Tariffs are in effect now. Will they really hurt us?

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I've heard some theories that Trump is trying to crash the market on purpose with tariffs, and he hasn't exactly denied that. The idea behind it would be to force the feds to slash interest rates but not sure this can really happen.

Either way, how bad do you guys think these tariffs will hurt? How high do you think the cost of things will go?

Tariffs are in effect now. Will they really hurt us?

AMS700CX4u2 · Accepted Answer

Let me see here and flip a few pages back in the History Book. Feels like an episode of Sherman and Mr. Peabody. Let go back in the Time Machine Industrialist and manufacturing concerns in the US decide to Outsource labor to increase the stock dividends. Get that profit margin up. They make a lot of money and the folks that helped them succeed in the first place, get hung out to dry. Not illegal, not immoral. No one has the right to expect gratitude for their labors. You got paid, buzz off. Now your country, which relies on taxes to run, does not have enough in the coffers to repair bridges and highways. Mexicans are able to stay in Mexico because their farms are generating enough revenue to be profitable. Then a member of the same party that OK'd the outsourcing decides to pull out of the agreement that allowed the outsourcing to occur. Mexican farms are no longer profitable so, we start to see more illegals crossings at the border. So the member of the party responsible for the illegal crossings to begin with starts complaining about an action that he caused. Sunny Beach!

So he initiates tariffs to force Americans to purchase American made products, which we are unable to manufacture because skills were lost when the jobs left. It is going to take some time to straighten this out. It is going to hurt but he is at least trying. Give him his four years to try Best Wishes.

Lynx122 · Accepted Answer

Yes it will hurt. First they will have to figure out how to enforce different tariffs for every country it will be a headache for border agents. And then of course the price increases. There could also be shortages. It depends how strictly they'll enforce everything how well prepared they are to deal with the extra work etc. I followed Brexit quite closely and it was very interesting. It'll be similar with this. One thing the U. S. has is they have more space for ports and checking goods so that won't be a problem like in England but otherwise it'll be bad.

supercutebutt · Accepted Answer

Dummy has no plan. He just paused all non-China tariffs for 90 days. Businesses have no idea how to plan for the future when every day is a Trumptarded mystery. It's time to overthrow this fuckwit.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I got to keep my job as did many people

OneViewpoint · Answer

Short term, yes. The tariffs will impact US consumers almost immediately. The US middle class and poor get a massive regressive tax increase.

Medium term, yes. Foreign sellers shift away from the US to other buyers. And foreign buyers cut deals with countries who haven't started a trade war with them leaving US sellers with no market.

Long term, yes. The jobs aren't coming back and neither are the foreign markets for US goods.

How to fuck your own economy and trash your political power in 60 days. By Orange Jesus.

AviatorTom · Answer

In the short term, tariffs will cause some pain, like drops in the stock market and increased prices. Note that Trump has paused them for 90 days, and the stock market immediately rebounded. Over the long term, adjusting tariffs will help stabilize things.

bddddd · Answer

This one actually is in my wheelhouse unlike all the mere things I opine on topics like love that I know nothing about.

Yes, the US will be poorer. In the short term, industries like steel and aluminium have only a few percentage points to flex. They are designed to run 24/7 at roughly full capacity. Building a new blast furnace or aluminium smelter takes 2-5 years. No business is going to do that based on the assumption Trump will not be in power for long. So Americans are just going to pay more for almost everything.

Yes , China will be poorer. But they have internal economic issues to work through. 145% US tariffs are not top of their agenda. It isn't 1945. The USA matters for the global economy, but it doesn't matter as much as it used to matter.

Trump can hurt the Canadian and Mexican economies fairly badly. But to what end? He will feel like he is a big swinging... thing... but it's not going to help Americans one jittery jot.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

This can't be good:

CB-Raido-Time · Answer

Hurt? No they will break up just as it was intended published on deagle back in 2014 and Prophesied in Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

bralesswonder · Answer

I live in Canada and we haven't really seen any signs of tariff related price increases. In fact gas prices in Cabada have gone down almost 40 cents where I live.

