sort of get their point, but why not slowly ramp tariffs up to allow domestic production to catch up? Because fuck you, that’s why.
And, as always, none of any of the false promises of prosperity excuse any of the hate Trump spreads.
Genuine answer is likely that it’s not intended to be permanent. It’s designed to make him look good when ultimately removed and secure some support for conservative talking points around stopping drugs and immigration across the borders.
It also distracts from the major damage they’re doing internally to the government via OPM which is much more difficult to reverse.
Okay, so, being incredibly generous here, I sort of get their point, but why not slowly ramp tariffs up to allow domestic production to catch up? Because fuck you, that’s why.
And, as always, none of any of the false promises of prosperity excuse any of the hate Trump spreads.
Genuine answer is likely that it’s not intended to be permanent. It’s designed to make him look good when ultimately removed and secure some support for conservative talking points around stopping drugs and immigration across the borders.
It also distracts from the major damage they’re doing internally to the government via OPM which is much more difficult to reverse.