Trump is Proven Right AGAIN

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@porwest I think the way you do...and I'm flabbergasted by the one's that don't see it that way. The only thing I can come up with is because they have bought into the media Te lie vision. They have been gaslighted to the point that they don't realize the truth when they are presented it. What I don't get is the last administration they didn't even comment on how bad it was.

@terri0824 I agree with you 100% on this. They are now brain washed!

Tariffs are a tax that the consumer pays when the imported product comes into the country. By buying imported goods, the consumer is paying the tax. The Importer pays the tariff and passes the cost to the consumer. But there are so many products nowadays that use imported parts so the final price of the product is going to be higher. Stop buying imported goods? almost impossible. It is hard to know if a product is made in the USA totally or not.

The weird thing about the idea of tariffs to me is how many people say they are bad, while at the same time failing to recognize that every single other nation on the planet uses them. If they are so bad, why DOES every other country use them? Beyond that, what people also fail to understand is that the Trump's Liberation Day tariffs are RECIPROCAL tariffs, meaning we are charging them to other nations who charge US tariffs already, AND the reciprocal tariffs are mostly roughly HALF of the tariffs charged to us with some exceptions. It's about fairness and it's also about asserting our position in the world as the #1 importer and #1 consumer of all products in the world. American workers have suffered at the hands of globalization, and all we have left, really, are retail and fast-food jobs which we all know, pay low wages. The left has been fighting for years to raise the minimum wage. But the only reason it's even ever been felt to be necessary to argue for it is because OF the bulk of jobs coming from retail and fast-food because all the factories have left. PART of Trump's plan is to offer an incentive for some of these factories to come here. Hey, if you want us to buy your stuff, then HIRE us to make some of it. It's not too much to ask that the American people receive some of the benefits of making things they want us to buy. But you're right. People aren't bothering to actually KNOW what they are talking about. They just want to PRETEND they know.

@lifecoachjerusalem the ignorance of Trump is startling. This isn't the 1950s where everything comes from the US. In my country, just about everything comes from China. If you stand on the road you'll see cars from Japan, Korea, a few from Germany, almost nothing from the US. If you go to buy a fridge a microwave, a coffee maker... China. If they want to put tariffs on what they buy from us... cool.

@porwest Exactly!

At the end of the day, and Trump always made this clear, that what he is most interested in overall is FAIRNESS. And that's the key here. Okay, you don't want to come to the table and talk? Fine. We'll give you a very strong incentive to CONSIDER coming to the table. Because when you are the #1 consumer in the world and the #1 importer in the world, if anyone wants to do business with us, WE are the one who really has the power to negotiate the terms. Not them. Tariff or no tariff, Trump just wants something that actually works for the American people, American interests, and mostly, American workers who he has clearly identified as the underdogs here. I think the left should take notice when the UAW, Teamsters and other powerful unions are now on Trump's side, having recognized that TRUMP recognizes the problem that has been part of the problem of so many American workers losing opportunities for good, higher wage paying jobs in this country. People simply jump to conclusions and when it comes to Trump they immediately assume it's all bad and CAN'T be good, and they have this irrational idea Trump is trying to upend America when really all he's doing is recognizing where we've gotten things wrong and is trying to make them right, because as a result of all of the former bad policies, Americans really have gotten screwed. He said it 30 years ago. He's saying it now. The difference between 30 years ago and now is that he actually has the opportunity to make it right. He may still get it wrong. Many presidents do. But at least he should be given the chance to BE wrong before he is immediately deemed that.

Tariffs will NOT prevent influx of things into the United States. We are the world's #1 largest consumer of all products in the world and the world's #1 importer. The last thing people anywhere are interested in is losing their best customer, so what the tariffs do is to at least bring negotiations to the table so that what we get and what they get is fairer for everyone. Which is Trump's aim, by the way ABOVE the tariffs. The tariffs serve more to start the conversation than to collect actual dollars. Because Trump DID offer MANY conditions and ultimatums around them. Canada is a good example of that considering we wanted border issues addressed as well as some concessions on our military assistance to them, pipelines and other things. As for India's pollution problems, that's an internal governmental and regulatory failure on India's part. It's not like technology is out there, for example, to massively reduce carbon emissions, as the United States has done, and more than any other country. India simply isn't interested in it. As for population control, it's an idea and concept that seems barbaric to me and I would not be onboard any such effort. I thought it was a horrible idea that China imposed child limits on citizens. Not in any world I live in would I want this to be something.

