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Even if the stated goal was to reshore large amounts of production of goods to the US, there are several problems with that.

One, history shows that it is largely not possible, at least in any practical sense. US companies make t-shirts in Vietnam and Pakistan because they can sell them to consumers here for $10. Are US consumers magically going to decide they're OK with an Old Navy (low quality) garment costing $35 instead of $10?

Secondly, standing up manufacturing and distribution domestically isn't an overnight thing. Funding, site selection, construction, supply chain integration etc. all take time. Trump thinks he can trade a few weeks of bad headlines and market hit, for some magically reappearing domestic manufacturing. It doesnt work that way. Even if it were possible, it wouldn't create positive economic conditions on any kind of timeline sufficient to offset the negative effects real consumers are already experiencing.

"Sorry little Johnny, not only can we not afford new Nikes for you anymore, but also you can forget about that Nintendo Switch 2 for Christmas because we can't even order one. But at least we know your GED-educated uncle Jimbo in northern Michigan might be able to get a lower-middle class factory job assembling widgets again... maybe... in 2 years."

That isn't a good economic pitch for most people.

Americans aren’t known to be a people willing to “do without”

"Short term pain", LOL.
No words.

It didn't work out when the Republicans tried it in 1930. Now the US is even more dependent on foreign trade, this time it will be a disaster.

Purchasing power in the form of cheap goods is really the only thing distracting people from the fact that we are being ripped off by the wealthy. Now that Trump has levied tariffs as a political cudgel, when the nations of the world insulate themselves from our influence, people will have no one else to blame.

I stil cant believe this narcissist is the god damn president of the United States. Every day im actually surprised to not be having a nightmare.

Im not joking. The man has no empathy and he is running the United States now.

Americans living is also apparently a “sacrifice” this traitor is willing to make.

There an article going around Powell is looking to jump ship soon, he doesn't want to get blamed for this

What level of bullshit can the right wing tech bros maintain when ordinary Americans are priced out of bread and circuses? Even the most unfair social contracts have rails.

More to the point, how many Americans have maxed out their credit cards paying bills and basic necessities? What happens when making the minimum payment on the maxed credit card balance makes them unable to afford food and housing? Are millions of people going to become homeless in the next several months? Is the credit system going to collapse?

Honestly, the solution at the citizen level is for everyone to file bankruptcy. It ensures a roof over your head, paused payments on debt, and it shifts all the financial losses to the banks. Banks taking actual losses and being threatened with insolvency puts their skin in Trump’s game to destroy the global economy.

I know it's probably necessary to reiterate these points to people who still don't get it, over and over again. But as someone with a functioning brain I find these "stating the obvious" headlines very tiring.