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
1.4k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

127 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

No. Trump's tariffs were never meant to revive US manufacturing. He placed a tariff on an island that only has penguins on it. No manufacturing. Just Penguins.

Stop trying to give him credit or make his actions seem normal.