The Flawed Logic Behind Donald Trump’s Tariff Obsession

Donald Trump’s tariffs might sound like a clever fix, but they cost the average American household thousands in higher prices

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[tiphani]

And that's why he has filed bankruptcy six times and had several failed businesses

[co]

Any economist who isn't up his butt says that his plan is GARBAGE

[phonyPope]

I lost the job I had in spring 2019 due to those tariffs during his first term. I don’t want him to have a second term.

[angelawhite]

I've been shouting about this for months. He genuinely thinks that tariffs are a tax on the countries exporting to the US, but it's literally taxing American businesses and consumers - but I've heard so little push back on it and I'm still hearing that the economy is one of his strong talking points. How? If people understood this, surely it would take away any perceived edge he might have on the budget?

[Voidedth]

Thank you so much for saying the very OBVIOUS. WHY does NO ONE ever
correct him about this "concept" ?

[vincesmith]

I remember when Republicans supported free trade and would have laughed at Trump for saying this.

[greenthumb]

So it would bankrupt our country much the same as he bankrupted his own businesses. The guys just a weird failure.

[Shawn_M]

My freshman son understood tariffs after a 30 second explanation. Donvict still doesn't understand

[sharonbunn]

MORE LIES! We PAY FOR HIS MISTAKES! That's why everything is so expensive! He NEVER WORKED!

[gybgy]

Half of the United States would fail a high school econ class... Smh

[so]

Trump does not understand the meaning of tariffs.

[jodyhall]

Tariffs will cost the consumer more. We are the consumer. Genius

[arnedeneeff]

But Americans are still supporting this 3-year old

[slfranklin]

The fact that he doesn't understand basic concepts, refuses to learn anything, and passes this ignorance onto his followers is ridiculous! SMH!!!

[antoniobrown]

And thats exactly what VP Harris said in rebuttal, that we would see the additional cost at the register!

[Bammer]

Trump knows nothing about economics. And the worst part about it is that his advisor will not correct him. This is so pitiful.

[felixcat]

He doesn't understand tariffs like he doesn't understand asylum seekers.

He thinks that asylum seekers have come out of what were once referred to as being Mental Asylums or Insane Asylums.

He doesn't know what it means for a person to seek asylum in a country!

His level of ignorance is astonishingly bad given his supposed experience and business acumen.

[CarlCatlin]

Thank you so much my beautiful sister 💕 💕 💕

[jimchoate]

I dont get the deal with trump and his cults obsession with destroying this country.

[MindfulMatters]

The debate was the funniest thing I've seen in about a couple of months. He's always bragging about his so called education but where in the heck is it? He doesn't know the word 'asylum' doesn't mean the insane asylum, and people seeking asylum means 2 different things. He ranted off about the pets even after being told it was fact checked he yells 'I don't know, the people on television said it!.😂