I am for forcible usage of family planning methods. @vandana7 I find that barbaric. At the same time it's a double-sided coin, right? I mean, on the one hand, I think people should be free to have as large a family as they so desire. It's that whole freedom thing we Americans believe in. On the other hand, I do find it problematic when we have such a large population of poor people who have large families who cannot afford them and then taxpayers have to foot the bill for them. Common sense and proper, thoughtful planning would Trump laws. But lacking common sense and proper, thoughtful planning... Maybe a law would be helpful even if I would still disagree with it and would not support it.

@porwest But we also have to blame ourselves, because we WANT cheap crap from Walmart, and don't want to pay 2-3 times more for the same item from an American-made brand. I would love to buy everything that is American-made, but my disposable income just won't let me.

@moffittjc That is a bit of a misnomer, which I have tried to explain over the years. This is NOW, what you are referring to. It was not THEN, before we lost our jobs due to this expansion of globalization. In the 1970s when this all got ramped up, people enjoyed good paying jobs, and so cheap was a novelty and a bonus that allowed one to boost their spending power. Suddenly the jobs were sent overseas and we were left NEEDING cheaper. We have forgotten about the jobs we lost, and so now we are so used to the way things are now, we can't see the benefit of paying more for things if WE are making those things AND having better jobs that pay more to pay the higher price. We sold ourselves out for cheaper things, and we are paying the price for it. And as a result, what we did was cheap ourselves right out of good jobs. Now it's twice as hard to save ourselves. If we want better jobs and better opportunities, we're going to have to pay for it. But the benefits greatly outweigh the costs. Retail and fast food used to be jobs people would get to supplement their incomes, not BE their sole source. It was a place for teens to spread their wings and learn how to work, and a place for mom to make a few extra bucks while the kids were in school. But dad was still able to support the entire family with his job alone. Now if mom and dad BOTH work in retail or fast food, they're barely scratching the surface, and if there's not a good paying factory job down the street... No one even stands a chance. The only reason we can't afford American labor is because we killed our wages when we sold ourselves out to China and Mexico and Taiwan and Indonesia and other places.

Short term economic pain is exactly what we need. I mean, I have said it multiple times over the years, we SOLD OURSELVES OUT FOR CHEAP LABOR and the result was that we lost our jobs in the course of that. When Walmart is the #1 employer in the country, that's a problem. We need to make things and Americans need good, family supporting jobs. We can't do that if we don't encourage businesses to do business here, and American businesses to employ people here.

It's sad the ignorance in this country these days.

@dgobucks226 That would be the patriotic thing to do!

@kareng Yes, one would think you would wish every president and the country itself to do well.

@porwest I agree, just sucks after his term is up the Democrats will just back track all the good he is doing

@BACONSTRIPSXXX I think many Americans, even self-described Democrats, have come out of their slumber and are waking up to reality. 2028 is not a shoo-in for the Republican party, but I think we have a chance, here, to be in the White House for a 12 year run.

Some things take time, they take risky bets, but the fruits will show one day. He is doing everything I voted for him to do, and hey, there may be some short-term pain. But as the old saying goes, no pain, no gain. We've done the easy things for too long and look where that's gotten us. It's time to do the harder things and actually make some progress, here.

@xander6464 He was convicted on bogus charges to try and prevent him from running for president. Their plan obviously didn’t work because he is in the Oval Office. And he is delivering on his promises.

Trump is way smarter than most would ever dare give him credit for, but he'll also be proven right, as he almost always usually is.

That's because Democrats want people poor. It's part of how they win votes. If the population is independent, how can the Democrats save the day and be their hero?

Thank you. I think. lol