I'm sure I've completely misread this
I'm sure I've completely misread this ... Has someone explained that American auto manufacturers manufacture in Canada and Mexico? While Japanese manufacturers manufacture in the US? I mean, it's not 100% one way or the other, but does anyone ever get any factual information through to him?
Not to mention Americans are already having trouble affording vehicles. Let's just make that harder. Because it isn't just that the purchase price is expensive. It's that vehicles that are less reliable cost more to maintain. With all the computerization in newer cars, there are also significant limits to being able to do work on your own car, making even routine maintenance more costly.
So let's just slap a 25% tariff on top. Of course, maybe that's easy to get around by just assembling the vehicles in the US. Who knows? Is this an attempt to pull jobs back into the US from Canada and Mexico? Because if that worked, there are people who will swear undying loyalty to him.
Meanwhile, I am at a compete loss as to how auto imports affect national security. Especially from someone who is totally fine with a foreign government hacking our elections.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/trump-tariffs-car-imports-national-security-567581
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/trump-tariffs-car-imports-national-security-567581
Not to mention Americans are already having trouble affording vehicles. Let's just make that harder. Because it isn't just that the purchase price is expensive. It's that vehicles that are less reliable cost more to maintain. With all the computerization in newer cars, there are also significant limits to being able to do work on your own car, making even routine maintenance more costly.
So let's just slap a 25% tariff on top. Of course, maybe that's easy to get around by just assembling the vehicles in the US. Who knows? Is this an attempt to pull jobs back into the US from Canada and Mexico? Because if that worked, there are people who will swear undying loyalty to him.
Meanwhile, I am at a compete loss as to how auto imports affect national security. Especially from someone who is totally fine with a foreign government hacking our elections.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/trump-tariffs-car-imports-national-security-567581
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/23/trump-tariffs-car-imports-national-security-567581
Do you think GOP Pres. Trump gives a shit? He runs his country like he runs his businesses and the fortune he inherited - by "gut", by "instinct", by impulse - and into destruction.
ReplyDelete