"Hope Springs Eternal"----Alexander Pope

The only legitmate interests we had was to protect foreign sources of oil when we were not energy self sufficient.

We have absolutely no reason to have troops in Europe.

In 2014, Europe spent 1.3% of GDP, while we spent 3.7%. It has only been recently that they have boosted spending.

somebody has to make all of those robots, and machine tools and build the automated manufacturing sites, we can do that in America.
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Here's a headline from today's news: 70 Countries Respond to Trump

It shouldn't take too long to restore a level playing field.

In addition, I read that China dominates the global supply of raw tungsten required to make U.S. warships and tanks. U.S. currently produces 0% of its own tungsten. This must change.

Then the tariffs are not a punishment of other countries for making less expensive products but are actually arm twisting of the American public to buy American?

Buy American or we impose tariffs and tank your retirement accounts.

And if we can use the tariff income to offset tax breaks for billionaires then it’s a win-win.

Oh, yeah that makes sense. We can all get sick to boost our economic output. And the rest of the world is going to keep sending us all the stuff we use to manufacturer in exchange for dollars in which there is an infinite supply.

Get over what? I simply don't believe in the tooth fairy or think that a country can stay prosperous forever if it runs up trade deficits and government debt every year, decade after decade. Printing money doesn't count as manufacturing.

I think it is all fake news. They are just trying to crash the markets or manipulate the markets to grift money. Tariffs are coming out of your pocket.

Wharton didn’t start offering an MBA program until 1972, though it had been offering undergraduate business education since the 1880s. Trump has occasionally referred to his degree as an “undergraduate MBA” or implied its equivalent to an advanced degree, but factually, it’s a bachelor’s, not an MBA. His official bio sticks to the B.S. in Economics line.

Dumbest economic policies since Herbert Hoover (R) was President.

Who is "they" in this context?

Cut the spending. Cut defense spending, cut VA Benefits.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who strives, who dares greatly, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. ~Theodore Roosevelt (April 23, 1910)

But he does have a low golf handicap.

Still, they need to start paying the U.S. for their protection.

Indeed, it was their claim to fame. Back in the ‘90s, Walmart leaned hard into the “Made in the USA” angle, and it was a big part of their public image. Sam Walton, the founder, kicked this off in the ‘80s with a campaign called “Bring It Back to America,” pushing suppliers to source domestically. By the early ‘90s, Walmart was plastering “Made in America” signs in stores, running ads with patriotic vibes, and claiming they were boosting U.S. jobs. A 1992 annual report bragged they’d added $1.5 billion in American-made goods that year alone. It wasn’t just PR fluff either—estimates from that era suggest 80-90% of their inventory was U.S.-sourced at one point, per trade journals and old news clips.

What loyal citizen doesn't believe that their country's interest should be considered a higher priority over all others?

You can start cutting defense by bringing troops home which can be done if the country is energy independent and has a strong manufacturing economy.

As far as the VA is concerned I'll let someone else take that up.

Tariffs: An Opportunity for Drug Production in the USA – RedState

Is there anyone out there anticipating a "surprise" rate cut?

I will wait for the new Tesla phone

We are protecting our interests abroad. Stopping China and Russian aggression. Fighting terrorist organization. Do you think smaller countries have the intelligence and military to do this on their own? US has always been the "policeman" of the civilized world.

There is no product or service that "must" be made/created in the USA...we are only one of many players in the world's trade economy.

In fact, most pharmaceuticals are not manufactured in the USA ...Big Pharma needs to stop advertising on TV too.

Global mfg will never relocate?????

It will if it is more profitable than manufacturing overseas.

Not to mention he's has the mental acuity to play golf.:a040:

Therein lies the rub. Would you want any important drug, you may require now or down the road, be use as an availability weapon in a dispute between countries? If I needed nitroglycerin spray, powder or tablets under my tongue, I would want access to them guaranteed.

There you go.. excellent!

I'll bet you wish there were more "billionaires" to float that boat.