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To add to this, could someone please explain what the end goal is? Like in an ideal world where Trump gets everything he wants, what is he trying to accomplish here? From reading, it seems like a mismash of different things have been said including:
1. Stopping drugs from crossing the border
2. Hurting China in general
3. Bringing jobs back to America
4. Abolishing the IRS and instead relying on terrifs as a source of government income
So is there something these countries can do to remove the teriffs? Or are they permanent with the goal of abolishing the IRS. I just don't understand what we're trying to do here.
Comment by illogictc at 03/02/2025 at 03:24 UTC
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The irony is 3 and 4 counter each other. Bring back more American manufacturing, then we won't be importing as much. If we aren't importing as much, tariff revenue goes down. Tariff revenue goes down, then what?