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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, I realize I’m looking for logic where there is none. But even if we accept the idea that the goal of these tariffs is to re-industrialize the US…and even if we accept that tariffs on foreign manufacturing might make companies re-invest in U.S. factories…

Then why the heck are we putting tariffs on bananas and coffee? We are never going to be able to grow these things at any scale in the US. It’s GOOD to import these things — it means we have them, when we otherwise wouldn’t.

Can someone help me find even a crappy rationale that someone *might* believe where this made sense? [/quote]

I posted about Trump being similar to The Joker in another thread.   Read up on the dark triad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad 
or just psychopathy, sadism, narcissism and Machiavellianism.   Stop trying to figure out how his decisions are designed to benefit people. He is not thinking about how to help anyone. He just enjoys torturing all of us and watching us squirm, rage and panic.

Sometimes the simple answer is the correct answer.

Buckle up.[/quote]

PP. I basically agree, and I’ve basically written Trump off completely — he is the most emotional, vengeful, incompetent President I’ve seen in my lifetime.

But he is surrounded and lifted up by individuals from politicians to commentators who are justifying these tariffs. I’m trying to understand how these people can rationalize it — to themselves, and to the rest of us.

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