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I don't know why people think this, because it's one of the things he actually did in his first term.[1] Republicans had to bailout farmers because China put retaliatory tariffs on agriculture.[2]
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war
2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_administration_farmer_bailouts
Comment by Tarmacked at 01/02/2025 at 22:55 UTC
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Minor tariffs on certain goods are much different than 25% tariffs across all products on the three biggest importers
One is at least economically defensible with some realistic angles. The other is just mind boggling dumb
Comment by Own-Ad-503 at 01/02/2025 at 23:38 UTC
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And they will bail out the farmers again. They voted for him, he will provide for them. If Canada and Mexico slow the oil flow ( which they should do) than he will open the strategic reserve ( of course all the Trump supporters who condemned Biden for doing that will now say it is the right thing to do) , problem is he won't refill the strategic reserve as Biden did. Than, or course when Canadians and Mexicans cannot buy U.S. cars, they will start increasing the imports from China. Then , our shit head country will see beautifully built cars for 20K less than our own domestic cars ( how can we possibly afford to keep the prices down with our labor and legacy cost compared with other countries, ie: China} his own Magas will start to scream for them, hence put the US auto industry out of business. Sorry for turning this legit conversation into a rant. But this whole damn thing is so ludicrous.