Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIf Trumps tariffs go thru would that not cause the countries the tariffs are imposed on just raise their prices? And a result of that hurt the american consumer? Why do it to begin with?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down113
arrow-up1175arrow-down1message-squareIf Trumps tariffs go thru would that not cause the countries the tariffs are imposed on just raise their prices? And a result of that hurt the american consumer? Why do it to begin with?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·30 days ago you are correct. this is exactly what’s happening with Canada and Mexico. why do it? purely speculative, but there’s some convincing evidence that he’s a Russian asshole asset and is attempting to weaken the US. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kgb-spy-russia/ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html
you are correct. this is exactly what’s happening with Canada and Mexico.
why do it? purely speculative, but there’s some convincing evidence that he’s a Russian
assholeasset and is attempting to weaken the US.https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kgb-spy-russia/
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-russian-asset-election-intelligence-community-report.html