Seriously, what is Trump’s goal?

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Bring manufacturing back to the U.S.? Whiskey says “Nike is coming home”

I get targeting certain industries or categories of products, but otherwise this is ridiculous. We don’t need to be making 90% of the widgets and trinkets and all the other cheap goods lining the shelves at Walmart and every other retailer.
Nor do I sense anyone wants to pay more for these goods.

Is it to raise revenue? Isn’t that just a massive wealth transfer from consumers to corporations? And then to the ultra rich to help pay for tax cuts?
Again, how do we not pay much more for goods if the tariffs stay in place?

What’s the plan? What am I missing.

 

[Rifler]

In short, this is a last ditch attempt to rebuild the US middle class...

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

In short, this is a last ditch attempt to rebuild the US middle class...

By?

 

[Huey Grey]

He's an 80 year old man who shits his pants. He thinks nukes can stop hurricanes and bleach in your veins can cure Covid.

I'll think we're all reading a little too much into there being a plan.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

Crater the economy, foment civil unrest, declare martial law, suspend and cancel all foreseeable future elections. He never leaves.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

He's an 80 year old man who shits his pants. He thinks nukes can stop hurricanes and bleach in your veins can cure Covid.

I'll think we're all reading a little too much into their being a plan.

That’s fair.

So what is the plan of the people telling him things and giving him the big, beautiful sharpies?

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Bring manufacturing back to the U.S.? Whiskey says “Nike is coming home”

I get targeting certain industries or categories of products, but otherwise this is ridiculous. We don’t need to be making 90% of the widgets and trinkets and all the other cheap goods lining the shelves at Walmart and every other retailer.
Nor do I sense anyone wants to pay more for these goods.

Is it to raise revenue? Isn’t that just a massive wealth transfer from consumers to corporations? And then to the ultra rich to help pay for tax cuts?
Again, how do we not pay much more for goods if the tariffs stay in place?

What’s the plan? What am I missing.

We are not going to make all the widgets but "nike" as an example now has to decide on where it's going to get it's "cotton" which we do make.


Caterpillar is the ine I would think would bring everybody back on shore ASAP. You could convince me we are not going to make t shirts here but "apple" and "cat" and several of these other "american" companies will manufacture more here.



His goal is simple, Make america great again.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

Bring manufacturing back to the U.S.? Whiskey says “Nike is coming home”

I get targeting certain industries or categories of products, but otherwise this is ridiculous. We don’t need to be making 90% of the widgets and trinkets and all the other cheap goods lining the shelves at Walmart and every other retailer.
Nor do I sense anyone wants to pay more for these goods.

Is it to raise revenue? Isn’t that just a massive wealth transfer from consumers to corporations? And then to the ultra rich to help pay for tax cuts?
Again, how do we not pay much more for goods if the tariffs stay in place?

What’s the plan? What am I missing.

His goal is to please Master Putin…

 

[Rifler]

By?

By tempering the "big sucking sound" created by the lauded global economy,.. Ross Perot wasn't wrong.

 

[95Hawk]

In short, this is a last ditch attempt to rebuild the US middle class...

Bless your heart.

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

By?

Making them pay way more for damn near everything, of course…

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

By tempering the "big sucking sound" created by the lauded global economy,.. Ross Perot wasn't wrong.

How?

 

[Chishawk1425]

That’s fair.

So what is the plan of the people telling him things and giving him the big, beautiful sharpies?

He's Agent Krasnov. Forget everything else and then it all makes sense. Chaos and our demise is Putin and the Oligarchs gain.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

In short, this is a last ditch attempt to rebuild the US middle class...

The middle class will be hurt the worst by all of this. This is not a hard concept, it is a proven fact time and again. A consumption tax crushes the middle and lower classes.

 

[GES4]

Bring manufacturing back to the U.S.? Whiskey says “Nike is coming home”

I get targeting certain industries or categories of products, but otherwise this is ridiculous. We don’t need to be making 90% of the widgets and trinkets and all the other cheap goods lining the shelves at Walmart and every other retailer.
Nor do I sense anyone wants to pay more for these goods.

Is it to raise revenue? Isn’t that just a massive wealth transfer from consumers to corporations? And then to the ultra rich to help pay for tax cuts?
Again, how do we not pay much more for goods if the tariffs stay in place?

What’s the plan? What am I missing.

Tank the US dollar (Trump always complains about how strong it is). Tank the US stock market (Trump has millions tied up in memecoins and other crypto now). Tank the government (privatize all of it in favor of his Mar-A-Lago buddies).

 

[LunchBox50]

By?

Owning the Libs.

 

[tumorboy]

By tempering the "big sucking sound" created by the lauded global economy,.. Ross Perot wasn't wrong.

