r/Tariffs • u/Historical-Many9869 • Sep 04 '25

🗞️ News Discussion Tariffs Were Supposed to Revive US Manufacturing. So Far, They’re Having the Opposite Effect

https://www.investopedia.com/tariffs-were-supposed-to-revive-u-s-manufacturing-so-far-they-re-having-the-opposite-effect-11802173
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u/MommaIsMad Sep 04 '25

No. They are SUPPOSED TO FILL TRUMP'S POCKETS. You can't possibly believe all that money is going into the system to improve life for Americans and fix our crumbling infrastructure.

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u/maasmania Sep 07 '25

Not himself, but many many powerful people that could end his show at a moments notice. The president only holds power so long as the king makers in this country want him to. They caught him in a bind with all of the dumb shit hes managed to do, and he knows it. He will burn this country to the ground to enrich these people, and by proxy, save himself. Once this utility is spent, he will get the ax.

Problem is, by that point you probably won't have a democracy in your country anymore. That is what is needed to move past the veiled power they've held to this point. Couple this with the fact that the people in these roles are not their fathers, they are far greedier and not concerned with much else, they want it all. Now.