Quote Originally Posted by GoldfishMan View Post
I don't disagree with you about most of your points. Don't think you detected that I was being sarcastic when I applauded Mr Trump.

Mind you I don't think he's stupid. The American public who support him are stupid, not him. What's the definition of success out of all this? American producers get to sell more products to the American public at higher than expected prices due to the price of otherwise more competitive products being higher due to tariffs.

He's effectively robbing the American public to feed American capitalism.
I see. Problem is that America is not in a position to produce a lot of products that have tariffs on them. They can’t just instantly produce industries to do that. He’s cunning and very self interested but that doesn’t mean he’s not an idiot.