Frank wrote on Dec 17
th, 2024 at 4:39pm:
Slow down champ, I meant out of you and me. I never said all tariffs were bad, I said the way Trump has designed his are, which is 100% accurate and I've explained why multiple times as have you, only you didn't even realise it.
Quote:As for this hooey
Quote:I've never said tariffs are bad, I've said the way Trump has designed the tariffs
You have no idea how Trump has designed the tariffs. All you know what he has said during the campaign and after he won.
Exactly, and I’ve said as much myself. Unless he was lying during the campaign, we’re to take him at his word that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, along with an additional 10% on Chinese imports.
He’s also proposed a 100% tariff on all BRICS nations, with all of these measures being given “Day One” priority.
This is the plan he presented during the campaign, the one voters in the U.S. had to weigh when casting their ballots.
So, are you now suggesting that his campaign promises can’t be trusted?
Quote:But his winning has been a constant electric current into your collective amygdala, producing insensate rage and hyperbole.
You’re the one arguing that we shouldn’t trust what he said on the campaign trail, yet I’ve been consistent from the beginning. Based on what we know of his plan, economists have repeatedly warned about the outcomes I’ve outlined here and in the other thread.
In contrast, you’ve been grasping at straws, shifting goalposts, playing semantics, and misrepresenting my arguments, all to sidestep acknowledging the risks and negative consequences of his tariff policies as we currently understand them.
If he backtracks after the inauguration, that comes with its own set of risks. However, those would primarily affect his credibility and the stability of investment in the US economy because he's too unpredictable.
That’s still preferable to the alternative: upward pressure on inflation, supply chain disruptions, skyrocketing costs of living, and the looming spectre of a full-blown, Trump-branded recession.
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