Trump puts insane tariffs on less developed countries that produce the clothes for US consumers, to force more companies to produce these goods in the US.

US unemployment is just 4 percent, so what exactly is his plan? Fire doctors, architects and engineers and get them a job at the sewing factory?

@randahl His enemy is the skilled trades
@randahl Plan? What plan? There's a plan for this?
@randahl I don’t understand that man. But one thing, what’s with the “reciprocal” nature? I’m sure he’s misrepresenting the numbers, but I can’t quickly see how?
@doc I saw earlier today that Trump is doing the math by interpreting ordinary value added taxes as tariffs. This is nuts, because the VAT is not only added to the imports but to ALL things sold at stores.
@randahl thanks. Yes I guess that would be one way.
@doc @randahl The column on his chart “Tariffs charged to the U.S.A” isn’t tariffs but the trade imbalance ratio. The US imports from
China is $439B and the exports to China is $143.6B. The ratio is: ((439 - 143.6) / 439) * 100 = 67.29% - for Europe the ratio is: ((605.8 - 370.2) / 605.8) * 100 = 38.89% - and the tariff trump imposes is the trade imbalance ratio divided by 2 rounded up.
@randahl What about bringing in a bunch of immigr… oh no, can’t do that.

@randahl At this point I don’t think he’s capable of executing a plan. His dementia is bad enough that he doesn’t remember what he said or did 5 minutes ago.

The weird thing about dementia is that if a person doesn’t remember the past they also lose the ability to conceptualize a decision tree for the future.

So here we are. One of the most dangerous times in history and the US Pres is a narcissistic, addled, disabled adult worshipped as a god by tens of millions of people.

@randahl Børnearbejde, Randahl, børnearbejde!
@randahl you think there's a PLAN?
@randahl Immigrant workers? 🤔🤣
@randahl Did you consider, that #trump does the damage tobthe #US people on purpose to create an environment like in 1933's #Germany. That was the way for #hitler to go. He may think, that a desperate people will follow him as the Germans did hitler. - Of course, if this is the "plan", it is flawed in so many ways.

@randahl Probably all those Government workers could get a job making our clothes?

But until after September, when the severance packages run out and those people start drawing unemployment. Than that 4% will rise sharply.

@randahl you know the plan - it's the kids, get the kids to work nights
@randahl Unemployment is not going to stay that low.
@randahl He wants his population dumb and poor and completely beholden to him. A true dictator's/king's wet dream.
@randahl Of course there is a plan. How could it otherwise be, that they took Heard Island and McDonalds Islands with? 10% tariff, but no one lives there nor has there ever been import or export to Murica... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands#:~:text=or%20human%20inhabitants
Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

@Speckdaene Florida already tries to establish child labour (more hours/nightshifts to replace migrant workers); Another post said, he mixed the trade deficit into the tariffs, and McDonaldsIsland is not buying anything from US. @randahl
@Bugspriet Doesn't even help to bear a proper suite. @randahl

@randahl

Always start with "Trump is corrupt".

Tariffs give him control over access to the huge US economy, so people have to do favors for him to get/maintain favorable access to it.

It's incredibly simple and obvious. I assume NYTimes, WaPo, and all the others haven't even put this forward as a possibility.

@randahl my bet is yes, I think he wants a mercantile economic system since it’s easier to be a dictator over.
@randahl The children of course, it needs to be cheap.
@randahl He seems to hate people with an education - probably because most won't bow to him.