Trump is all over the place on tariffs

[Chris0nllyn]

Back in July, Trump tweeted:

Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that - and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be Great!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021719098265362432

In August, Trump reinforced his tariffs:

Tariffs are working big time. Every country on earth wants to take wealth out of the U.S., always to our detriment. I say, as they come,Tax them. If they don’t want to be taxed, let them make or build the product in the U.S. In either event, it means jobs and great wealth.....

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1026075214227165185

2 days ago, Trump tweeted:

Billions of dollars are, and will be, coming into United States coffers because of Tariffs. Great also for negotiations - if a country won’t give us a fair Trade Deal, we will institute Tariffs on them. Used or not, jobs and businesses will be created. U.S. respected again!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1054775397798178816

In September he seemed to realize the apparent effects of tariffs:

Apple prices may increase because of the massive Tariffs we may be imposing on China - but there is an easy solution where there would be ZERO tax, and indeed a tax incentive. Make your products in the United States instead of China. Start building new plants now. Exciting! #MAGA

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1038453273286664193

Okay, maybe not. A few weeks later he claimed tariffs have "no impact on our economy", despite pointing out the increased prices of Apple products and the (non) opening of new steel plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdpHnMplJ70

Trump has claimed that his tariffs would make American manufacturers to open new plants.
Six plants. No, seven. No, eight plants. Okay, maybe no new plants.

The White House has issued statements on the tariffs. The US Trade Rep Office held hearings (where companies did not ask for more tax...er...tariffs), The Treasury has collected over $1 billion from tariffs (something Trump has touted), and hundreds of comapnies have said they were harmed by the tariffs.

Yesterday it was reported that 1/3+ of S&P 500 companies cited Trump's tariffs in recent quarterly earnings reports.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/24/mor...s.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar




So, there's clearly tariffs, right?



On Tuesday, Trump sat down with the WSJ and said:

We don't have any tariffs. I didn't put tariffs. Where do we have tariffs? We don't have tariffs anywhere.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/transc...rview-with-the-wall-street-journal-1540388205


So, Trump is either lying about the effects of the tariffs, lying about the benefits of the tariffs, or lying that tariffs even exist.

 

[transporter]

Odd that none of the ignorati has come to the defense of our inept, incompetent and unfit President. But then again, they are allergic to factual evidence of Trump's ineptness, incompetence and lack of fitness for the office he holds.

 

[Hijinx]

Odd that none of the ignorati has come to the defense of our inept, incompetent and unfit President. But then again, they are allergic to factual evidence of Trump's ineptness, incompetence and lack of fitness for the office he holds.

Maybe the crowd is just tired of answering you two dingleberries.


I hope

 

[black dog]

Maybe the crowd is just tired of answering you two dingleberries.


I hope

# Idontcareaboutmicroandmacro


Trump, Getting it Done.... MAGA

 

[SamSpade]

Maybe the crowd is just tired of answering you two dingleberries.

With one exception - I have given up responding to trans - she never responds.
What's the point?

 

[GURPS]

Odd that none of the ignorati has come to the defense of our inept, incompetent and unfit President. But then again, they are allergic to factual evidence of Trump's ineptness, incompetence and lack of fitness for the office he holds.

were you going to add anything cognitive or just spout your usual derision and dismissive attitude for Anyone or Anything that does not conform to YOUR World View

Just because you say it, that does not make it so ...

Every post you make is against anyone or any group that doesn't conform to your propagandist viewpoints.

On trade and tariffs, Donald Trump is right, and Mark Levin is wrong


3. That tariffs are an infringement on liberty. True. Levin brilliantly makes the connection between tariffs and liberty. Tariffs are a tax on the American people, and tax is a form of property confiscation. The higher the tax, the higher the confiscation, and the more liberty we lose.

All true.

Yet Levin is wrong about the imposition of tariffs.

As a permanent policy, the imposition of tariffs is protectionist and among the worst forms of crony capitalism, favoring some industries at the expense of others, as well as at the expense of consumers. They are an unconscionable tax on the American consumer.

But as a temporary negotiating tactic, tariffs are painful but necessary. How else are we going to persuade our trading partners to open their markets if we don't impose tariffs? We negotiated NAFTA, but years later, if you want to export a quart of milk to Canada, you have to pay a 270% tariff. Obviously, NAFTA opened some markets but left many others closed. The results of negotiated deals like these are to set into place uneven playing fields where our trading partners have more access to American markets than we have to theirs, thus most of our major trading partners have trade surpluses with us while we have trade deficits with them.

Our trading partners are perfectly happy with this arrangement and see no need to open up their markets further. That's why Trump had to impose tariffs on their imports to the U.S. if he wanted to get their attention.

 

[BOP]

I don't know what I'm talking about, but here's a bunch of cool-looking links that seem to disprove everything President Trump has accomplished.

 

[BOP]

Odd that none of the ignorati will come over to my house and party down.

I found some friends for you. Cheap at twice the price.