Donald Trump

[Renton 24200]

1 hour ago, wykikitoon said:

Thought this was interesting 

 

 

 

I know a lot don't like these but their analysis is spot on and very informative imo. 

One thing thats hardly been discussed, does the US government have the capability or capacity to enact these absurd tariffs? Whose going to be weighing the bananas and issuing the paperwork? 

[Rayvin 6139]

Fair, they've basically just done worldwide Brexit in about 2 months. No way they're ready for it. Most of them didn't even seem to believe it was going to happen until the words were dribbling out of his mouth.

[Kid Dynamite 7824]

Nintendo were due to start taking pre-orders for the Switch2 this week in the US. They've cancelled their plans as Trump has added on a 24% tariff to Japanese goods, which will end up just been added to the RRP in the US.

 

How is this supposed to be beneficial for Americans?

Edited 9 hours ago by Kid Dynamite

[Rayvin 6139]

33 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

Nintendo were due to start taking pre-orders for the Switch2 this week in the US. They've cancelled their plans as Trump has added on a 24% tariff to Japanese goods, which will end up just been added to the RRP in the US.

 

How is this supposed to be beneficial for Americans?

 

My view, which is all theory, is that there are a few layers.

 

1 - This is an anti-globalist agenda seeking to do what Trump basically says and restore manufacturing back to the US. I think this comes probably informed by some scenario planning that US administrations had pre-Trump. America is diminishing as a power and will be overtaken by China. This represents significant strategic concern, especially since China retains so much manufacturing production itself. It could in theory outgun America in a weapons production arms race, over time. This is why the administration is so obsessed with natural resources - to make the US wholly self sufficient and separate to the whims of wider internationalism. Trump has referenced that foreign powers could hamstring US operations by withholding key aspects of their pipeline.

 

2 - Starting this trade war inevitably forces reciprocation from China. The administration wants this. China has banned/prevented natural mineral imports to the US as part of their response, something the US anticipated. This represents a demonstrable impact on American supply chains which undermines the security and gives a live example of the strategic risk noted in point 1. Trump can point to this and say 'look, see, we told you. We are vulnerable'.

 

3 - They invade Greenland, secure Ukraine, in order to ensure their own territorial control over these same minerals, thus meeting the goal of point 1.

 

That's my conspiracy theory take.

[Isegrim 10631]

 

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