Trump said foreign countries would 'eat' tariffs--but U.S. consumers and businesses will actually pay 75% at best

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7. Great information. Americans have a gut feeling this is all F-ed up

We need to reinforce that, not with the hysterical "CUSTOMERS PAY ALL THE TARIFFS", but with some basic education, such as you are spelling out here.

And we should start with our own elected Dems, none of who seem to have the slightest clue about any of this.

It really isn't that complicated or that hard to explain. We all want innovation, research, breakthroughs, entrepreneurship, and manufacturing to happen here withing the 50 states. That gives us the best future for generations to come. And Trump's policies are doing NONE of that. They are doing the opposite.

Rather than extorting companies like Apple, who will bribe Trump with a few million dollars and then just carry on exporting our wealth, we need trade policies that will give companies the incentives and the stability they need to invest in American-based operations.

Biden's CHIPS act did exactly this. Biden's Infrastructure bill had intentions of incentivizing American production of cars, but the way it was implemented really screwed companies like Hyundai/Kia, who were ALREADY making investments in American plants. So I would give Biden a B- on these policies. Trump is an F-, but he doesn't give a shit. It is all a grift for him. He isn't trying to help anybody but himself, so he would consider his policies an A+.