Pointeman1 · Answer

Been shopping lately? Prices are already going up and in this socio-economic bubble once they go up rarely to they every come down. Good economies need stability and there's nothing stable about these haphazard tariffs being put into effect. I fear the worst is yet to come.

DCVsMarvel · Answer

Yes, tariffs are not a good thing. But what can you expect from a guy who's bankrupted/chapter 11'd multiple times

BonzoInBitburg · Answer

If Trump wants the US to be a manufacturer with trade surpluses, he needs to drive wages way down to be able to complete with Asian production.

SolitarySolace · Answer

The idea that Trump is “crashing the market” on purpose is a gross oversimplification. Tariffs are a strategic tool—not sabotage. They’re meant to correct decades of one-sided trade practices that hollowed out American manufacturing. Yes, prices might rise short term, but that’s part of recalibrating our economy toward independence and long-term strength. Trump isn’t trying to destroy the system—he’s trying to fix a broken one by forcing negotiation and realignment.

- Eva ❤️

genericname85 · Answer

Of course they will. Causewho's gonna pay the tariffs? You are. Import products are gonna stay the same price plus triffs. They're not gonna cut their profit margins.

sage2021 · Answer

They are already hurting us. Groceries and gas have both increased!!

BCRanger10 · Answer

Short term? It appears so. Six months from now? We'll see.

jshm2 · Answer

LOL, he's as unreliable as his "pause or go" tariffs. He's on "pause" at the moment. But the USA is really going to get murdered by his latest tariff pause.

Quigly · Answer

Tariffs are about paying off debt. There's no such thing as free trade. There is no such thing as free anything. You are going to pay one way or another. The market has been driven by inflation for the past four years caused by our trade deficits and other Government waste. The Inflation was driven by our debt.

When you bring on Tariffs to pay the debt and create a Government agency (DOGE) to tackle Government waste all the inflation in the markets crashes.

Notherndude84 · Answer

Yes they will, a tariff is a tax on Americans not a tax on foreign goods or countries. I wish the red hats would realize that

Sal_Monella · Answer

I am reading In the news that countries are starting to approach Donald Trump wanting to make a deal on tariffs. Maybe he knows what he's doing and maybe he doesn't.

lightbulb27 · Answer

of course, but what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, more efficient.  I'll be sad though if cannot buy Yunnan peanuts anymore from china...

Filthy_Immigrant · Answer

Nope!

Miristheiss · Answer

No one knows. Time will tell. In a year or two we can probably look back and analyze how it all played out. Maybe even longer but today? It is too soon to say anything now.

Anonymous · Answer

No, you see, ringoffire posted a fake meme about Ford opening 4 plants in the US creating 25K high paying jobs, so everything is great. Poor guy also blew his load yesterday when the stock market started up before it tanked yet again.

Dargil · Answer

You can expect prices to rise where stuff is made in China. But they will realize that they need our economy as much as we need them. and they will make adjustments.

exitseven · Answer

it will depend on how much stuff you buy from China. I try hard not to and when I see Made In Chins on the box I put it back and look for something else.

Anonymous · Answer

I agree with chatgpt. We need jobs, short term effect is worth the price if everyone has a job. Most rather have a job pay more. Then be homeless.. Chat said markets will bounce back in the end be fine..

Panthero · Answer

I don't foresee replacing my old car any time soon.

Anonymous · Answer

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LiamJHayden · Answer

As suspected, he is using them as a negotiating tactic.

ABC1x1x · Answer

They will really really help us. They will make America Great again. No more taxes. No more slave labor. Just prosperity

grega239 · Answer

They will hurt. Trump. is playing the "short term pain, long term gain " game

Pterodon · Answer

Short run yes. Long strategic run will more than make up for it. Just weather it out

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Short term maybe, but long term this will bring home good paying jobs and allow for lower taxes.

DrPepper12 · Answer

Yes. #ETTD Google it.

RageBabe · Answer

Like someone else said, time will tell.

billyboy197747 · Answer

Yes they will cause it is us how pay for them.

NathanDavis · Answer

they're already hurting... lol

Mia03 · Answer

Yep gonna be a Great Depression.

blackeagle007 · Answer

Mixed feelings with this

Tariffs are in effect now. Will they really hurt us?

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