General Discussion

Many now understand how the tariffs will impact them; however, the new mantra is that the pain is only temporary while Trump returns manufacturing to the United States. You would think that, at some point, they might calculate how long it takes to site and build a factory. We can erect buildings, but who will supply the machinery to be housed in the factory? We would have to source the machinery from outside our country and, well, tariffs! Given that our economy has lost an estimated 13 trillion dollars since Trump took office, who will invest the funding for new factories? Furthermore, who in their right mind would take such a huge investment risk in an economic plan driven by a capricious moron? If there were an actual plan to return some manufacturing sectors to the United States, shouldn't we create a Department of Industry to coordinate what types of manufacturing would be in our national best interest, as well as operationally effective, and economically efficient? I'm not certain Trump true believers could grasp the scope or complexity of these issues even if you were sufficiently gifted to explain it at a bedbug level of comprehension.