Not only online but even in my own friend circle. Example- one friend works as an engineer for a company that designs furnature and said that if the tariffs go on they'll have to close their business or lay people off to a graveyard shift, because they import all their wood and their margins aren't that great to begin with.
Trump will have to maneuver this well to bring our production back home without doing too much short-term damage, maybe give businesses an immediate financial incentive to begin buying local product and have some kind of safety net to prevent small businesses from going under. What are your thoughts frens
edit- oh and of course, the raging left is using this as a battering ram to harm support for Trump before he even takes office. It's a literal constant refrain right now on the lefty channels, along with deportations
example https://youtube.com/shorts/shNRJVs8_Zo
https://youtube.com/shorts/YjAKSxnioHE
https://youtu.be/3AAOLnbP_xU - this one claims Google is flooded with searches for "what a tariff means" and "can I change my vote" .. kek
https://youtu.be/wQQ0xfXuMYQ - this one CNBC saying the tariffs will cost American consumers 3.9 Trillion
Trump used tariffs in his first term and the economy was booming.
Most of the tariffs Trump proposes are against countries like China. To expand upon this, China not only has some horrific factory practices, but they also manipulate their currency, the combination of this makes their goods ridiculously cheap so they can flood the market. Their goods are also largely crap that doesn’t last long and, in more extreme cases, are really bad for people’s health. Because their government is trash, they are able to undercut the US and our allies when it comes to prices. Tariffs should help with this.
Biden has largely continued the Trump tariffs especially the tariffs on China. Tariffs can be an effective tool for keeping a country like China on their back heels (especially when paired with strong leadership like Trump).
Tariffs can be problematic when paired with Democrat style regulations. If the tariffs increase the cost of imported goods and the regulations increase the cost of domestic goods, we the people are completely screwed. Whereas a Trump style regulatory reform should allow manufacturing to come roaring back to life.
What the left doesn’t tell you is that other countries impose tariffs on US goods and we don’t always reciprocate under weaker leadership. Trump uses tariffs to force other countries to lower their tariffs on our goods or start a trade war with us. Most countries capitulate and tariffs on both sides are dropped and it ends up being good for both countries.