Those jobs he’d want to bring back would mostly be done by robotics. Sorry 1980 isn’t coming back. The cotton gin, put a lot of people out of work as well.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Tank the US dollar (Trump always complains about how strong it is). Tank the US stock market (Trump has millions tied up in memecoins and other crypto now). Tank the government (privatize all of it in favor of his Mar-A-Lago buddies).

F me…hadn’t thought about this angle.

 

[Rifler]

How?

By promoting the return of domestic manufacturing in key areas of the economy,.. Steel, auto, semi-conductors, pharma etc,.. Manufacturing jobs were the foundation of the US middle class and they can be again...

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

By promoting the return of domestic manufacturing in key areas of the economy,.. Steel, auto, semi-conductors, pharma etc,.. Manufacturing jobs were the foundation of the US middle class and they can be again...

So, why go nuclear instead of a targeted approach?

 

[LunchBox50]

By promoting the return of domestic manufacturing in key areas of the economy,.. Steel, auto, semi-conductors, pharma etc,.. Manufacturing jobs were the foundation of the US middle class and they can be again...

When exactly will these jobs be showing back stateside?

 

[QChawks]

Long term, I tariff's could have a positive economic impact by driving billions in additional import revenue and slowly pushing more onshoring of manufacturing.

However, it's going to cause major short-term pains for every single American as nearly all products purchased will have some type of price impact.

What's worse is that the US economy was already nearing a possible major recession and consumer confidence was at 12 year low. Talk about bad timing!

 

[GES4]

When exactly will these jobs be showing back stateside?

Not to mention, who are we going to hire for these jobs given Biden left us with record employment numbers and Trump has ejected thousands of potential employees.

 

[IChawkeye45]

By promoting the return of domestic manufacturing in key areas of the economy,.. Steel, auto, semi-conductors, pharma etc,.. Manufacturing jobs were the foundation of the US middle class and they can be again...

Yea. Let’s see all these 20 to 40 year olds hell bent on working remote jobs, lining up to take on these supposed manufacturing jobs. It’s so dumb and idiotic, it might be brilliant.

 

[BrianNole777]

Trump's goal is to become dictator of the U.S.

He wants to punish other countries so they come back to him and beg for help.

Trump does not care about anything or anyone but himself. He's a malignant narcissist.

That's according to people who know him best like Mary Trump, Michael Cohen and Tony Schwartz.

 

[Huey Grey]

That’s fair.

So what is the plan of the people telling him things and giving him the big, beautiful sharpies?

His people are reality tv stars. Linda McMahon is in charge of education. Dr. Oz is in charge of Medicare. Probably reading too much into thinking these people have a clue either.

 

[Rifler]

Those jobs he’d want to bring back would mostly be done by robotics. Sorry 1980 isn’t coming back. The cotton gin, put a lot of people out of work as well.

Absolutely correct,.. But there are also a lot of high paying jobs supporting that level of manufacturing...

 

[Rifler]

So, why go nuclear instead of a targeted approach?

Poker chips...

 

[GES4]

Absolutely correct,.. But there are also a lot of high paying jobs supporting that level of manufacturing...

And we already have those.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

By promoting the return of domestic manufacturing in key areas of the economy,.. Steel, auto, semi-conductors, pharma etc,.. Manufacturing jobs were the foundation of the US middle class and they can be again...

He doesn’t get to claim semiconductor chip manufacturing, the old guy beat him to it. But then he cancelled it because he’s an egotistical lil bitch. Wake me up when the rest happens. I think it’s going to be a very long nap.

 

[Rifler]

And we already have those.

We can have more of them...

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

When exactly will these jobs be showing back stateside?

228k added in jobs report today.

 

[funksouljon]

I've been having discussions on this as well OP.

Power. maybe.
Fame? I could see this, he is egomaniacal for this.
Money? It's a driving factor for him.
State's rights? he doesn't care.
Crazy old man who is being manipulated? maybe
Improve the US? He doesn't care about others

 

[GES4]

We can have more of them...

It wasn't broken.

 

[95Hawk]

Poker chips...

Lead paint

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

It wasn't broken.

We have been losing ground to "China" for decades. We wanted to operate in a society that talks about raising its minimum wage while celebrating the newest nikes made by a slave in China. That wasn't sustainable.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

The only way you rebuild the middle class is you tax the very rich more, you increase unions, or you build manufacturing in the US.

The GOP won’t allow any of that to happen.

 

[THE_DEVIL]

By?

eliminating it

 

[tumorboy]

We can have more of them...

Will have to import the labor.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

The only way you rebuild the middle class is you tax the very rich more, you increase unions, or you build manufacturing in the US.

The GOP won’t allow any of that to happen.

This is a direct attempt to increase manufacturing in the US.