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   Trump's strategy is to impose import tariffs to bring production back to the   
   US.   
      
   But...   
      
   One of the most important import tariffs is the 50% tariff on steel and   
   aluminum.   
      
   So everything made (or to be made) of steel and aluminum in the US is   
   therefore much more expensive than made elsewhere.   
      
   So, only US residents might find buying American products in the US   
   interesting, but in any case, they will pay more than consumers elsewhere for   
   the same product containing steel and/or aluminum.   
      
   The rest of the world, however, has fewer and fewer reasons to buy American   
   products.   
      
   But why don't they "see" this in the US?   
      
   That has to do with political power. This whole setup is very interesting for   
   the super-rich in the US. Those who helped Trump ascend to the throne with a   
   great deal of money and who are now receiving enormous tax cuts in return,   
   while Trump's 40 million "fanatical" American followers are eagerly, but   
   unknowingly, coughing up the extra costs. They believe his bullshit that their   
   taxes will go down in the future... We know they might only do this because   
   they'll earn even less in the future. But those 40 million people continue to   
   believe Trump's nonsense. Simply because they started believing it, and   
   they'll only realize they've been duped when the bailiff shows up. And even   
   then, like Trump, they might blame someone else for their misfortune.   
      
   And Trump? Trump is doing nothing different than what he's done his whole   
   life. He sells goods and breaks contracts. He is and remains just an upstart   
   grocer with a criminal streak who was lucky that his father was a successful   
   and very wealthy entrepreneur.   
      
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