Subj : Re: US tariff retaliation
To : Nightfox
From : paulie420
Date : Wed Mar 05 2025 04:12 pm
Ni> Is hurting the economy and making things more expensive what Trump
Ni> wanted? Since Trump is a business person, I'd think he'd have a good
Ni> sense of the financial effects of things, so I'd have to think he would
Ni> have expected this to happen. I didn't vote for Trump (didn't vote for
Ni> Kamala either), but I was still hoping for some positive change when
Ni> Trump came into office. So far, I'm seeing prbable negative change with
Ni> these tariffs, and I'm worried.
No. Trump is attempting to right wrongs that have already been in place for decades - from VAT taxes across the EU to 100% vehicle tariffs from India, duties charged and US products not being viable in other friendly countries - its insane; it has been insane for decades and with the US being the superpower, we are the ones who will benefit when other countries MUST change.
Trudeau stated that 'Trump is doing this to hurt the Canadian economy' - while thats not true, it certainly WILL hurt the Canadian economy... much more than it will in America - and thats the point. Since countries refused to remove THEIR tariffs/taxes/fees, Trump is playing poker while holding a royal flush. Will we feel it? Yes. Will it make change that might vastly improve American business and import? THATs what Trump is doing... and I, and a lot of very intelligent strategists, lawyers and economists think so too.
We are coming together as a country and forcing the removal of historical fiscal raping of the US citizens.
Trump is making it so that large industry is moving their investments here; there have been many investments already, from Apple ($500B) to OpenAI ($500B) to the Tawainese chip company ($200B) and several others... If we bring all this technology to the US, its citizens will reap the rewards of their development, implementation, staffing, production and presence - its going to financially benefit [hundreds of] thousands of Americans.
How could reciprocal tariffs NOT be the right way to do things? If EU countries VAT our exports at 15%, America should do the same to them - we import WAY more than these countries... AND, we have the most energy [Drill baby drill!] to export; in the end, I'm hoping we have no [or low] tariffs because these other countries are much more scared of our tariffs.
Trudeau said, to Americans 'Your government has done this to you'... right - the true statement is '[The American] Our government is doing this to Canada'... and I stand by it; very simple way to end them - tariff/tax/duty us at the percentage you want us to tariff/tax/duty you.
Americans, over the past 40 years, have paid more and more and more of their income to finance this disgusting, fat, bloated woke government. I don't want to doso anymore; I know you don't agree, but I really think Trump has a master plan and is going to execute more than anyone in the country ever thought he COULD. He's running, and I don't think he'll slow down until 11:59PM on Jan 20 2029.
We are going to build the AI superpower of the world - and the new investments are needed to get ahead of China and other power countries; we're going to build in America - we're going to have furniture that lasts 30 years again, tech that is cutting edge and made in America, and we're going to demand that the rest of the world gives us a fair shake.
This POTUS is doing more than any in history, right now; I understand that would be jarring if I didn't agree, but at least someone's working for the American people - just settle down, its gonna be alright.
