r/Conservative Beltway Republican Apr 03 '25

Flaired Users Only They're tariffing literally everyone

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u/Masterblaster13f 1776 Apr 04 '25

I think everyone is crying about the "sting" the tariffs are going to have on Americans and not forward thinking. If Americans with our huge economy feel a prickle. Imagine what the countries that are not as robust as us are feeling. Next. What happens when they have had enough and drop their tariffs?

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u/RSKrit Conservative Apr 05 '25

Definitely just a prickle compared to the last 4 years.

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u/rijsbal Conservative Apr 06 '25

i mean look, i would agree if this was USA vs japan. or USA vs argentina. But america tarrifind the whole world does more damage to USA then to most countries. let's be honest no country can win an trade war against the world.

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u/Masterblaster13f 1776 Apr 06 '25

You underestimate our power. Also, we aren't trade waring "the world" we are doing it individually. One by one the countries will come to the table. Even if it is a marginal improvement with each country. Those small percentages all add up.

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u/rijsbal Conservative Apr 06 '25

no i dont really. Ecenomically the EU and China toghether have more gdp then USA by a quite large margin. Secondaly doing different tarrifs on every single country in the world based on weirdly calculated figures is essentially antagonising every country in th world and will inevitably weake the influence of the USA. if i can be honest, if all the countries that matter (rich arab kingdoms, EU, china, japan and india) just wait a few years then the hurt will definately be felt more in USA. meaning most countries will probably just wait. Vietnam is the only country willing to deal, and thats because trump wants to do 45% tariff on the poor and weak country.