I was recently asked by a subscriber to my YouTube channel, “Why does Trump want these tariffs?” It’s a good question, especially given the massive damage they would do to our economy.
Well, the basic answer is simple. Donald Trump is an idiot. He doesn’t understand tariffs. He thinks he discovered some great secret whereby he can raise tons of money for the federal government at no cost to the American People. Trump thinks that foreign countries pay the tariffs. Again, Trump is an idiot.
So desperate was Trump to win reelection and stay out of prison, that he promised virtually everything to everyone. No taxes on tips. No taxes on overtime. No taxes on Social Security. Free IVF for everyone. Huge tax cuts for the rich, the poor, the middle class, the aliens on Alpha Centauri. On and on. He promised everything he could think of. But he also pretends to be a fiscal conservative and made promises to eliminate the debt. So how does he plan to eliminate the deficit and pay off the national debt while massively increasing spending and cutting taxes? Tariffs! Tariffs are the magic elixir. The Secret sauce. The silver bullet solution to all our problems. And the reason why no one has figured it out before is because we have never had a president as brilliant as Donald Trump!
Seriously, Trump is an idiot. It is no more complicated than that. He is a very stupid man. And given that half the country is at least as stupid as Trump, they believe his nonsense and voted for him. Just accept the fact that we are surrounded by morons. And when you have a country full of morons, they will elect a moron to be President.